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Akash Sama­roo

For­mer at­tor­ney gen­er­al Faris Al-Rawi is ex­press­ing con­cern over a po­ten­tial fall­out in Trinidad and To­ba­go’s ex­tra­di­tion re­la­tion­ship with the Unit­ed States, as he ques­tions the han­dling of the on­go­ing ex­tra­di­tion pro­ceed­ings against for­mer Fi­fa vice pres­i­dent Jack Warn­er.

Al-Rawi, who served as AG from 2015 to 2022, said he per­son­al­ly signed ex­tra­di­tion or­ders dur­ing his tenure and is now seek­ing clar­i­ty on what cur­rent At­tor­ney Gen­er­al John Je­re­mie has or­dered a probe in­to, as well as the ad­di­tion­al doc­u­men­ta­tion Warn­er’s lawyers are re­port­ed­ly re­quest­ing in his le­gal bat­tle to avoid be­ing sent to face charges in the US. He be­lieves this can set a prece­dent for oth­er peo­ple to chal­lenge their ex­tra­di­tions to the US.