by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, June 28 – 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 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
At the end of May 23, Judge Torres told the remaining jurors that the trial would start Friday. Thread.
More details on X for Subscribers here and Substack here
Jump cut to June 24, when in an order on reconsideration it was ordered that "Guo’s motion to permit the testimony of Paul Doran, his expert on the Chinese Communist Party (“CCP”), is GRANTED only as to Doran’s testimony on (1) the CCP’s opposition to specific political causes for which Guo has publicly advocated; and (2) the “secret, extra-legal Chinese police station” identified in New York City, and is otherwise DENIED"- full 17 page order on Patreon here.
At midnight of June 28-29, the US filed a list of co-conspirator and agent statements including "“It is discussion with the Brother Long Island Chang Dao about who sign this loan agreement. Brother Chang Dao said before we prepare to sign with ACA, but William Je refuse to sign, so we have to find another company to sign. We're waiting -- waiting for instruction another company to sign." Full list on Patreon here.
More detail and analysis on X for Subscribers here and Substack here
The case is US v. Guo, et al., 23-cr-118 (Torres)
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