In
Miles Guo Trial
CCP Illegal
Police Station
Testimony Now
Allowed But Some
Dismissive
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
June 24 – 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.
From the June 24
trial day, from the thread:
Guo's lawyer: Did
the prosecutor show you any of
these spending documents?
Witness: I don't think so.
Guo's lawyer: DX 606-26.
Witness: I don't specifically
remember it but it looks
familiar. Guo's lawyer:
B&H, what does it say?
Witness: Broadcast equipment
Guo's
lawyer: The mattress exhibits,
you didn't flag them as
abnormal? Witness: I didn't
flag anything. Guo's lawyer:
You never heard of the
townhouse? Witness: No
Guo's lawyer: Do
you know in Chinese culture
how family is defined?
Witness: No. Guo's lawyer:
We've lost signal
Afterward,
Inner City Press was
approached by an attendee
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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