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Lawyer claims Erdogan's threats insufficient to force Gulen's extradition amid coup allegations

The passage references a high‑profile figure (Fethullah Gulen) and Turkish President Erdogan in the context of a potential coup plot, suggesting legal and diplomatic maneuvering. It provides a concret Attorney Michael Weingarten dismisses coup‑plot allegations against Gulen as highly unlikely. The email chain includes law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP and references to US media coverage of the e Link

Date
November 11, 2025
Source
House Oversight
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House Oversight #031482
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The passage references a high‑profile figure (Fethullah Gulen) and Turkish President Erdogan in the context of a potential coup plot, suggesting legal and diplomatic maneuvering. It provides a concret Attorney Michael Weingarten dismisses coup‑plot allegations against Gulen as highly unlikely. The email chain includes law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP and references to US media coverage of the e Link

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“The bluster, the conspiracy theories, and the threats of Mr. Erdogan are not strong enough to overwhelm the American legal system,” he added. “And for that reason we believe that Mr. Gulen should not and will not be extradited.’’ Mr. Weingarten said the chances that his client helped plot a coup from his base in the Poconos is “about as likely” as a meteor striking the lawyer’s office while he was speaking. Write to Devlin Barrett at [email protected] From: Keough, Michael Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 1:28 PM To: Will Bohlen i E>; King, Kathryn >: Miller, Michael <>; Katelyn Wohlford >; Y. Alp Aslandogan <>; WV eingarten, re = =6hel Remzi Kulen i Weinstein, Jason {i ; Osman Oz. (iE: David Marin ee > 10 Cilings <a E; Drake, William Cc: Eliopoulos, Steven iii! > Subject: RE: Audio recording USA TODAY and Al Arabiya as well: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/08/05/cleric-extradition-turkey-coup/88288220/ http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/08/05/US-evaluating-new-Turkish-documents-on-Gulen.html Michael A. Keough Associate Steptoe Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1114 Avenue of the Americas | New York, NY 10036 www.steptoe.com This message and any attached documents contain information from the law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP that may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, distribute, or use this information. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message. From: Will Bohlen [mailtc [ii Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 1:27 PM

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