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24 Sep, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Breaking news on the #MengWanzhou front today with an expected guilty plea in a Brooklyn courtroom at 10 a.m. PT ... after that - all eyes will look to Vancouver to see if the extradition request is dropped in court here
And so what we will be looking for once a plea is entered is the scheduling of a court appearance here at B.C. Supreme ASAP ... you can follow all the events as they unfold with us here at CBC
Worth bearing in mind that according to testimony at a previous #MengWanzhou hearing - she had a Boeing 777 lined up to fly her back to China in May 2020 - the last time she thought she had a shot at going home
Here's #MengWanzhou leaving her home this morning - courtesy of @Ben_Nelms
@Ben_Nelms She was headed downtown - most likely to the offices of her lawyers. There is nothing scheduled on the BC Supreme Court list yet. But that will likely happen momentarily.

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Jason Proctor Profile picture
24 Sep
I'm now one of the 67 (and counting) people listening in on a teleconference line to the proceedings in Brooklyn - which are scheduled to begin momentarily
And just FYI - it's been 30 minutes - and nothing has happened yet.
And this may be why it's taking so long for U.S. District Court Judge Ann Donnelly to begin these proceedings. Apparently, she has been giving instructions to the jury hearing R. Kelly's sex trafficking trial chicago.suntimes.com/2021/9/24/2269…
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4 Aug
Back after a break now - and #MengWanzhou lawyer Mona Duckett is continuing her submissions with comparisons to other cases ... again - they're trying to convince the judge the US has lied to the court about key facts in the case
She's citing a 2003 B.C. Supreme Court case where a judge stayed proceedings when the United Kingdom sought a Victoria man for extradition in relation to an alleged conspiracy involving the sale of rare coins.
The man's defence lawyers determined that one of the chief witnesses had absconded, another had died, and prosecutors didn't actually know if another was available.
In granting a stay, the judge said it would be "unsafe" to rely on the record of the case.
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4 Aug
This is it! The final two and a half weeks of #MengWanzhou extradition proceedings begin today ... here's a look at what you can expect cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
And I will be dialling into the proceedings - which are set to kick off at 10 am PT ... we should begin with arguments on allegations the US misled Canada about the facts of the case ... but remember - this isn't a trial ...
Court now called to order!
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29 Mar
Back now for the start of the fourth branch of #MengWanzhou abuse arguments. This one is about international jurisdiction!! Here's a previous story summarizing their claim cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
The first lawyer up is going to be Gib van Ert - a new face on the #MengWanzhou defence team. He's an expert on international law. William Smart will also be making submissions ...
van Ert says what happened in this case is no business of the US. It's the business of China ... and as such US is violating international law ...
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Jason Proctor Profile picture
25 Mar
Today's #MengWanzhou court hearing about to begin. Crown could wrap by the end of day. Here's yesterday's story: cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
Curious to know what my colleagues @ianjamesyoung70 and @amysmart1 make of the judge's frequent questions. She seemed to make clear she's considering wrongdoing on behalf of RCMP and CBSA - even without guiding FBI conspiracy
Crown lawyer Diba Majzub says he's going to use his time to review law around seizing of phones and passcodes ... he says the purpose of getting phones was admissibility (which is legal)
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24 Mar
Crown about to resume arguments at #MengWanzhou extradition proceedings ... here is a recap of yesterday's events: cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
Crown lawyer Diba Majzub begins by telling judge that CBSA acted reasonably in deciding to examine #MengWanzhou before the RCMP arrested her ...
Majzub says the Crown's argument "in a nutshell" is that there wasn't a "battle for immediacy" between RCMP and CBSA on #MengWanzhou arrival - but that RCMP acted reasonably in letting CBSA go first - not to carry out a covert plot for which there is no evidence
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