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Arab News
18 hours ago
- Politics
- Arab News
South Korea investigators seek to arrest former President Yoon
SEOUL: South Korean prosecutors asked a court Tuesday for a new arrest warrant to detain ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol, after he refused a summons by investigators probing his failed martial law bid. Yoon was formally stripped of office in April, after being impeached and suspended by lawmakers over his Dec. 3 attempt to subvert civilian rule, which saw armed soldiers deployed to parliament. He is already standing trial on insurrection charges, personally attending court to defend himself against the allegations. However, he has refused several summons issued by a special counsel formed to investigate the martial law declaration that parliament voted to launch earlier in the month. 'Today, the special counsel requested an arrest warrant for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges including obstruction of official duties,' the special counsel said in a statement. 'The arrest warrant was requested in order to conduct the suspect's interrogation,' it said, adding that 'he has clearly indicated his intention not to respond to future summons.' Prosecutor Park Ji-young, a member of the special counsel, said in a news conference that Yoon was just 'one of several suspects' that they had summoned to be questioned.
South China Morning Post
a day ago
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
South Korea investigators seek new warrant to arrest ex-president Yoon
South Korean prosecutors asked a court on Tuesday for a new arrest warrant to detain former president Yoon Suk-yeol, after he refused a summons by investigators probing his failed martial law bid. Yoon was formally stripped of office in April, after being impeached and suspended by lawmakers over his December 3 attempt to subvert civilian rule, which saw armed soldiers deployed to parliament. He is already standing trial on insurrection charges, personally attending court to defend himself against the allegations. However, he has refused several summons issued by a special counsel formed to investigate the martial law declaration that parliament voted to launch earlier in the month. 'Today, the special counsel requested an arrest warrant for former president Yoon Suk-yeol on charges including obstruction of official duties,' the special counsel said in a statement. 'The arrest warrant was requested in order to conduct the suspect's interrogation,' it said, adding that 'he has clearly indicated his intention not to respond to future summons'.
New York Times
16-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Trump Officials Plan to Release Audio of Biden Special Counsel Interview
The Trump administration plans to release, as early as next week, audio recordings of President Joseph R. Biden Jr. being interviewed by the special counsel who investigated his handling of classified information, according to people familiar with the matter. Mr. Biden was interviewed at the White House in October 2023 by Robert K. Hur, who had been appointed to investigate whether crimes had been committed related to classified documents found at Mr. Biden's former office and home after he left the Obama administration. In 2024, Mr. Hur announced he would not seek to file any charges in the case, in part because Mr. Biden would probably appear to be a sympathetic figure to a jury — an older man with a poor memory. The planned release comes as Democrats are grappling with new revelations about Mr. Biden's health in office, and efforts by his aides and other party leaders at the time to quash concerns about his ability to run for re-election. About a month after Mr. Hur's announcement, officials released a transcript of the his interview with Mr. Biden. But for more than a year, Republicans have been demanding that the government also release the audio recording, arguing that it might offer evidence of Mr. Biden's declining mental acuity. 'The transcripts were released by the Biden administration more than a year ago,' said Kelly Scully, a spokeswoman for the former president. 'The audio does nothing but confirm what is already public.' The Biden administration kept the audio secret, asserting executive privilege over it. Officials also said releasing such a recording could make it harder for prosecutors to get cooperation from witnesses in future investigations. Officials at the Trump White House and Justice Department have disagreed with those Biden-era arguments, and plan to release the audio, according to two people familiar with the matter, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe a decision that has yet to be announced. The decision was prompted in part by a court deadline next week for the Trump administration to take a position in a lawsuit over the recording.
