Attorney General William Barr, in a letter to Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel, said the U.S. was taking the action because it needed evidence held by the United Kingdom.
The Trump administration will not pursue the death penalty against two ISIS suspects in exchange for Britain's cooperation in the prosecution of the terrorists known as the"Beatles," allegedly linked to the kidnapping and murders of American and British hostages in Syria.
"I know that the United Kingdom shares our determination that there should be a full investigation and criminal prosecution of Kotey and Elsheikh," Barr said."If a prosecution is to go forward, our prosecutors should have the important evidence that we have requested... We hope and expect that, in light of this assurance, the evidence can and will be promptly provided.
If the matter is not resolved by Oct. 15, Barr said that the two suspects would be transferred to Iraqi custody for prosecution by that country's criminal justice system. "I consider my role in this whole scenario, this whole episode as one of my mistakes," Elsheikh, a native of Sudan, told CNN. "I would like to apologize everybody who was affected, directly or indirectly."
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