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minus-squareOnno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·15 hours agoSo … the US Congress can just summon a citizen from a different country … and the citizen is compelled to … do what exactly?
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·14 hours agoNothing, which is why the letter phrases it as a “request.” In order to be extradited he’d have to actually be charged with a specific crime, insofar as I am aware.
minus-squareOnno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·14 hours agoCharging him with a crime sounds like a good start … though I doubt that will happen anytime soon.
So … the US Congress can just summon a citizen from a different country … and the citizen is compelled to … do what exactly?
Nothing, which is why the letter phrases it as a “request.”
In order to be extradited he’d have to actually be charged with a specific crime, insofar as I am aware.
Charging him with a crime sounds like a good start … though I doubt that will happen anytime soon.