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struggle4progress

(126,732 posts)
Mon Oct 9, 2023, 12:15 PM Oct 2023

Navarro wants to leave US for medical procedure

BRANDI BUCHMANOct 8th, 2023, 1:01 pm

... The nature of the procedure was not disclosed in any detail in a redacted filing entered Friday in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia but he has a known history of medical issues.

Navarro was indicted last June and faced a trial jury for just one day inside the E. Barret Prettyman courthouse in Washington, D.C. this September. He will be sentenced in January.

It is unclear why the 74-year-old’s procedure would require travel outside of the U.S. but through his attorney, Stanley Woodward, he indicated in the four-page motion he would only be out of the U.S. from Oct. 15 to Oct. 23.

A response from the judge is likely to come in the week ahead and it would appear certain the request will be granted: in June after his conviction and when the terms of Navarro’s release were set, it included “a requirement that the court is to approve all travel outside the continental United States,” Woodward wrote, adding he only notified prosecutors of the request on Friday ...

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/with-contempt-sentencing-looming-ex-trump-trade-adviser-peter-navarro-demands-new-trial-plus-time-out-of-u-s-for-medical-procedure/


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It's that procedure where they remove your head from your ass
1 (14%)
No, think it's that procedure where they remove your head from The Don's ass
1 (14%)
Could be that procedure where Putin helps remove classified papers from your briefcase
5 (71%)
Probably that procedure where Russia tries to remove Ukraine from your map
0 (0%)
Likely that procedure where foreign oligarchs help remove democracy from your country
0 (0%)
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2naSalit

(103,867 posts)
2. A procedure where...
Mon Oct 9, 2023, 12:18 PM
Oct 2023

He vanishes into the mire of an unfriendly country that will shield him from his legal issues here.

 

JohnSJ

(98,883 posts)
4. Seems awfully convenient timing. However, if he can demonstrate an absolute need for a
Mon Oct 9, 2023, 12:21 PM
Oct 2023

procedure that can only be performed outside the country, I have no issue with it as long as enough of his assets are frozen to prevent his jumping accountability

I believe he is a flight risk



Rebl2

(17,948 posts)
9. Guess so
Mon Oct 9, 2023, 12:40 PM
Oct 2023

I say if he leaves he is not allowed to come back to the United States and loses citizenship.

Attilatheblond

(9,302 posts)
14. That, and saying US doesn't have defense attornies great enough to save him
Mon Oct 9, 2023, 01:23 PM
Oct 2023

He is convicted, by his own words on TV, and he knows it. Probably having trouble finding legal team willing to take on his self made mess.

MLAA

(19,815 posts)
11. He is such an ass,making heading to Brazil for a butt lift.
Mon Oct 9, 2023, 12:52 PM
Oct 2023

Apologize in advance for the awful image this may conjure.

Edit to correct typo.

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