EDNY COURTHOUSE, Sept 18 – 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.
Now 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."
Why is it being sealed?
More/update on X for Subscribers here
and Substack here
Perhaps has been the Iran angle that would
keep the Huawei case from being traded away. Or perhaps
not even that.
Inner City Press was in the EDNY
courthouse, which prohibits press cell phones or laptops
in courtrooms, on August 24, trying to get another 2018
criminal case at least docketed: Sealed v. Sealed,
18-cr-277. Judge William F. Kuntz II in a 13-page
order ruled that it must stay sealed. Is it related
in some way to Huawei?
More on X for Subscribers here
and Substack here
Secrecy kills - and Inner City Press
continues to seek pro bono appellate counsel to try again
to bring this case to light, as the Huawei trial proceeds.
Watch this site.
