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Daily Mirror
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Jake Paul makes unexpected admission about boxing career earnings
The 'Problem Child' has made a fortune over the last few years in the sport of boxing - but has recently admitted it was not all plain sailing at the start Jake Paul has surprisingly admitted he "didn't make much" money during his first year as a professional boxer. The YouTuber-turned-boxer made his professional back in 2020 - two years after knocking out Deji Olatunji in an white-collar showdown. During the first few bouts, the 'Problem Child' made a habit of fighting fellow social media influencers and former MMA stars. He gradually worked his way up and is now pocketing a fortune every time he steps foot inside the ring. With a professional record of 11-1, Paul's only career defeat came against rival Tommy Fury back in 2023. It is fair to say Paul is no stranger to a staggering payday. Back in November, following his last win over Mike Tyson, the 'Problem Child' reportedly earned $40million (£29.7m) for the controversial showdown. While to many the aforementioned fee is a staggering amount, Paul claims he has been averaging $40m for the past few years in boxing. "I've roughly been averaging around $40million a year for the past four years in boxing," Paul told the Iced Coffee Hour podcast. "The first year, year and a half of boxing, I didn't make much. I was definitely at a loss in my first year in boxing." It was not until he fully embraced his 'bad guy' persona that he earned jaw-dropping sums of money every fight. "I think everything worked out perfectly," he added. "If I didn't have my YouTube persona and following, with everyone doubting I could become a boxer and everyone hating me, I don't think I would be making as much. In boxing, the villain makes more, and that is why I purposefully make people hate me and play that role and be the bad guy. "You want to pay for the pay-per-view or tune into Netflix more to see the guy get knocked out that you hate. It is a lot of money, and I am definitely blessed and grateful, but it feels like every bit of it was earned. I worked my a*** off every day for 12 years straight, and then finally everything clicks overnight, and then eight, nine years into it I feel like I can make what I finally deserve. I feel like every penny I have made, I deserve more because of the amount of work I have put into it. I think my biggest paydays in the sport of boxing are still to come for sure." The 28-year-old is once again expected to earn a fortune as he is scheduled to make his return to the ring next weekend against former middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. There are a few ho predict a tough night at the office for Paul. However, boxing legend Shawn Porter has confidently predicted that the social media sensation will emerge victorious next weekend. Speaking on The Porter Way Podcast, he said. 'I got Jake Paul by KO.' Porter then explained how previously seeing Chavez Jr in the gym helped him come to that conclusion. 'He doesn't have a gas tank. That means you're not working and training out of the gym. I saw the in gym stuff and you scratch your head like 'that was it for the day?' He said. 'One day he came into the gym he shadow boxed, I don't know if he made it a round on the bag, then he packed up and left … I've seen some short stuff. I don't want to disrespect but it will make you scratch your head. The other fighters were laughing like 'that was it? Why did he show up?''
NDTV
4 hours ago
- Politics
- NDTV
Chad Meredith, Trump's Latest Judicial Pick, Was Almost Nominated By Biden
Washington: President Donald Trump says he plans to tap Chad Meredith, a former state solicitor general in Kentucky, for a federal judgeship in the state - and this time, he is facing no objections from Sen. Rand Paul, who opposed his nomination three years ago. Meredith was the starring player in a bit of judicial nominations drama in the previous administration, when then-President Joe Biden had agreed to nominate Meredith, who was enthusiastically supported by Sen. Mitch McConnell, the former Senate majority leader. It was a curious move at the time, because Meredith had a track record of defending Kentucky's anti-abortion laws and the nomination would come in the immediate aftermath of the 2022 Supreme Court decision that eliminated a constitutional right to the procedure. But Paul indicated to the Biden White House at the time that he would block Meredith's confirmation proceedings from moving forward, so the former president never formally nominated him. Biden's decision to back off Meredith was also a relief to Democrats and abortion rights groups who had been enraged at the prospect of Biden tapping an anti-abortion lawyer for a lifetime judiciary seat. This time, Paul recommended Meredith for the judgeship to the White House, and plans to support his confirmation, Paul's office said Thursday. In his social media post Wednesday announcing the nomination, Trump called Meredith "highly experienced and well qualified." "Chad is a courageous Patriot who knows what is required to uphold the Rule of Law, and protect our Constitution," Trump wrote on Truth Social Wednesday night. McConnell said in a statement Wednesday that Trump made an "outstanding choice" in choosing Meredith, who also served as chief deputy general counsel for former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin. "His demonstrated devotion to the rule of law and the Constitution will serve the people of Kentucky well on the federal bench," McConnell said. "I look forward to the Senate confirming his nomination." Three years ago, Paul accused McConnell of cutting a "secret deal" with the White House as a reason why Meredith's nomination never moved forward under Biden. Paul never made any substantive objections about Meredith himself at the time. "Unfortunately, instead of communicating and lining up support for him, Senator McConnell chose to cut a secret deal with the White House that fell apart," Paul said at the time. Paul had effective veto power over a judicial pick in his home state because the Senate continues to honor the so-called blue slip rule, a decades-old custom that says a judicial nominee won't move forward if there is opposition from his or her home-state senator. The Biden White House also deferred to that custom, which is why Biden never ended up nominating Meredith. Though the rule has been eroded in part, namely for appellate court judges whose seat spans several states, the custom has remained intact for district court nominees who are more closely tied to their home states. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has so far made no indication that he would deviate from that longstanding custom. Lena Zwarensteyn, senior director of a fair courts program and an adviser at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, criticized Trump's selection of Meredith given his "disturbing anti-abortion record." "The nomination of Chad Meredith to a lifetime judgeship should trouble everyone," Zwarensteyn said.
Politico
5 hours ago
- Politics
- Politico
Rand Paul forces GOP into megabill runaround
Presented by IN TODAY'S EDITION:— The GOP's remarkable shunting of Rand Paul— What could get cut in next week's Byrd bath— First in IC: GOP wary of Vought's new funding trick Sen. Rand Paul is a frequent thorn in GOP leadership's side. But his recent break over border security funding in President Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' has top Republicans pushing the bounds of institutional norms to rein him in, our Hailey Fuchs reports. Senior Republicans have sidelined Paul, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, in their talks with the White House over policies under the panel's purview. Budget Chair Lindsey Graham told Hailey he has taken over as the lead negotiator around how to shepherd through tens of billions of dollars for border wall construction and related infrastructure in the GOP megabill. Meanwhile, a Senate Republican aide said Sen. James Lankford — who heads the relevant Homeland Security subcommittee — will be the point person for negotiating the bill's government affairs provisions. With every other committee chair helping manage negotiations for their panels' portions of the massive tax and spending package, cutting Paul out is unprecedented. But Paul proposed funding border security at a fraction of what the administration requested and the House passed in its bill. 'Senator Paul usually votes 'no' and blames everybody else for not being pure enough,' Graham told Hailey. 'As chairman, you … don't have that luxury sometimes. You have to do things as chairman you wouldn't have to do as a rank-and-file member.' Indeed, few of Paul's own committee members appear willing to defend him. Paul lost an ally in Sen. Ron Johnson, a fellow deficit hawk, after top White House adviser Stephen Miller briefed senators on the administration's border request and made a persuasive argument. Graham said the meeting was requested by himself and Majority Leader John Thune to 'contest' Paul's offer. Paul did not attend. Sen. Josh Hawley said Paul's decision to draft his own proposal 'without any consultation of the committee' was concerning, adding that he had 'never seen that happen before.' Nonetheless, Paul still believes some pieces of his own plan unrelated to border security will end up in the final bill, he told our Jordain Carney Wednesday, and that he's involved in ongoing talks with the Senate parliamentarian. Speaking of the parliamentarian: Senate rule-keeper Elizabeth MacDonough is scrubbing the final draft of the megabill in a 'big, beautiful' Byrd bath. Her rulings on which provisions will fly under the filibuster-skirting budget reconciliation process are expected to roll in through the middle of next week, when Thune wants to schedule the first procedural vote related to the package, Jordain reports. Republicans are bracing for an answer to one consequential question they punted on earlier this year: whether they can use an accounting maneuver known as 'current policy baseline' to make it appear that extending Trump's 2017 tax cuts would cost nothing. Senate Finance Republicans and Democrats will make a joint presentation to MacDonough this weekend about which provisions to keep or scrap. And there's no shortage of GOP priorities under Byrd scrutiny — from tax cuts on certain gun silencers to a plan to raise taxes on foreign companies known as the 'revenge tax.' Other outstanding issues before the parliamentarian: whether Commerce has to tweak language to prohibit states from regulating AI over the next decade; whether Judiciary can block judges' ability to issue preliminary injunctions and whether Agriculture can use the megabill to pay for pieces of the stalled farm bill. TGIF. Have you joined the dating app being advertised outside of Cups? Email us, we have questions: crazor@ mmccarthy@ and lkashinsky@ Follow our live coverage at THE SKED The House is out but will have a pro forma session at 11 a.m. The Senate is out but will have a pro forma session at 3:15 p.m. Next week: Both chambers will be back in session on Monday. The Senate will continue taking up Trump's nominations, including Daniel Zimmerman to be an assistant secretary of Defense, and work toward a vote on the GOP megabill. THE LEADERSHIP SUITE Thune's megabill timeline troubles The Senate majority leader is ramping up efforts to quell rebellions within his conference over the megabill as he works to get it to the floor next week. That includes talking to Trump, who he frequently refers to as his 'closer,' on a near-daily basis, Thune told Jordain. Thune's got his work cut out for him. Hawley is urging GOP leaders to strike Senate Finance's language that would largely reduce the provider tax to 3.5 percent from 6 percent, warning that it won't fly with House Republicans who voted to freeze, rather than reduce, the tax that many states use to fund their Medicaid programs. Hawley told Jordain in an exclusive interview that House Republicans have told him they were 'not consulted' and it 'cannot pass.' (Read more from that conversation on our Inside Congress Live blog later this morning.) 'I don't know why we would pass something that the House can't pass and will force us into [a] conference,' Hawley said. House Republicans — including members of Speaker Mike Johnson's circle — were indeed blindsided by the Senate's move, Mia reports with our Meredith Lee Hill. Moderates in the chamber are now scrambling to undo it, working with hospitals and planning to set up calls with leadership. Hawley told Jordain he's prepared to support the House's provider-tax freeze — with minor technical clarifications that 13 states' hospital associations, including his own, asked for in a letter Inside Congress scooped Monday. GOP leaders are also pondering a fund to support rural hospitals, but Hawley says that isn't enough. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt declined in a press conference Thursday to share Trump's preference for how to break the stalemate, 'out of respect for the ongoing discussions that the White House is very much actively involved in.' Thune also has other policy disputes to resolve, including over the state-and-local-tax deduction cap critical to a cadre of moderate House Republicans. That's leaving some of his members openly doubting whether Thune can meet his party's self-imposed July Fourth deadline to send the bill to the president's desk. Sen. Tommy Tuberville put it at a '50/50 chance,' saying there could be half a dozen Senate Republicans still wavering; Thune can only afford to lose three. ICYMI: Megabill debt warnings fall on deaf ears inside the GOP FIRST IN INSIDE CONGRESS: Schumer, Dems hammer Thune on safety-net changes Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sens. Amy Klobuchar, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley — the ranking members on Agriculture, Finance and Budget, respectively — are spearheading a letter from the Senate Democratic Caucus urging Thune to work across the aisle on health care and food assistance rather than forging ahead with changes in Republicans' party-line push. That won't happen. But the letter, which Jordain obtained exclusively, is a preview for Democrats' lines of attack against two of the most controversial pieces of the GOP megabill: Changes to Medicaid and shifting part of the cost of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to states. 'If enacted, these cuts to food assistance and health care will mean widespread hardship for Americans,' Democrats wrote in the letter. 'Just because the House has acted in this regard does not mean the U.S. Senate must make the same mistakes.' Schumer and Senate Democrats will convene a Zoom call Saturday to discuss their strategy ahead of anticipated floor action next week, a person with direct knowledge told Jordain. Schumer says senators set for Iran briefing Schumer has privately confirmed there will be an all-senators classified briefing on Iran early next week, a Schumer aide told Jordain. It comes as Trump says he'll decide within in two weeks whether to strike the country amid its escalating confrontation with Israel. Trump said in a statement Thursday he set that deadline based on a 'substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place in the near future.' Top Senate Democrats are demanding more information, pushing Trump to outline a strategy on Iran before any American involvement, our Connor O'Brien reports. Sen. Tim Kaine's resolution requiring congressional approval for Trump to take military action in Iran will be eligible for a vote next Friday — within the president's two-week window — though it's not gaining much Republican support. Garcia leads Dems' Oversight race Rep. Robert Garcia is emerging as the prohibitive favorite to win Democrats' vacant top slot on House Oversight ahead of next Tuesday's vote, Nicholas Wu and Hailey report. The 47-year-old Californian has run a careful campaign, focusing on his contributions on the panel and his experience as a big-city mayor, while sidestepping the age and seniority questions that are roiling his party. 'The seniority system in Congress is not going to go away,' Garcia said as he downplayed the notion that the race is a proxy battle in a larger war over the future leadership of the Democratic Party. 'There's an opportunity here to expand who's at that table, and I bring a different kind of experience.' Top House Dems condemn incident targeting GOP rep House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Whip Katherine Clark and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar are condemning an incident in which GOP Rep. Max Miller said Thursday he was 'run off the road' by an aggressor with a Palestinian flag. They're also using the latest alleged attack on a lawmaker to bolster Jeffries' push for more resources for member security. POLICY RUNDOWN MEGABILL'S MEGA IMPACTS — As the House and Senate debate how much to slash clean-energy tax credits in the GOP's party-line bill, hundreds of investments — mostly in Republican districts — are at imminent risk of being stifled, our Kelsey Tamborrino and Jessie Blaeser report. There are 794 wind farms, solar plants, battery storage facilities and other clean electricity generation projects that have not yet started construction and could lose key tax breaks if the final bill rolls back key provisions in the Democrats' 2022 climate law. Even under the Senate's less aggressive proposal, the projects lose all of their tax breaks if they don't break ground in time. And Republicans could be at the brunt of it: Three out of four clean electricity generation projects that could benefit from the tax credits would be built in GOP districts, according to the POLITICO analysis. FIRST IN INSIDE CONGRESS: WH FLOATS NEW FUNDING TRICK — OMB Director Russ Vought's strained relationship with GOP appropriators is about to be tested once more as the White House pursues 'pocket rescissions' — the ultimate end-run around congressional funding power, our Jennifer Scholtes reports this morning. Vought has repeatedly pushed the idea of 'pocket rescissions' as a way to codify the spending cuts Elon Musk made through his Department of Government Efficiency initiative. It's a dizzying maneuver that would involve sending a list of spending cuts to Capitol Hill with less than 45 days left until the end of the fiscal year, and then withholding — or 'pocketing' — the money if lawmakers don't act on the request. But the federal government's top watchdog says it's against the law, as do some of the appropriators already frustrated with the administration's moves to run roughshod over Congress' 'power of the purse' ahead of an upcoming government-funding deadline. 'Pocket rescissions are illegal, in my judgment,' Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins said in an interview this week. GOP TIFFS OVER TIKTOK — Trump's latest move to keep TikTok alive is frustrating congressional Republicans who object to China's continued involvement in the popular app and want a divestment deal finished, our Anthony Adragna reports. Trump on Thursday signed another 90-day delay of a law that would require TikTok to divest from ByteDance, the app's Beijing-based company, after repeated extensions since January. Lawmakers passed this law with bipartisan support in the previous Congress, and it was upheld last year by the Supreme Court. 'The law is clear - TikTok can only be used in the U.S. if ByteDance divests its foreign ownership, with only one permissible extension of the compliance deadline,' Rep. Dan Newhouse said Thursday in a post on X. He added he believes the law should be 'implemented as written.' CRYPTO CHALLENGES AHEAD — Trump is urging House Republicans to send a 'clean' version of the Senate-passed stablecoin regulatory framework to his desk 'LIGHTNING FAST' — dialing up the pressure on congressional Republicans as they mull changes to the bill, including potentially packaging it with broader digital-assets market structure legislation. Trump doesn't seem too keen on that approach as he looks to score a big crypto win, fast: 'NO DELAYS, NO ADD ONS,' he posted on Truth Social. Senate Banking is set to hold a hearing next week on its version of that separate, market-structure legislation. Best of POLITICO Pro and E&E: THE BEST OF THE REST ICE Imposes New Rules on Congressional Visits, from Michael Gold at the New York Times This Former Congressman Survived Political Violence. He Carried a Gun 'To Fire Back.', from Ben Jacobs for POLITICO Magazine Amid change, Roll Call endures, from Nathan L. Gonzales for Roll Call (Opinion) JOB BOARD Jacob Downs is now press secretary for Rep. David Kustoff. He most recently was press assistant for Rep. Nancy Mace. Athena Hood has been promoted to deputy press secretary for the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. She most recently was a press assistant for the committee. Hannah Hussey has been promoted to director of operations for Rep. David Kustoff. Blake Nolan has been promoted to chief of staff for Rep. Vern Buchanan. Heather Smith has been promoted to chief of staff for Rep. William Timmons. Ben Nichols is now comms adviser at the FDA's office of external affairs. He was previously deputy comms director for House Ag Committee Republicans. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sen. Eric Schmitt (5-0) … Reps. Don Beyer, Deborah Ross and Ralph Norman … Adrienne Elrod … former Rep. Phil English… POLITICO's Josh Gerstein and Mackenzie Wilkes… Ian Prior … Brandon Arnold of the National Taxpayers Union … Tom Zigo of the MPA … Brad Howard of Corcoran Street Group … Ryan Walker of Heritage Action … Ginger Loper … Gisselle Reynolds of Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart's office … Emma Tenery … Chris Grieco TRIVIA WEDNESDAY'S ANSWER: Brian Caudill correctly answered that John Scott Harrison was the lawmaker who was the only person to be the son and father of a U.S. president (son of William Henry Harrison and father of Benjamin Harrison). TODAY'S QUESTION, from Mia: Happy belated Juneteenth! In what year was the first congressional resolution recognizing Juneteenth Independence Day introduced? The first person to correctly guess gets a mention in the next edition of Inside Congress. Send your answers to insidecongress@
Politico
5 hours ago
- Politics
- Politico
How Rand Paul got sidelined by fellow Republicans
As chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Sen. Rand Paul technically has jurisdiction over a central plank of President Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill.' But the Kentucky Republican's desire to aggressively cut the administration's request for border security spending has sidelined him in negotiations. In an interview this week, Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham said that he has taken over as the lead negotiator in talks with bicameral leadership and the White House over how to deploy tens of billions of dollars to strengthen border security and reduce the flow of migrant encounters at the southern border into the United States. Graham, a South Carolina Republican who released his own border security funding plan shortly after Paul introduced his, said he offered himself up to the Trump administration as the point person on the border security provisions of the megabill. 'Senator Paul usually votes 'no' and blames everybody else for not being pure enough,' said Graham, who has a long history of clashing with Paul over federal spending and foreign policy. 'As chairman, you … don't have that luxury sometimes. You have to do things as chairman you wouldn't have to do as a rank-and-file member.' 'Senator Paul's reducing the amount [for border security] didn't withstand scrutiny,' Graham added. 'The analysis was shallow.' At the same time, the office of Senate GOP Conference Vice-Chair James Lankford of Oklahoma — also the chair of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Management, Federal Workforce and Regulatory Affairs — is planning to work directly with Senate leadership staff on the government affairs provisions, said a Senate Republican aide granted anonymity to describe internal party dynamics. Paul has made clear repeatedly he isn't planning to vote for the party-line tax and spending bill anyway, giving leadership few reasons to try and play nice. Yet the decision by senior Senate Republicans to undermine a committee chair in such a way marks a dramatic departure from standard Senate procedure. It also reflects the extent to which Paul has become an ideological island, despite him holding a committee gavel thanks to the chamber's rules around seniority. And in another break with precedent, few of Paul's own members on the Homeland Security panel, if any, appeared supportive of the chair's approach or willing to back him up against leadership's attempts to undermine him. Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, said it was concerning that Paul would draft his own proposal 'without any consultation of the committee.' Hawley added he had 'never seen that happen before.' Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), who sits on both the Homeland and Budget panels who described Paul as 'well-meaning' and 'principled,' said if Paul's goal was to change people's minds, the Kentuckian would have been better off working with fellow members of his conference. 'If your objective is just to have a point of view, that's one thing you can do; but if your objective is to rally support, then you have a different path,' Moreno said. Paul has even lost an ally in Sen. Ron Johnson, another steadfast fiscal hawk who leadership hopes will ultimately support the megabill. Johnson said last week he will support the administration's border security funding request after hearing directly from Stephen Miller, a top White House adviser and architect of the president's immigration platform. Graham said he and Senate Majority Leader John Thune requested that Miller brief Senate Republicans on the administration's border security needs to 'contest the analysis of Senator Paul.' Paul did not attend the briefing, nor has he spoken to Graham about their differences, according to Graham. In a statement, Abigail Jackson, a spokesperson for the White House, had no direct comment on Paul's exclusion from the process. 'The administration is profoundly grateful for Senator Graham and the Budget Committee's excellent work on the Homeland Security Text,' said Jackson, adding that it would aid Trump's actions to crack down on illegal border crossings by 'funding at least one million removals, adding new ICE and border personnel, expanding detention capacity, and giving bonuses to hardworking Border Patrol and ICE agents.' The framework put forward by Graham, which Senate GOP leadership is expected to draw from in the final package they hope to vote on next week, would mirror the House-passed funding levels by allocating about $46.5 billion for the border wall and surrounding infrastructure and $5 billion for Customs and Border Protection facilities and checkpoints. In contrast, Paul's proposal would allocate just $6.5 billion in border wall and related infrastructure funding, with only $2.5 billion for CBP facilities and checkpoints. When asked about concerns he was operating without consulting his fellow Republicans on the panel, Paul emphasized that no committee is holding a markup on their contributions for the megabill. 'There were no committee votes on what the product would be,' Paul said. 'All of the drafts were done by the chairman of each committee.' Paul also said he thought some of the provisions of his proposal unrelated to border security would end up in the final bill, and that he was involved in talks with the parliamentarian about what provisions would be germane under the strict rules governing the filibuster-skirting budget reconciliation process Republicans want to use to pass the megabill. A Paul spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment about whether he still expected to have a say in negotiations with the parliamentarian. Jordain Carney contributed to this report.
New Indian Express
6 hours ago
- New Indian Express
Court gives nod for fugitive criminal's extradition to UK to face trial in sexual offence case
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has permitted the extradition of Naijil Paul, a British citizen of Indian origin, to the United Kingdom to face trial for multiple sexual offences. Paul is wanted by authorities in Scotland for charges including rape, sexual assault, and indecent communication involving three women. The order, passed by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Pranav Joshi on June 9, followed a formal request made by the UK government. Paul had earlier consented to his extradition, leading the court to drop the cross-examination of witnesses in the matter. Paul, a fugitive criminal, had fled to India after the charges were framed against him. He was arrested in Kochi, Kerala, and later transferred to Delhi, where he has been in judicial custody. The Ministry of External Affairs had received the extradition request from the UK, following which proceedings were initiated on December 24, 2024. 'It is requested that the Union of India extradite the fugitive criminal Naijil Paul to the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to stand trial on charges before the High Court of Judiciary at Glasgow, Scotland, through diplomatic channels,' the order stated. The court directed that Paul remain lodged in judicial custody at the Tihar Jail complex until all extradition formalities are completed. Additionally, the Jail Superintendent has been instructed to produce him before the court via video conferencing every seven days until his transfer. According to case records, Paul is accused of committing the alleged offences between January and August 2018, while working at a care home in Hamilton, Scotland. He appeared before the local sheriff court in August 2018 and again in January 2019, during which charges were officially framed. However, he failed to appear for a hearing before the High Court of Judiciary on December 4, 2019 — a day after fleeing to India. A warrant was issued for his arrest shortly thereafter. Special Public Prosecutor N K Matta appeared on behalf of the Central Government, while advocates Atul Maliyan and Bibin John represented Paul during the extradition proceedings. Paul will now be handed over to UK authorities.
