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.
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.