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Document 20-cr-60838

AI Analysis

Summary: The document argues that the defendant's foreign ties, wealth, and ability to avoid detection make detention the appropriate decision. The defendant's renewed bail application is opposed by the government, citing inconsistencies in the defendant's statements and lack of strong ties to the United States.
Significance: This document is potentially important as it reveals the government's opposition to the defendant's renewed bail application and highlights the defendant's foreign ties and lack of strong connections to the United States.
Key Topics: bail application foreign ties of the defendant detention decision
Key People:
  • the defendant - the individual whose bail application is being considered
Document Type
Court Filing
Date
Unknown
Pages
1
Folder
IMAGES007

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Case:20-60838 Aj:DOJ Document:11002 Filed:06/23/20 PagPagPe of 36 French law, is simply incorrect. Accordingly, the defendant's foreign ties, wealth, and skill at avoiding detection continue to weigh in favor of detention. First, there can be no serious dispute that the defendant has foreign ties. She is a citizen of three countries and holds three passports. As was already noted at the original hearing and is again evidenced in the Renewed Bail Application, the defendant has close relatives and friends who live abroad, as well as a multi-million dollar foreign property and at least one foreign bank account. (Tr. 83). In an attempt to minimize the defendant's foreign ties, the defense emphasizes the defendant's relatives and friends in the United States, history of residence in the United States, and United States citizenship. But the Court was already aware of those factors when making its original detention decision. (See Tr. 84; Dkt. 18 at 2, 12). The letters and documentation included in the Renewed Bail Motion simply prove points that were not in dispute. What that documentation does not do, however, is suggest that the defendant has the kind of ties to this country that come with any employment in the United States or any dependents living here. Indeed, as noted in the Pretrial Services Report, the defendant stated in July that she has no children and has no current employment. (Pretrial Services Report at 3). The Renewed Bail Motion fails to establish sufficiently strong ties to the United States that would prevent her from fleeing. Although the defendant now claims her marriage would keep her in the United States, her motion does not address the plainly inconsistent statements she made to Pretrial Services at the time of her arrest, when, as documented in the Pretrial Services Report, the defendant said she was "in the process of divorcing her husband." (Id.). On this point, it bears noting that the defendant's motion asks that she be permitted to live with if granted bail, not her spouse. Moreover, the fact that the defendant's spouse has only now come forward to support the defendant should be afforded little weight given that he refused to come forward at the original hearing. 13 DOJ-OGR-00020076