ANDREW AND TRISTAN TATE ARE BEING DENIED DUE PROCESS.
My clients were arrested on 18 July and placed in solitary confinement. Their bail application is due 5 August. The Government seeks continued detention at a hearing on 13 August.
The United Kingdom has not produced its full extradition package and does not intend to until 16 September.
They are not ready to prove anything, but they are ready to take liberty, imprisoning two American citizens in a cell at American taxpayers' expense.
The process has been weaponized into punishment. Deprivation of liberty before the requesting state has even bothered to produce the complete materials on which extradition supposedly rests. Punishment before conviction is not due process. It is unconscionable.
The United Kingdom says it is trial-ready. Then why is it not ready to submit its request and supporting papers?
Put up or shut up.
Is the United States Constitution still the most powerful document in the world?
America First cannot mean taking liberty first and justifying it two months later.
The system is millions of innocent people “just doing their jobs” to create an oppressive force of evil.
Like daisies, individually sweet, but arranged to draw the face of satan.
To the USMS / BOP / Miami FDC @SecRubio:
As a former 1811 who personally processed and delivered hundreds of prisoners into this exact facility, I am raising a precise legal and operational concern regarding the Tate brothers.
They are currently on a USMS hold pending extradition approval/denial in proceedings.
They have not been convicted of any crime in the United States and, most importantly, are U.S. citizens, yet their status is that of extradition detainees.
Over more than three years of proceedings in Romania, the brothers appeared at every required court hearing and judicial proceeding — more than 40 in total — without missing a single one.
They even returned to Romania when summoned after travel restrictions were eased.
That is a clear and documented record of compliance.
Under Wright v. Henkel, 190 U.S. 40 (1903), bail in international extradition cases may be granted upon a showing of special circumstances. A consistent multi-year history of appearing for every required hearing constitutes precisely the type of special circumstance the Court contemplated. I formally request that the court give full and fair consideration to bond.
Further, under Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520 (1979), individuals detained pending judicial proceedings cannot be subjected to conditions that amount to punishment. Restrictions must be reasonably related to a legitimate governmental objective. Arbitrary or unnecessarily harsh treatment fails that standard.
As U.S. citizens who have not been charged with any crime in the United States, the Tate brothers should not be subjected to detention-like restrictions based solely on allegations made by a foreign government.
At a minimum, they should be released under reasonable supervision, with appropriate reporting requirements and assurances they will appear for all required U.S. proceedings, meetings, or hearings.
@USMarshalsHQ@OfficialFBOP@DAGToddBlanche@TheJusticeDept@StateDept
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Nothing nuh really surprise we or excite we nuh more
We head inna di clouds, we foot deh pon di floor
Although we grounded, there's a floor unda di floor
Wish me cudda tek back some fuck me a tell yuh
When me look pon me life