quoting note1qh6…r6xk“Whenever I would go to the US I would have FBI agents greeting me at the airport asking questions.” - Telegram founder Pavel Durov
Sjors Provoost (possibly compromised) on Nostr: The US probably didn't dare to arrest him because it would cause a free speech riot. ...
The US probably didn't dare to arrest him because it would cause a free speech riot. So they let France do it, who will happily pass the ransom (all user data in exchange for release from prison) on to them.