U.S. President Donald Trump's comment about his willingness to intervene in the court case against a Huawei executive was part of the Canadian Justice Department's legal analysis of the extradition case against Meng Wanzhou. American authorities accuse Meng of bank fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy as part of their larger legal case against telecommunications giant Huawei. Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speak to reporters during a news conference at the State Department in Washington last December. McCallum argued that Meng has a strong case to fight extradition and pointed to President Trump's comments as evidence. "The defence council may well have the improper purpose-abusive process defence to strike down, shut down, this Huawei extradition case quickly."

Source: CBC News March 27, 2019 08:00 UTC