by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, May 22 – After a circus-like civil case involving Guo Wengui in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, which Inner City Press closely covered, here, March 15, 2023 saw the unsealing of a twelve-count Indictment of Miles Guo onvarious wire fraud, securities fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering charges.
On May 21, the US Attorney's Office wrote in seeking to preclude fire issue from the trial: "To avoid a confusing and time-consuming mini-trial that lacks probative value, the Court should preclude evidence and argument relating to the fire at the defendant’s apartment following the defendant’s arrest...., the FBI announced their presence outside Guo’s penthouse apartment, but did not make entry for approximately 15 minutes. Then, while the FBI was conducting its search, a fire broke out" - full 7 page letter on Patreon here.
On May 22, Inner City Press live tweeted jury selection, here.
Many were excused from the jury pool.
More detail / some analysis on X for Subscribers here & Substack here
On May 23, with jury selection proceeding slowly, the defense wrote in including "There is no evidence to support the government’s sensationalist theory that Mr. Guo started a fire at the Sherry Netherland residence....It is much more likely that the fire was caused by accident or that the FBI caused the fire, intentionally or not, during the course of its search of the residence. Regardless, Mr. Guo does not intend to introduce evidence regarding the fire." Letter on Patreon here
The case is US v. Guo, et al., 23-cr-118 (Torres)
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