Isaac Calderon Extradition Update is Rumor-Only For the Moment

“Now, the US Department of Justice has said officers from West Mercia Police can come and collect Mr Calderon.” But no one from the West Mercia Police or the DOJ is named or quoted, so that news is based on nothing but a shady lawyer’s mind reading. https://t.co/K3C8K3106k

— TSB (@TweetingTSB) September 12, 2024

The story is so far being carried only by BBC Hereford and Worcester, which sounds a bit provincial, and the bigger media are all standing back. 

 

Good for them, since BBC H&W is going out on a limb by trusting the Harry Dunn family's spokesman / advisor / PR hack and all-around hustler. Evidently, he professes to know the hopes of the West Mercia Police and also the mind of the U.S. Justice Department, which is rather more than a prudent journalist should take his word for. Until sources that have names and speak for the record say that extradition has been approved, don't believe it.    

Moreover, when it comes to extradition the U.S. Secretary of State, and not the Justice Department, has the sole authority to approve the removal of a U.S. citizen to a requesting country. The family's spokesman - so far - seems to lack insight into the SecState's mind. 

Extradition will probably be approved eventually, but nothing in the BBC H&W's story is credible.