Saudi Arabia News Today: An American Judge Receives Aides to Ghosn...

Saudi Arabia News Today – A federal judge in Boston said that she will likely reject two men’s last-minute attempt to avoid extraditing them to Japan; To face accusations that they helped Carlos Ghosn, Chairman of the Nissan Corporation, to escape justice in the Asian country.

District Judge Indira Talwani said: She tends to conclude that the US State Department needs to take an additional step before allowing the extradition of US Special Forces veteran Michael Taylor and his son Peter to Japan.

Talwani said, according to Reuters, that the step, which includes verifying the commitment not to extradite people to countries where they may be subjected to torture, “is not a very heavy burden.”

The judge added that she would likely rule against Taylor and his son assuming the Department did. She expressed skepticism about the arguments put forward by their lawyers that they could not be prosecuted in Japan; Because they helped someone to “not be brought before justice,” according to the Emirati “Gulf”.

According to Talwani, she will refrain from raising an order issued last week to temporarily prevent their extradition until her official decision is issued. Defense attorney Tillman Finley said: Taylor and his son will appeal any verdict against them. The two were arrested in May; At the request of Japan. The State Department informed their lawyers last week that it had agreed to hand them over.

Prosecutors say that Taylor and his son helped Ghosn escape from Japan on December 29, 2019, hiding in a box on a private plane, before arriving at his hometown in Lebanon, which has no extradition agreement with Japan.

Ghosn was awaiting trial on charges of involvement in financial misconductions at Nissan. Ghosn denies wrongdoing.