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Home detention for Statue of Liberty climber Patricia Okoumu, who appeared in court wearing a green bandana with words: “I REALLY CARE, WHY WON’T YOU?”

Ankle bracelet, travel restricted to 5 boroughs of NYC.

Background at @CourthouseNews: courthousenews.com/statue-of-libe…
Her attorney Ron Kuby tells supporters and press Okoumou must now be outfitted with a “slave bracelet.”
Context: This hearing was bail revocation proceedings over her recently climbing again in Texas to protest Trump’s family separation policy again.

More TK.

Quick correction: Headband said “WHY WON’T U”
To be clear, this was not her sentencing, which remains scheduled for March 19.
Incidentally, to see defense attorney Ron Kuby in action is to know why the Dude demanded him in “The Big Lebowski.”
Typo at the start of the tread: That’s “Okoumou”
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The 2nd Circuit released roughly 70 minutes of audio from arguments to unseal Epstein-related files.

You can hear the full proceedings, but I flagged a few key moments.

LISTEN: Judge scoffs at leaving full record sealed. "You can't possibly be serious." soundcloud.com/user-268770557…
To be clear, all of these clips are from yesterday's oral arguments - still no ruling.

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SDNY prosecutors say that the docs unsealed today top the annals of FCPA cases, representing the largest bribe received by an individual and the largest penalty paid to the US.

Lead defendant: Late Uzbek strongman's daughter.

My latest @CourthouseNews

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While we await Manafort news, it's worth noting that Russian telecom MTS's deferred prosecution agreement bears the signature from their attorneys at Skadden Arps.

That's the firm that paid $4.6 million for its role in a Manafort-linked Ukrainian op courthousenews.com/skadden-arps-s…
A side note: Gulnara Karimova, the late Uzbek dictator's scion indicted today, was rumored to be dead in 2016.

Presumably, federal prosecutors in New York believe the reports of her death were an exaggeration.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3…
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SDNY charges what it calls a record-breaking foreign bribery scheme featuring a Russian telecom in Uzbekistan.
Reading through the court papers now.

At a quick glance, one of the companies mentioned in them is the Dutch-based VimpelCom, which had to pay $795M fine in another SDNY case in 2016.

My coverage back then for @CourthouseNews. courthousenews.com/dutch-telecom-…
This appears to be an offshoot of that case, featuring exec from the Uzbek subsidiary of the Russian telecom Mobile TeleSystems.

SDNY’s statement: Berman calls it the “third installment” of a corruption trilogy.
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Statue of Liberty protester Patricia Okoumou testifies she’d do it again. Verdict coming in a few mins. google.com/amp/s/www.nyda…
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“This is ridiculous. How can I pay this?” Okoumou said
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Okoumou Is a Member of the Group Rise & Resist.
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Therese Patricia Okoumou, the woman who climbed the Statue of Liberty to protest separating families at the border, faces 3 misdemeanor charges. Each carries a maximum sentence of 6 months in prison.
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