US Choose Jesus Bernal has given Jason Cardiff permission to flee journey to Eire.
Choose Bernal’s July twenty fifth order is temporary, stating solely that “good trigger” had been proven by Cardiff in his request for permission to go away the US.
Choose Bernal’s resolution overruled issues raised by the DOJ, asserting Cardiff (proper) was a flight threat and confirmed liar.
As soon as the defendant leaves america, he will likely be free to journey to Eire and some other overseas jurisdiction, ought to he select.
Certainly, he might go away Eire and journey to a different nation that doesn’t have an extradition treaty with america.
Defendant has a document of disobeying court docket orders and mendacity to the court docket. He can’t be trusted to inform the reality to the Courtroom or adjust to circumstances set by the Courtroom on his phrase alone.
Choose Bernal’s order permits Cardiff to journey to Eire for 10 days. A journey itinerary is to be submitted to the US Probation Workplace.
In associated information, a second movement requesting permission to withdraw as Cardiff’s legal professional was filed on July twenty fifth. The court docket authorized the movement later the identical day.
Because it stands, right here’s the present state of affairs concerning Cardiff’s pending legal trial:
- Cardiff didn’t dismiss the legal case towards him final month;
- Cardiff’s earlier authorized counsel has withdrawn a month out from trial as a consequence of Cardiff’s failure to satisfy contractual obligations (though not explicitly clarified, that is believed to be non-payment of charges);
- Cardiff is at the moment not represented by authorized counsel in his legal case;
- the DOJ was denied a possibility to assessment supporting proof tied to Cardiff’s request to journey to Eire;
- the DOJ’s issues about Cardiff probably participating in witness tampering have been ignored;
- as a substitute of ordering him to safe new authorized counsel and put together for trial, Choose Bernal has given Cardiff permission to journey to Eire for ten days;
- Cardiff’s legal trial stays scheduled to kick off on September third, 2024; and
- if convicted on all counts, Cardiff, 49, is going through as much as 57 years in jail
I suppose on the plus aspect ten days isn’t all that lengthy to attend to see if Cardiff does actually flee. Keep tuned…