Mr. Giuliani and Mr. Mukasey do not say whether, as part of some agreement between Turkey and the United States, they propose to have Mr. Zarrab's charges dismissed. But it is clear their discussions have not been with the United States attorney's office in Manhattan, which is prosecuting Mr. Zarrab, but rather with higher officials in the Trump administration. "Senior officials in both the U.S. government and the Turkish government remain receptive to pursuing the possibility of an agreement that could promote the security of the United States and resolve the issues in this case," Mr. Giuliani and Mr. Mukasey said in their affidavits. They added that such "receptiveness is hardly surprising," considering that none of the transactions in which Mr. Zarrab was alleged to have participated "involved weapons or nuclear technology, or any other contraband," and "that Turkey is situated in a part of the world strategically critical to the United States."
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