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    "document_number": "20-cr-00830",
    "date": "March 9, 2021",
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  "full_text": "MINISTRY OF JUSTICE\nLiberty\nEquality\nFraternity\nDirectorate of Criminal Affairs & Pardons\nSpecialized Criminal Justice Sub-Directorate\nInternational Criminal Assistance Bureau\nParis, March 9, 2021\nHis Honor the Keeper of Seals, Minister of Justice\nTo the\nDepartment of Justice (D.O.J)\nThrough Andrew FINKELMAN, Liaison Magistrate on behalf of the\nEmbassy of the United States of America located in Paris, France\nI hereby inform you that in France, all removal proceedings and conditions are governed by Articles 696 et sq. of the Code of Criminal Procedure.\nArticle 696-2 of said Code provides that: \"The French government is able to remit to foreign governments upon their request any individual who is not a French citizen and who is subject to a lawsuit brought on behalf of the requesting State, or who is subject to a sentence passed by the Court of said requesting State, and who is located on the territory of the French Republic.\"\nArticle 694-4 expressly specifies as follows:\n\"Removal is not granted:\n1- When the individual claimed to have French citizenship, said citizenship having been assessed at the time of the offense on the basis of which removal is being requested.\"\nWHEREBY, the fact that the wanted individual is a French national constitutes an insuperable obstacle to his/her removal. As long as said nationality is assessed at the time the offense was committed, any loss of nationality subsequent to said offense has no bearing upon the removal proceedings and shall not supersede said assessment of nationality.\nHead of the International Criminal Assistance Bureau\nPhilippe AEGLE\n13, place Vendôme - 75042 Paris Cedex 01 - France\nTelephone: (011) 33.1.44.77.60.60\nwww.justice.gouv.fr\nDOJ-OGR-00001253",
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      "content": "His Honor the Keeper of Seals, Minister of Justice\nTo the\nDepartment of Justice (D.O.J)",
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      "content": "I hereby inform you that in France, all removal proceedings and conditions are governed by Articles 696 et sq. of the Code of Criminal Procedure.",
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      "content": "Article 696-2 of said Code provides that: \"The French government is able to remit to foreign governments upon their request any individual who is not a French citizen and who is subject to a lawsuit brought on behalf of the requesting State, or who is subject to a sentence passed by the Court of said requesting State, and who is located on the territory of the French Republic.\"",
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      "content": "Article 694-4 expressly specifies as follows:\n\"Removal is not granted:\n1- When the individual claimed to have French citizenship, said citizenship having been assessed at the time of the offense on the basis of which removal is being requested.\"",
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      "content": "WHEREBY, the fact that the wanted individual is a French national constitutes an insuperable obstacle to his/her removal. As long as said nationality is assessed at the time the offense was committed, any loss of nationality subsequent to said offense has no bearing upon the removal proceedings and shall not supersede said assessment of nationality.",
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  "additional_notes": "The document appears to be an official letter from the Ministry of Justice, Directorate of Criminal Affairs & Pardons, International Criminal Assistance Bureau. It is signed by Philippe AEGLE, Head of the International Criminal Assistance Bureau. The document discusses removal proceedings and conditions under French law."
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