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Canada’s ambassador to China sought to retract comments suggesting politics would play a role in the potential extradition to the U.S. of a Huawei Technologies Co. executive, adding another setback to weeks of tension between the two countries. John McCallum said in a statement Thursday that he “misspoke” earlier this week when he discussed the case of Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou. On Tuesday, he said she had “strong arguments” to avoid extradition in part because U.S. President Donald Trump had discussed the case. Those comments contradicted weeks of assurances from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the process was in the hands of Canada’s court system. “As the government has consistently made clear, there has been no political involvement in this process.” Trudeau earlier Thursday brushed off calls from Canada’s main opposition party leader for McCallum’s removal, saying that such a step would do nothing to secure the release of two Canadians who were detained in China following the Huawei arrest. McCallum’s statement Thursday returned to the message that “Canada is conducting a fair, unbiased, and transparent legal proceeding with respect to Meng Wanzhou,” and that “Canada respects its international legal commitments, including by honoring its extradition treaty with the United States.” The U.S. has until Jan. 30 to present a formal request for extradition. Meng has been released on bail and is living in a Vancouver home. At that lengthy meeting with reporters he also said Meng could defend herself because of the “extraterritorial aspect to her case” and because Canada didn’t “sign on” to U.S. sanctions against Iran she may have violated. Support independent journalism from China. Subscribe to Caixin Global starting at $0.99.

Canada’s ambassador to China sought to retract comments suggesting politics would play a role in the potential extradition to the U.S. of a Huawei Technologies Co. executive, adding another setback to weeks of tension between the two countries. John McCallum said in a statement Thursday that he “misspoke” earlier this week when he discussed the case of Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou. Those comments contradicted weeks of assurances from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the process was in the hands of Canada’s court system. “As the government has consistently made clear, there has been no political involvement in this process.” Trudeau earlier Thursday brushed off calls from Canada’s main opposition party leader for McCallum’s removal, saying that such a step would do nothing to secure the release of two Canadians who were detained in China following the Huawei arrest. Canada is also seeking clemency for a third citizen who was sentenced to death, with China rejecting international pressure to intervene while suggesting Canadian politicians also have the power to free Meng because she’s committed no crime in Canada. McCallum’s statement Thursday returned to the message that “Canada is conducting a fair, unbiased, and transparent legal proceeding with respect to Meng Wanzhou,” and that “Canada respects its international legal commitments, including by honoring its extradition treaty with the United States.” The U.S. has until Jan. 30 to present a formal request for extradition. Meng has been released on bail and is living in a Vancouver home. At that lengthy meeting with reporters he also said Meng could defend herself because of the “extraterritorial aspect to her case” and because Canada didn’t “sign on” to U.S. sanctions against Iran she may have violated. Canada is reviewing whether to ban Huawei from its next-generation 5G wireless network, a move already taken or under consideration by some allies. “It’s not so much that Huawei poses a risk, it’s that China poses a risk in terms of its worldwide intelligence collection,” Elcock said in a BNN Bloomberg television interview.

He called on all Floridians to learn about and from the case. Though these men now lie in graves, their stories linger in search of justice.” DeSantis’ announcement comes after Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis announced on Wednesday that he would support the pardons. DeSantis indicated he might not wait until the next meeting of the Executive Clemency Board, which is not scheduled until March. That board is made up of DeSantis and the other Florida Cabinet members, Patronis, Fried, and Moody. DeSantis said he would make it a priority for the first meeting of the Florida Cabinet in January. Yet in the 20 months since, the Executive Clemency Board led by Gov. On Wednesday, informed of Patronis’ decision to put the matter on the agenda for the next Executive Clemency Board, Greenlee’s daughter Carol Greenlee emotionally declared, “Thank you Jesus!” DeSantis urged all Floridians to become acquainted with the case and to learn from it. “I appreciate the Legislature’s unanimous resolve and CFO Jimmy Patronis’ recent request that the Clemency Board consider the case. I look forward to reviewing the report of the Office of Executive Clemency and making the cases of the Groveland Four a priority for the first meeting of the Florida Cabinet in January. “Seventy years is a long time to wait, but it is never too late to do the right thing.”

The following are items of political interest from the past week: The campaign of Republican Ron DeSantis is going after Democrat Andrew Gillum over comments made by his running mate nearly two decades ago. Some voters this week got text messages that noted inflammatory comments made by lieutenant governor nominee Chris King back in 1999. King came in fifth in the election won by Gillum. The Gillum campaign sharply criticized the text messages as a "smear tactic" by the DeSantis campaign. It only took a few days for the Ring campaign to launch a rival website called JimmyPatronis.info that bashed some of Patronis campaign donors for their past legal run-ins. Patronis got a ticket while driving the SUV because he had an accident while traveling to his political consultant's office to pick up thank-you cards. Hillary Clinton may have lost Florida in the 2016 presidential election, but she's coming back to the state to help campaign for Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum. Gillum's campaign announced that Clinton will join Gillum on Oct. 23 in South Florida. Clinton made several visits to the Sunshine State ahead of the 2016 election, but the Democratic nominee lost the state to President Donald Trump by nearly 113,000 votes.

The chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, Allen Weisselberg, was given immunity by federal prosecutors in New York during the course of the Michael Cohen investigation. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth…