00:00You
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00:15As you heard today, Mr. Wedding
00:16Entered a not guilty plea to both indictments that he
00:20Has been charged with
00:22The indictments are not evidence
00:24They're just
00:25An accusation
00:26The way that our system works is that
00:28It's accusatory, not inquisitory
00:30So he entered a not guilty plea to both of those indictments
00:33And I would anticipate
00:35That, you know, over the course of litigation
00:37There will be more information that will
00:40That will come to light in this particular case
00:44But
00:45At this time he has entered a plea of not guilty
00:47To both of those indictments
00:50Thank you
00:54Thank you
00:55He's, he's in good spirits, he's a strong.
01:00He's, you know, he's a former Olympic athlete, which obviously takes a lot of mental toughness.
01:05To participate in those type of games and at a high level, so he's.
01:10He's in good spirits.
01:15Can you talk a little bit about discrimination?
01:20Well.
01:20He didn't.
01:21He didn't surrender.
01:22He was apprehended.
01:23He was arrested.
01:24And so any spin.
01:25The reason that the government in Mexico is putting on this that he surrendered is an
01:30accurate.
01:31And I think if there's anybody in a position to know how his arrest and apprehension.
01:35went down.
01:36It's his counsel.
01:37So those those.
01:40The reports of of what happened that he surrendered completely inaccurate.
01:45And I can understand.
01:46Look, the Trump administration.
01:50with the apprehension of Maduro has made clear that we're in a in a bull.
01:55New era.
01:56With regard to international relations.
01:58So one can understand.
02:00Why.
02:01That statement might have been put out.
02:05Because if the.
02:06The U.S.
02:07Government is unilaterally going into a sovereign country.
02:10And apprehending somebody.
02:11You know.
02:12You can understand the concern that that.
02:15Sovereign entity might have.
02:16But he was apprehended.
02:17Can you talk about.
02:18We.
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02:28We.
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02:30We.
02:31We.
02:32We.
02:33We.
02:34We.
02:35We.
02:36We.
02:37We.
02:38We.
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02:41We.
02:42We.
02:43We.
02:44They filed a written motion to detain him.
02:49Without bond, and so we agreed today.
02:54To waive the detention hearing and stipulate to detention without prejudice.
02:59Meaning that we can come back and address the bond issue at a later date.
03:04That's what happened today.
03:06Imagine that clear, the answer is no.
03:09That narrative is a false one.
03:11He was apprehended.
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