00:00It's not a surprise. We haven't had any direct communication with U.S. Attorney's Office indicating that they had indicted
00:08or were indicting.
00:09We certainly were hearing the same rumors from media and others that that was in process for quite some time.
00:19I think the the issue is that rather than charge him with civil rights violations, plus the whatever their charges
00:29are about lying, they just chose to go with that.
00:32And so I think what what I'm understanding is that there's been a fairly big struggle between Maine Justice, perhaps
00:40the administration and the U.S. Attorney's Office and the local people that work in the office.
00:45Does this have any bearing on his status here in Minnesota?
00:52Only in probably one respect. So we so we had filed an emergency lawsuit, as you know, asking a judge
01:03in Texas to order Abbott, Governor Abbott, to sign the extradition paperwork.
01:08Governor Abbott had strung out that signing for 90 days, which meant under Texas law that Mr. Castro was going
01:17to be released from custody.
01:19We know he did that for political reasons, because the first time he was asked about our lawsuit and the
01:26extradition paperwork, he responded that he didn't trust Governor Walz and that there was a lot of fraud here or
01:33something of that nature.
01:33So this is all political. But even though the judge said he would not order Abbott to sign, he said
01:42it just wasn't time.
01:43He said that Abbott hadn't indicated that he wouldn't sign, that he hadn't indicated that he would.
01:48So the judge was willing to give him more time. But that also means we can go back before the
01:53court and say, hey, you know, it's been additional time.
01:56We still have nothing because as far as today, he still hasn't signed it.
02:01So in terms of what happens now with with the federal indictment, I am imagining that they will try to
02:10pick him up in Texas.
02:11He will probably have a right to have a detention hearing either in Texas or here in Minnesota.
02:18If he has a detention hearing in Texas, the judge would have to decide whether to detain him or not
02:25if they decide not to detain him.
02:29And that's a possibility, given the fact that he hasn't been charged with a violent offense.
02:34It's some sort of charges or an indictment related to lying.
02:40If he was let out, he would be given a court date up here in Minnesota.
02:45But the moment he came into Minnesota or, you know, we became aware of his him being here, he would
02:50be arrested on our case as well because we still have an active warrant.
02:55If he is detained in Texas, they would bring him up here.
03:00Our warrant is active.
03:02And then we would be having a conversation with the U.S. attorney's office about who would prosecute first.
03:08But in terms of our charges, it really doesn't make a difference.
03:12We have separate jurisdiction.
03:14We obviously have different charges.
03:16And we're prepared to go ahead on our charges.
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