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President Trump To Use Huawei CFO As a Bargaining Chip (politico.com)
hackingbear shares a report from Politico, adding: "This fuels the suspicion that the Chinese executive is held as a hostage for the ongoing trade negotiation with China." From the report: President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he reserved the right to weigh in on the Justice Department's case against the CFO of Huawei, if it would help him close a trade deal with Beijing or would serve other American national security interests. "If I think it's good for what will be certainly the largest trade deal ever made -- which is a very important thing -- what's good for national security -- I would certainly intervene if I thought it was necessary," Trump told Reuters. Trump added that President Xi Jinping of China had not called him about the case, but that the White House had been in touch with both the Justice Department and Chinese officials. Huawei's CFO, Meng Wanzhou, was arrested in Canada earlier this month at the request of American authorities, who allege that she violated U.S. sanctions against Iran. Yesterday, a Vancouver judge ruled that Meng would be released on a $7.5 million bail if she remains in British Columbia.
The warrant and arrest was legitimate. If the Canadian court rules she can be extradited (something outside the US's control) and she makes it to trial in the US, it will be real courts based on real law. The President cannot convene a kangaroo court in the US. What I read Trump's comments to mean, is that if it's beneficial to trade negotiations, he'd be willing to have the Justice Department rescind the charges or to offer a lenient plea. This would likely come with a commitment to stop dealing sanctioned items with Iran.
He's not holding her hostage. He likely had nothing at all to do with the ongoing investigation which is fairly serious. It's her and her father's company that put her in this situation. She knew of the issue and had been avoiding the US for several months despite having a son in school and business interests. This did not come out of thin air for the sake of negotiating.
US policy on Extraditing people.
"The political incidence test looks to whether the offence is "part of and incidental to a political struggle". Initially, it did not concern itself with the motives of the offender" from Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_offence_exception
When the Trump said what he said he basically implied that this was part and incidental to a political struggle. I agree with OP, and bet her Lawyer's will enjoy his words.
Canada's politicians do not have the ability to tell the legal system what to do, because it's independent.
The politicians can't tell the courts how to rule, but the PM can drop the extradition request.
So Justin can't extradite without court approval, but he can unilaterally decide to NOT extradite.
No, it's not for criminals. It's for "enemy combatants ". Enemy combatants aren't afforded civil rights by the Constitution, their rights are afforded by conventions of war.
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They came up with the "enemy combatant" term to specifically get around the Geneva convention.
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