BOSTON — U.S. Department of Justice lawyers urged a judge Friday to deny a bid to block the extradition of two American men wanted in Japan for helping former Nissan Motor Co. boss Carlos Ghosn sneak out of the country in a box.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Hassink described Michael Taylor and Peter Taylor’s “eleventh-hour bid to thwart their extradition” as “meritless,” and asked the judge to allow the father and son to be handed over to Japan. The U.S. Department of State has agreed to extradite them, but a judge put a hold on it Thursday after their lawyers filed an emergency petition.
“Here, the United States has a strong interest in having extradition requests submitted by Japan (and other treaty partners) resolved promptly,” Hassink wrote in court documents.
The men’s lawyers, which include former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb, said Thursday that they are also appealing to officials within the State Department and White House to block the extradition. The lawyers were told in a letter they received this week while Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in Asia that Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun had authorized the extradition.
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