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Former Commission on Elections chairman Andres Bautista, who was recently indicted in Florida for allegedly taking bribes from Smartmatic, is not in US custody, a US Department of Justice official said.
In a separate statement sent to ABS-CBN News, Oxman said there is no date yet for Bautista’s hearing in the US. “A US judge would determine bail/bond conditions when a defendant is presented in court so no determinations have been made yet,” Oxman said. Bautista’s two co-defendants — Smartmatic founder Roger Piñate and former Smartmatic vice president of hardware development Jorge Miguel Vásquez — surrendered to a Miami federal court on Monday and are currently out on bail.Comelec banned Smartmatic last year from bidding on election contracts, but the Supreme Court overturned the ban in April.
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