Knowing the government it could a combination of 1 and 3. Have some local dissidents become friends with him and offer him a way to escape extradition - delivering the exact poison they need to get rid of him.
He actually had a stroke due to the stress of knowing he's basically going to be fucked as soon as he hits the States
Simplest explanation, perfectly plausible.
This is a ploy to avoid extradition that he's worked out with the locals.
Definitely possible.
The UK gov likely don't want to extradite him, but are under enough pressure from the US - who have plenty of economic, intelligence, and other diplomatic levers to pull - that they won't let him stay without putting on enough of a show to convince the US that he's no longer a threat.
So there's three possibilities here:
They are going to Epstein him, fake his death and then they can do whatever they want to him without any repercussions.
He actually had a stroke due to the stress of knowing he's basically going to be fucked as soon as he hits the States.
This is a ploy to avoid extradition that he's worked out with the locals.
Or he got vaccinated to be able to enter the US
I can absolutely see them force vaccinating him to let him in.
he should just go to the southern border.
Knowing the government it could a combination of 1 and 3. Have some local dissidents become friends with him and offer him a way to escape extradition - delivering the exact poison they need to get rid of him.
Doesn't sound like it worked though.
Simplest explanation, perfectly plausible.
Definitely possible.
The UK gov likely don't want to extradite him, but are under enough pressure from the US - who have plenty of economic, intelligence, and other diplomatic levers to pull - that they won't let him stay without putting on enough of a show to convince the US that he's no longer a threat.