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Lawyers for Huawei CFO Meng, Canadian Government Spar Over Publication of HSBC Documents

Lawyers for the detained Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou and the Attorney General of Canada (AGC), which is representing the United States in its bid to extradite the Chinese executive, sparred in court on Monday over the publication of HSBC documents from Hong Kong.

In April, the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ordered HSBC, the bank that Meng is alleged by the US Justice Department to have defrauded, to release additional documents to the executive’s defense team and to Canadian government prosecutors representing the AGC and the US.

Meng’s legal team, which applied for a publication ban on the documents last week, maintains a gag order is necessary to protect commercial secrets and encourage HSBC to participate in the legal process.

In a live transmission of court proceedings for an accredited reported on Monday, defense attorney Tony Paisana argued before British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Heather Holmes that the Hong Kong court authorized the release of the documents into the possession of the parties involved and that they are not intended for publication.

Government prosecutor John Gibb-Carsley, however, told Holmes that the court in Hong Kong instructed the sides to keep the details out of the public eye if it met the legal threshold in the jurisdiction where the proceedings are being held. The attorney argued that the legal threshold has not been met.

“There is no evidence of any positive benefit to banning publication that could outweigh the negative impact on freedom of expression and the administration of justice,” the prosecutors said in a written response to Meng’s application.

The public, through the media, has the right to know the facts of the case, Gibb-Carsley emphasized.

The next hearing is scheduled for June 29.

Meng, the daughter of Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei, was arrested at the request of the US government on December 1, 2018, at Vancouver International Airport during a layover stop. She is wanted by US authorities concerning allegations that she has a role in violating US sanctions against Iran. The Justice Department alleges that Meng, from 2010 to 2014, committed illegal financial transactions by misleading the multinational financial conglomerate, HSBC, into approving more than $100 million in transactions that contravened US sanctions on Iran.

Meng remains under house arrest in Vancouver, although is free to traverse the region in the company of state-imposed guards outside of her 11:00 p.m to 6:00 a.m. curfew.

https://sputniknews.com/world/202106141083148633-lawyers-for-huawei-cfo-meng-canadian-government-spar-over-publication-of-hsbc-documents/

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Texas AG candidate George P. Bush says Trump is 'future of Republican Party'

Bush is a Trump supporter, while members of his storied political family are not.

Texas Attorney General candidate George P. Bush on Monday said former President Trump is "the future of the Republican Party," as he carved his path toward trying to unseat incumbent Attorney General Ken Paxton, a fellow Republican.

"President Trump is the future of the party," Bush, a member of the Bush political family, said on the "John Solomon Reports" podcast. "We need to carry on the successes that we've had this past November in our state, helping to elect new down-ballot candidates and carry on this legacy."

Bush, now the Texas land commissioner, is the son of former Florida GOP Gov. Jeb Bush and the only member of the Bush political family – which includes former Presidents George H.W. Bush and son George W. Bush – to openly support Trump.

Whether Trump will back Bush is uncertain, considering Paxton has been among the former president's most public and loyal supporters.

Bush said Monday that he makes the argument "all the time" to family members that Trump is "the life of the Republican Party."

"He has brought a new sense of energy," Bush also said.

Bush became a vocal supporter of Trump after his father exited the 2016 Republican presidential primary, which Trump won.

"When you look at my policies, I'm all about America First. Trump is the center of the Republican Party," Bush told Fox News on June 9. "I am my own man. I support him. We need to carry on that legacy and capture the lightning he brought to the Republican Party."

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/george-p-bush-says-trump-life-republican-party