Controversial Jamaat-al-Muslimeen Imam Yasin Abu Bakr will not be the most talked about man on this July 27—the 25th anniversary of Trinidad and Tobago’s attempted coup. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), according to the Extradition Act, has 60 days from the issuance of a provisional warrant to Chaguanas …
Read More »US Embassy denies Warner extradition request
The United States Embassy denied this morning that its Department of Justice issued a formal extradition request for Chaguanas West MP and ex-FIFA VP Jack Warner, as reported in the local media. The following is the brief release by the US Embassy, which was sent just after 11 am on …
Read More »Transcript: The United States of America versus Daryan Warner
The following lengthy excerpts are taken from the United States of America versus Daryan Warner, which was heard by the Honourable William Kuntz of the United States District Court in the Eastern District of New York on 18 October 2013: SWEARING-IN THE DEFENDANT, DARYAN WARNER THE CLERK: We are here for …
Read More »Sense from nonsense: Live Wire rules on Warner’s racketeering defence
On Friday May 29, Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner stood up in Trinidad and Tobago’s Parliament and told the Speaker of the House: “I was not here on Wednesday last because I was in prison.” Mr Live Wire cannot confirm that the Speaker replied: “Ahhh, yes. The most powerful country …
Read More »Jack’s Lynch-ing; US AG sends invite for Warner family reunion
Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner, like so many scandal-engulfed politicians before him, looks set to quit his day job to “spend more time with his family.” Only this time, it will be no empty platitude. After three years of giving United States law officials the wide berth by avoiding airports—and probably …
Read More »Jack Warner responds: I can never be broken
Chaguanas West MP, ILP leader and ex-FIFA vice president Jack Warner has claimed innocence in the face of an indictment by the United States Department of Justice for racketeering. Warner was named among 13 persons charged for “various criminal activities, including fraud, bribery and money laundering.” The Department of Justice also …
Read More »Warner: No one told me; FIFA claim police raid “good” for business
Chaguanas West MP and ex-FIFA vice president Jack Warner struck a typically defiant figure this morning as he was interviewed on the United States Department of Justice’s declared intention to have him extradited to face racketeering charges. The Department of Justice, in a published statement, named Warner among 13 officials indicted …
Read More »US Justice Dept confirms: Warner charged; Daryan, Daryll pleaded guilty
The United States Department of Justice confirmed this morning that Chaguanas West MP and ex-FIFA vice president Jack Warner is among 14 persons charged for racketeering. According to a statement by the Department of Justice, the defendants and their co-conspirators—nine of whom were FIFA officials—“corrupted the enterprise by engaging in …
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