Epstein Secrets

France of April 23, 1996 provides that "[t]here is no obligation upon the Requested State to grant the extradition of a person who is a national of the Requested State, but the executive authority of the United States shall have the power to surrender a national of the United States if, in its discretion, it deems

s on the correct interpretation of French law. The Government relies on the position of the head of the International Criminal Assistance Bureau of the French Ministry of Justice, who argues that "the fact that the wanted individual is a French national constitutes an insuperable obstacle to his/her removal," and that lais lo

s memorandum: "Article 3 of the Extradition Treaty between the United States and France provides in pertinent pan that "There is no obligation upon the Requested State to grant the extradition of a person who is a national of the Requested State". While this Article does not require the extradition of a national t

s citizens under French legislation. In accordance with this French constitutional rule, the administrative circular of 11 March 2004, published by the French Ministry of Justice, which aims at specifying how the then recently amended legal provisions regarding extradition should apply and be understood, states the following

memorandum: "Article 3 of the Extradition Treaty between the United States and France provides in pertinent part that "There is no obligation upon the Requested State to grant the extradition of a person who is a national of the Requested State". While this Ankle does not require the extradition of a national to

s "highly unlikely" that the French government would refuse to extradite Ms. Maxwell (Def. Mem., Ex. V at 2), the government attaches a letter from the French Ministry of Justice ("MOJ") that references neither Mr. Julie's report nor Ms. Maxwell, but states generally that the French Code of Criminal Procedure "absolutely pro