In Miles Guo Case Sentencing Pushed to June 29 As He Echoes Sean Combs on Acquitted Conduct

In Miles Guo Case Sentencing Pushed to June 29 As He Echoes Sean Combs on Acquitted Conduct by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, April 23 – 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. Guo was convicted. And on September 10 Judge Torres granted a defense letter motion and moved Guo's sentencing. Letter and endorsement (order) on Patreon here Jump cut to February 25, 2025 when DOJ wrote in on Wang asking for "remission" - victims to apply for funds, filing on Patreon here. On March 3 Inner City Press live tweeted the Guo proceeding, here Judge: I am sealing the courtroom. [Must leave] Update: All the judge said when door opened again was that defense lawyers' motion to withdraw remains pending Docketed on March 20, a motion to intervene from Beijing, on Patreon here On April 8, Guo was appointed three new lawyers. Inner City Press was there and live tweeted, thread On July 25 Guo's new lawyers asked for an delay in sentencing to Decmeber while noting that the US Attorney's Office opposes any 90 day delay and will file in the future. On July 30 they did - opposing any further delay,  insisting on September 8. On July 28 the US Attorney's Office wrote in asking for a judgment of $1.3 billion including Guo's interest in the G entities. On August 11 Judge Torres signed the order for $1.3 billion, on Patreon here. On July 31, Judge Torres moved sentencing "to January 20, 2026." But on December 3, Guo's lawyers wrote in, letter on Patreon here On December 22, "the Court orders that the sentencing currently scheduled for January 20, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. is ADJOURNED to April 13, 2026, at 10:00 a.m." Docketed (after a hearing without call-in line) on January 21: By February 10, 2026, the parties shall confer and jointly file a letter recommending candidates to serve as a special master under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 53(b)(1), and making a recommendation as to the scope of the special master's appointment and the terms of the special master's compensation. On March 11, sentencing was pushed back. Order on Patreon here Over a weekend, Guo's lawyers put in a 100 page sentencing submission, on Patreon here, including "Mr. Guo Becomes a Prominent and Vocal Critic of the CCP from Abroad F. Intensification of CCP Targeting Following Mr. Guo’s Relocation to the United States 15 1. INTERPOL Red Notice, Interference with VOA Interview, Direct Intimidation  16 2. Recruitment of Influential U.S. Political and Business Figures to Lobby for Mr. Guo’s Repatriation to China .................................................... 17 3. The 912 Project – A Centrally Coordinated Operation to Discredit Mr. Guo Online ................................................................................ 20 4. Interference with Mr. Guo’s Social Media Accounts ........................................... 23 5. Hacking Into Computer Systems of Mr. Guo’s Lawyers ...................................... 24 6. Weaponizing the Civil Legal System with a False Rape Lawsuit ........................ 24 G. The CCP’s Targeting of Mr. Guo Converges with the Conduct in this Case ................... 25 H. Political Conditions in the United States Set the Stage for a New Administration to Turn Against Mr. Guo .................................................................. 32 I. Affirmative Disavowal of Victim Status by Investors and Customers ............................... 34 II. DETERMINING A SENTENCE THAT IS SUFFICIENT BUT NOT GREATER THAN NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THE PURPOSES OF SENTENCING On April 17 Guo's lawyer submitted a reply, including an echo of Sean "Diddy" Combs' recent Second Circuit argument that "ACQUITTED CONDUCT MUST BE EXCLUDED" - Guo's 27 page reply on Patreon here On April 23, Judge Torres pushed the sentencing back again: "Due to the complexity of the outstanding issues raised in the parties’ voluminous sentencing submissions, see ECF Nos. 826, 828, 833, Defendant Miles Guo’s sentencing currently scheduled for April 27, 2026 is ADJOURNED to June 29, 2026." Order on Patreon here The case is USA v. Guo, et al., 1:23-cr-118 (Torres) *** Your support means a lot. 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