Where Are They Now?
Watson is in federal custody. Authorities arrested him in Texas on March 4.
“Jimmy Watson is a decorated veteran and former Navy Seal. He fought for other people’s rights and liberties, and he is entitled to and looks forward to his day in court to exercise some of those very rights,” said his lawyer Arnold Spencer, according to the BBC.
McAfee is still in detention in Spain. It’s not clear when he will be brought back to the United States. Janice McAfee, McAfee’s wife, posted on Twitter on Feb. 26 that she is seeking an American lawyer to work with her husband’s Spanish lawyers. “Preferably someone from Tennessee & has a sound understanding of cryptocurrency,” she wrote.
The Washington Post reports that McAfee’s extradition is pending.