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This legal document, filed on December 18, 2020, argues that an unnamed defendant, who is a French citizen, would be completely protected from extradition to the United States if she were to flee to France. The argument is supported by direct communication from the French Ministry of Justice, which confirmed France's inflexible principle of not extraditing its citizens outside the European Union, and is further bolstered by a legal precedent from the 2013 case, United States v. Cilins.

This document is the conclusion of a legal filing from the office of the Acting United States Attorney, dated December 16, 2020, and filed on December 18, 2020. The prosecution argues that a defendant's 'Renewed Bail Motion' should be denied, reiterating the Court's previous finding that the defendant 'poses a substantial actual risk of flight' and that no conditions of bail can ensure their presence in court.

This document is page 9 of a legal filing (Document 100) from December 18, 2020, in the case of United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell (1:20-cr-00330-AJN). The text details the Court's reasoning for detaining the defendant pending trial, citing flight risk, the insufficiency of home security/electronic monitoring, and rejecting arguments regarding COVID-19 risks. It also outlines the 'Applicable Law' under the Bail Reform Act (18 U.S.C. § 3141 et seq.) regarding the standards for pretrial detention.

This page from a government filing (Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN, likely USA v. Ghislaine Maxwell) argues that the defendant poses a significant flight risk because she is a French citizen. The document details that the US Government confirmed with the French Ministry of Justice that France will not extradite its nationals to the US, rendering any 'extradition waiver' signed by the defendant unenforceable if she flees to France.