Detained former US military pilot faces $800k bill for extradition fight

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Former fighter pilot Daniel Duggan is fighting to push back a court date that will decide whether he is eligible for extradition to the US as his legal bill nears $1 million.

The ex-top gun's lawyer, Jolan Draaisma, appealed today to delay the extradition proceedings on the grounds Duggan and his supporters were still seeking funding to pay for his legal defence.

Lawyer Trent Glover, acting for the US, formally opposed the application to push back the extradition hearing.Legal Aid was yet to make a determination and was asking for further information to assess the application, including the merits of the case, she added.Qantas fined $250k for standing down worker

Duggan was arrested on an extradition warrant at a supermarket car park in the NSW central west in October 2022 at the request of US authorities. "How can I be living in Australia - in an age when ASIO listens to all my calls and reads my emails without a second thought."

 

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