Statement Of Spokesman James M. Margolin For United States Attorney's Office For The Southern District Of New York Re: United States V. Devyani Khobragade

Statement Of Spokesman James M. Margolin For United States Attorney's Office For The Southern District Of New York Re: United States V. Devyani Khobragade

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Jan. 9, 2014. It is reproduced in full below.

"This Office had been advised by the State Department that, pursuant to their request, Devyani Khobragade was to have left the United States this afternoon. In a letter sent to the Court upon the filing of the Indictment of Ms. Khobragade, we stated our understanding that she had left the country. Subsequent to the filing of the letter, Ms. Khobragade’s lawyer advised that she has not, in fact, departed the U.S."

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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