by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Aug 4 – 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 Saturday, July 22, Wang changed lawyers, to a recent SDNY prosecutor (as Guo did), this time Emil Bove we recently covered on the nine year sentence of crypto fraudster Eddy Alexandre: "NOTICE OF ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Emil Bove, III appearing for Yanping Wang.."
On July 24, the SDNY prosecutors wrote to Judge Torres asking her to "stay consideration of the proposed order for the substitution of counsel, pending the Government's consideration of potential conflict issues." Full letter on Patreon here.
On July 28, the SDNY prosecutors spelled it out more fully: "Those conflict issues relate to Bove’s role as a supervisor of the National Security and International Narcotics Unit in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (“NSIN”) from approximately September 2019 through approximately January 2022. While Bove was supervisor, that unit investigated Wang’s co-defendant, Ho Wan Kwok. After Bove filed his notice of appearance, the Government advised Bove that it believes his proposed representation of Wang in this matter implicates the conflict-of-interest provisions of applicable rules of professional conduct. Specifically, former government attorneys “shall not represent a client in connection with a matter in which the lawyer participated personally and substantially as a public officer or employee.” New York Rule of Professional Conduct 1.11(a)(2). These provisions, and others, were discussed with Bove who respectfully disagrees with the Government’s interpretation of them, necessitating this Court’s intervention." Full letter on Patreon here.
On August 4, the US Attorney's Office moved to disqualify Bove, annexing four heavily redacted emails. They say Bove in January 2022 asked about representing Guo's daughter Mei Guo. There is also a redacted email asking "You don't have any investigations relating to the source of funds that [REDACTED] received through his work with Chinese businesman Guo Wengui and his associate William Je, do you? We are getting a press inquiry." Redacted email on Patreon here.
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