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US officials accuse him of illegally transferring $ 3.5 million in 2016. dollars for the Hillary Clinton election campaign. But Khawaja himself says that he is trying to deal with it because he has information that compromises US President Donald Trump.
Vilija Viešūnaitė, a lawyer representing A. Khawaja, confirmed this information to the tv3.lt portal: “The person was arrested on the night of September 3. On September 4, he was sentenced to two months in prison. We filed an appeal, but it was also denied. “
The lawyer said that A. Khawaja had lived in Lithuania for the past 10 years. “He is married to a Lithuanian woman, a long-term marriage. A minor child is growing up in the family. A. Khawaja has a residence permit in Lithuania.
He also has real estate here. It had already happened that he returned to Lithuania as his home, but he was arrested. The issue of extradition will be addressed in Lithuania in the coming weeks. And for now, he will be considered detained in Pravieniškės, ”said V. Viešūnaitė.
Political case
Khawaja told the Lithuanian courts that his case was political and was born only when US President Trump began his re-election campaign.
The Vilnius City District Court allowed the American to be arrested for two months in early September, and the Vilnius Regional Court upheld the decision last week. Mr. Khawaja asked to put it in a hatred, as well as a deposit of 770 thousand. euros.
“The suspect earned millions of dollars in remittances, which means that he had huge sums of money at his disposal. The complaint also notes that Mr. Khawaja is a well-known businessman who has created many businesses and many jobs.” … A sufficiently large sum of money paid as possible bail, given the financial situation of Mr. Khawaja, would not deter him from a possible flight to avoid an extradition process, “the court ruled.
The two-month prison sentence is final and cannot be appealed.
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