by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Sept 1 – After a circus-like civil case involving Guo Wengui in SDNY, which Inner City Press closely covered, here, March 15, 2023 saw the unsealing of a criminal indictment.
Not mentioned was another, related arrest on March 15, of Guo's chief of staff Yanping Wang, aka Yvette Wang. Inner City Press live tweeted her presentment when the prosecutors offered release on $5 million bond, but only with two co-signers they approve.
On March 22, Inner City Press was again the only media in the SDNY Magistrates Court when Yvette Wang and her two lawyers showed up, complaining that a proposed suretor with a $2.5 million property was rejected. Afterward Inner City Press asked Wang's lawyer Alex Lipman to confirm it is or was Steve Bannon. He said, "We're not going to answer." Inner City Press' vlog, and live tweeted thread here.
More on Substack here
On March 24 after 11 pm Wang's lawyer, trying to get out of representing Jen Shah, proposed eight names - letter on Patreon here.
On Sunday April 2 the prosecutors provided an update, full letter on Patreon here.
On April 21, the date after District Judge Analisa Torres denied bail for Miles Guo Wengui, Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger followed suit and denied bail for Yvette Wang.
On July 14, District Judge Analisa Torres affirm the denial of bail. Full order on Patreon here.
On August 30, Miles Guo's new lawyers filed with Judge Torres asking her to stay bankruptcy proceeding which, they say, threaten to violation Guo's Fifth Amendment rights. Motion, naming all bankruptcy proceeding, on Patreon here
On September 1 Yvette Wang via counsel DOJ is seeking to disqualify joined in Guo's request, adding for example that "vthe bankruptcy court has suggested that Ms. Wang’s status as a criminal defendant subject to pretrial detention is not sufficient to obviate the need to seek to collect documents from her. (See Dkt. No. 2036 at 5, In re Ho Wan Kwok, et al., No. 22-50073 (JAM) (Bankr. D. Conn. July 28, 2023) (“[W]hile Ms. Wang is presently detained pending trial, Hudson Diamond Holding LLC did not establish that it cannot contact her – through counsel if necessary.”)). As a result—and, once again, notwithstanding the Fifth Amendment implications— counsel for third parties in adversarial proceedings such as HCHK Technologies, Inc., et al. have contacted the undersigned in an effort to obtain documents from Ms. Wang. To the extent Ms. Wang possesses responsive materials, the requests implicate, at minimum, her act-of-production privilege." Full Wang letter on Patreon here
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