WASHINGTON—A Quebec woman awaiting trial for allegedly mailing poison to then-president Donald Trump in 2020 is not entitled to recover more than US$2,000 seized by authorities, a United States federal judge ruled Friday. Judge Dabney L. Friedrich sided with prosecutors who argued the money, which was seized from Pascale Ferrier when she was arrested at the U.S. border in September 2020, should not be returned. Lawyers representing Ferrier, who is detained in a Washington, D.C., prison, argued during a virtual court appearance that she needs the money to buy basic items, including food, and to call her family in Canada while she awaits trial. “We’re really just here about getting Ms. Ferrier the ability to get all the shampoo that she wants, get all the toiletries that she wants, get all the underthings that she wants, be able to communicate with her family, which is more expensive, obviously, because they’re …
Seized Cash Won’t Be Returned to Montreal Woman Accused of Threatening Donald Trump
January 8, 2022
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