Posted on 12/14/2021 5:06:19 AM PST by fluorescence
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Harvard University nanotechnology professor faces trial on Tuesday on U.S. charges that he lied to authorities about his ties to a China-run recruitment program and concealing funding he received from the Chinese government.
Jury selection is slated to begin in Boston federal court in the trial of Charles Lieber, an ex-chair of Harvard's chemistry department charged in the highest-profile case to result from a U.S. crackdown on Chinese influence within universities.
Lieber, 62, has pleaded not guilty to six false statement and tax charges. His lawyer, Marc Mukasey, has said Lieber "didn't hide anything, and he didn't get paid as the government alleges."
Prosecutors charged Lieber in January 2020 as part of the U.S. Justice Department's "China Initiative," an effort launched during former President Donald Trump's administration to combat Chinese economic espionage and research theft.
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Prosecutors said Lieber in 2011 became a "strategic scientist" at Wuhan University of Technology and through it participated in a Chinese recruitment initiative called the Thousand Talents Program.
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As part of the program, the Wuhan university gave Lieber more than $1.5 million to establish a Chinese lab and agreed to pay him $50,000 per month plus $150,000 in annual living expenses.
Prosecutors said Lieber lied to investigators about his involvement in the program and also misled Harvard, which in 2019 told the National Institutes of Health that he was not involved with it.
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I guess he forgot to send 10% to the big guy...
Hung on white house lawn if a traitor
Yep, just what I was going to say and that is no joke, I’ll bet that’s exactly what happened. Either he didn’t pay off Biden or Fauci.
Yep
Years ago I was presented with an export related probem. It involved my client hiring lawyers and lots of expense.
The company failed to pay off the Clinton Administration and the Dept of Commerce attacked
The moral of the story: Do not lie to the FBI.
The headline is extremely misleading. If they start charging college professors just for lying, our colleges would be empty.
Oh, that hurts (says former prof).
China initiative knows money whores will do anything for it the country be damned no wonder they have so much help with infiltrating the country.
Swamp critters go mum.
Nano- mischief
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