Posted on 01/21/2022 5:38:34 AM PST by devane617
The Justice Department dropped charges Thursday against a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor accused of concealing ties to the Chinese government, a further setback to a federal initiative that was set up to prevent economic espionage and theft by Beijing of trade secrets and academic research.
The department revealed its decision in the case against Gang Chen in a filing in federal court in Boston, saying it could no longer meet its burden of proof.
U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins, the top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts, said the move was “in the interests of justice” and was the result of new information the government had received about the allegations.
“After a careful assessment of this new information in the context of all the evidence, our office has concluded that we can no longer meet our burden of proof at trial,” Rollins said. “As prosecutors, we have an obligation in every matter we pursue to continually examine the facts while being open to receiving and uncovering new information.”
The outcome, which had been expected and was earlier recommended by prosecutors in Boston, is a blow to a Justice Department effort known as the China Initiative, which was set up in 2018 to crack down on Chinese economic espionage and trade secret theft. A key prong of the initiative has focused on academics in the U.S. accused of concealing research ties to China on grant applications. But critics have long said the effort unduly targets researchers based on ethnicity and that it chills academic collaboration.
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Wow. Deep State’s not even trying to hide it anymore...
The Big Guy got his 10%.
China has all the pictures.
But critics have long said the effort unduly targets researchers based on ethnicity and that it chills academic collaboration.
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Never mind if laws were broken, esp. laws against espionage or stealing trade secrets; the import thing is CRT.
“the import thing is CRT.”
The rest of the world is no doubt laughing their asses off at the US.
So he outsmarted them and concealed his connections and got away with it.
How much money changed hands?
Rhetorical ...
Our government is filled with traitors.
No kidding.
In July 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Rollins to be the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Republican U.S. Senator Tom Cotton said he would try to prevent Rollins from being confirmed, saying she supported policies that have contributed to an increase in violent crime. Senator Ted Cruz also criticized her for stating she would not prosecute certain crimes.[26] In September 2021, a committee vote to advance Rollins’ nomination was delayed after Cotton wanted more time to convince colleagues to oppose her.[27][28]
On September 30, 2021, her nomination was stalled in committee by an 11–11 vote.[29] On December 8, 2021, Vice President Kamala Harris cast a tie-breaking vote on the Senate's motion to invoke cloture on, as well as to confirm, Rollins's nomination.[30] On December 18, 2021 the United States Marshals Service refused Rollins’ request for a full time security after threats against her life due to an assessment of low actual risk.[31] On January 10, 2022, she was sworn-in as the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.[32]
Follow the stink. This needs to be looked at closely by Senate Republicans.
This whole thing is amazing, in a tragic sort of way. We are appeasing China in much the same way as the UK and France appeased Hitler before WW II.
But at least the UK and France didn’t actually fund Germany’s rearmament.
What is surprising, too, is that the odious FBI thinks that Americans are so mentally challenged that we can’t see what a despicably rogue organization they are.
I was going to say “they have become,” but it appears this has been going on since...forever.
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