In Huawei Trial US Opposes Cross While Courtroom Closing Opposed by Inner City Press by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack EDNY COURTHOUSE, Sept 21 – With the USA v. Huawei trial now underway in Federal court in Brooklyn, presiding Judge Ann Donnelly on September 8 instructed prospective jurors: "China and the Communist Party … are not on trial."   The same was said, or claimed, in the Southern District of New York in the UN corruption trials of CCP-member Ng Lap Seng, and CCP-NGO boss Patrick Ho of the China Energy Fund Committee. Both were convicted. But is Huawei different? On September 9 Inner City Press put out a 20 tweet thread of the opening arguments, on X and Bluesky. September 9 extra on X for subscribers here and Substack here   On September 16-17 Inner City Press published a book, Huawei on Trial in Brooklyn, Surveillance from Iran to the UN, here. It contains information on how Huawei enables surveillance by many UN states / the UN. In the White House on September 18 there was talk now minimizing spying. On the afternoon of September 18, this: "on the government's motion to close the courtroom for three witnesses's testimony. The government's motion and all supporting and opposing briefing have been filed under seal. (See ECF Nos. 789, 812, 815, 862, 863.) The Court grants the government's motion. The closure of the courtroom will be tailored by providing access to redacted transcripts as soon as possible after the witnesses's testimony. Opinion setting forth the Courts reasoning in detail to follow. Ordered by Judge Ann M. Donnelly on 9/18/202."   Inner City Press that night emailed opposition to the closure, along with a request that DOJ's motions for the closure be unsealed, now docketed here. OK- in US v Huawei on Friday Judge Donnelly docketed that the courtroom would be (entirely) closed for some witnesses. Just now, docketed: Inner City Press opposition, and application to unseal DOJ's motions for closure. This 3 days before Trump-Xi meeting... https://t.co/kM6wCsNDt5 pic.twitter.com/Qzu5k9Ktus — Inner City Press (@innercitypress) September 21, 2026 More/ Sept 21 update on X for Subscribers here & Substack here On September 22 Inner City Press was in the courtroom before 9:30 am. It was nearly 9:50 am with Judge Donnelly took the bench and announced not any unsealing but rather significant time off the trial this week. Later the US Attorney's Office filed to ask "that the Court preclude the defense from cross-examining David Barker, the former Chief Technology Officer of Quintel USA Inc. (formerly Quintel Technology Limited) (“Quintel”), about certain patent filings related to technology stolen from Quintel by Huawei. Such cross-examination would inject needless—and irrelevant and prejudicial—complications pertaining to U.S. and European patent law, and would likely draw the jury’s attention to related civil litigation between Quintel and Huawei that is an unnecessary detour from this criminal prosecution. The government expects to present evidence showing that between 2009 and 2010, FutureWei, at Huawei Tech’s direction, stole trade secrets from Quintel" - full filing on Patreon here. These trade secrets included Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com