"I recognize that the extradition process is heavily tilted in favour of committal," Addario told the judge. "You were told that there is this long, eye-watering strain of cases that dismiss these kinds of motions — but this is not a garden-variety extradition case. "This is an invitation to get down into the weeds of U.S. law," Frater told the judge. Meng Wanzhou is accused of lying to HSBC about Huawei's control of a subsidiary in Iran that was allegedly violating U.S. sanctions. Meng's lawyers claim Canadian authorities then gave information about her laptop, phones and tablet to U.S. authorities in what amounted to a covert criminal investigation.

Source: CBC News September 30, 2020 20:25 UTC