Justice department accuses China of attempting to disrupt prosecution of Huawei
Two Chinese intelligence agents have been charged with attempting to disrupt the prosecution of a Chinese telecommunications firm, US attorney general Merrick Garland has announced.
While he did not name the company, the Associated Press reports it is likely Huawei, the giant Chinese manufacturer of cellphones, routers and other communications devices.
“Over the past week, the justice department has taken several actions to disrupt criminal activity by individuals working on behalf of the government of the People’s Republic of China,” Garland said in a speech.
He announced charges against “two PRC intelligence officers with attempting to obstruct influence and impede a criminal prosecution of a PRC-based telecommunications company.”
Here’s more on the case from the AP:
The two men, Guochun He and Zheng Wang, are accused of trying to direct a person with the U.S. government whom they believed was a cooperator to provide confidential information about the Justice Department’s investigation, including about witnesses, trial evidence and potential new charges. One of the defendants paid about $61,000 for the information, the Justice Department said.
The person the men reached out to began working as a double agent for the U.S government, and his contact with the defendants was overseen by the FBI.
The company is not named in the charging documents, though the references make clear that it’s Huawei, which was charged in 2019 with bank fraud and again the following year with new charges of racketeering conspiracy and a plot to steal trade secrets.
“,”elementId”:”b9678fa4-96b5-457f-ad56-7b847561b78c”},{“_type”:”model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement”,”html”:”
Here’s what else happened today:
“,”elementId”:”8805dfa1-50c8-4654-9921-4a108be6ca5a”},{“_type”:”model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement”,”html”:”
- n
-
Polls show tight races for Senate in Ohio and Wisconsin, and a Democrat in the lead in Pennsylvania as the party hopes to maintain its majority in Congress’ upper chamber.
-
Supreme court justice Samuel Alito told a top Democratic senator he considered Roe v Wade settled law during his confirmation hearing in 2005 – then voted to overturn it 17 years later.
-
Areas represented in Congress by 2020 election deniers tend to have seen their white population share decline, and be less well off and well educated than elsewhere, a New York Times analysis found.
-
Republican senator Lindsey Graham’s subpoena compelling his appearance before a special grand jury investigating the campaign to meddle with Georgia’s election results two years ago is on hold thanks to conservative supreme court justice Clarence Thomas.
n
n
n
n
“,”elementId”:”9c0001b3-e166-4ba8-8203-23f036584dda”}],”attributes”:{“pinned”:false,”keyEvent”:true,”summary”:false},”blockCreatedOn”:1666641629000,”blockCreatedOnDisplay”:”16.00 EDT”,”blockLastUpdated”:1666642134000,”blockLastUpdatedDisplay”:”16.08 EDT”,”blockFirstPublished”:1666642134000,”blockFirstPublishedDisplay”:”16.08 EDT”,”blockFirstPublishedDisplayNoTimezone”:”16.08″,”title”:”Closing summary”,”contributors”:[],”primaryDateLine”:”Mon 24 Oct 2022 16.08 EDT”,”secondaryDateLine”:”First published on Mon 24 Oct 2022 09.01 EDT”},{“id”:”6356d1438f0885fc0bbd4092″,”elements”:[{“_type”:”model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement”,”html”:”
Two Chinese intelligence agents have been charged with attempting to disrupt the…