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Judge Denies Bail for Tate Brothers in Extradition Fight

Is this pretrial detention punishment by delay or the only way to keep accused traffickers from fleeing justice?

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Judge Denies Bail for Tate Brothers in Extradition Fight

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Above: Joseph D. McBride (center, in sunglasses), lawyer for Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate, speaks to the press in Miami on Aug. 27. Image credit: Giorgio Viera/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Establishment-critical narrative

Fifty-three days in a federal cell, much of it in segregation, and still no formal extradition request, no conviction and no hearing on the merits. Detention thousands of miles from Romanian counsel and 30 terabytes of evidence, with jailhouse video links that fail, makes mounting a defense impossible. When the delay itself becomes the sentence, the process has turned into the punishment.

USA Herald

Joe McBride on X

Pro-establishment narrative

Fifty-nine charges in the U.K., including rape, trafficking and indecent images of a child, with accusers describing being strangled unconscious — that is not a case built on politics. Dual citizenship, private travel and deep pockets are exactly why bail is almost never granted in extradition cases. With Romania's prosecution stalling, holding these men in custody is the only way accusers ever see justice.

Independent Newsweek