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Sanctions Case
Inner City
Press Won
Unsealing In
Plea Possible
Again Sept 18
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Transcript
SDNY
COURTHOUSE, Sept 7 –
Victor Mones Coro was charged
with brokering private
passenger air travel for
Tareck Zaidan El Aissami
Maddah - and like co-defendant
Michols Orsini Quintero was
given his discovery late by
the US, mixed with other DHS
info.
Jump
cut to August
2, 2023 - as to
Michols Orsini
Quintero:
ORDERED
conference on
August 10,
2023 at 10:30
a.m No
adjournments
will be
granted."
Inner
City Press
went on August
10 - it didn't
start at
10:30, then
had already
begun at
12:15. And the
plea was not
accepted. Thread
Plea is
in jeopardy:
AUSA says this
is a specific
intent crime -
but Orsini
didn't know
that his two
passengers
were on the
OFAC list. Is
"conscious
avoidance"
enough?
Afterward
Inner City
Press asked Orsini,
Como te
sientes? He smiled,
shrugged and
said, es
un proceso,
it's a
process. Then
he ran
to fly back to
Florida.
Was the
robing room
discussion
recorded in
some way? If
any appeal,
if nothing
else? What
about the
public?
On
September 7, a
new possible
plea
proceeding was
scheduled and
docketed:
"ORDER as to
Michols Orsini
Quintero: A
conference in
the
above-captioned
case is
scheduled for
September 18,
2023, at 11:00
a.m. A change
of plea may
occur.
Accordingly,
it is in
Defendant's
interest to
appear, and
the Court's
and public's
interest that
he appears,
for the
conference and
possible plea
allocution. An
appearance for
a Rule 11
allocation is
required to be
personal. See
Fed. R. Crim.
P. 11(b)(1),
(2) (requiring
the court to
"address the
defendant
personally in
open court").
It is hereby
ORDERED that,
pursuant to 18
U.S.C. 4285,
the United
States
Marshal's
Service shall
arrange
noncustodial
transport, via
commercial
economy-class,
one-way ticket
for Defendant
to fly from
Miami, Florida
to New York,
New York in
advance of his
conference on
September 18,
2023 at 11:00
a.m. (Signed
by Judge Alvin
K. Hellerstein
on 9/7/2023)
The
case is US v.
Coro, et al.,
19-cr-144
(Hellerstein)
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