Biden DOJ Drops Charges Against China Military Members Accused of Lying to Get Jobs at U.S. Universi

[mystery-ak]

Biden DOJ Drops Charges Against China Military Members Accused of Lying to Get Jobs at U.S. Universities



John Binder25 Jul 20219
5:43

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dropped charges against five members of the Chinese military whom federal prosecutors previously accused of lying to obtain visas to get jobs and a doctoral spot at United States universities.

Late last week, prosecutors wrote in a court brief that they would be dropping their criminal cases against China military members Juan Tang, Chen Song, Kaikai Zhao, and Guan Lei — all of whom had been accused of fraudulently obtaining visas to secure roles at U.S. universities in California and Indiana.

DOJ officials told the Wall Street Journal that the department dropped the visa fraud charges after a re-review of the cases and justified the move, saying the Chinese nationals had already served months in federal prison while awaiting trial:

    A senior Justice Department official said the punishment for the crimes the researchers were charged with usually amounted to around a few months in prison, and the defendants had all been detained or under other restrictions in the U.S. since their arrest a year ago. That led the agency to determine that further litigation in the group of cases would unnecessarily prolong their departure from the U.S. and that their situations since their arrests amounted to sufficient punishment and deterrence.

    A Justice Department spokesman said “recent developments” in the cases had prompted the department to re-evaluate the prosecutions. “We have determined that it is now in the interest of justice to dismiss them,” the spokesman, Wyn Hornbuckle, said, adding that the agency “continues to place a very high priority on countering the threat posed to American research security and academic integrity by the PRC government’s agenda and policies.” PRC is an abbreviation for People’s Republic of China.

In criminal complaints, prosecutors detailed the charges against each Chinese national:

    Wang entered the U.S. in March 2019 after securing a J-1 visa in December 2018 to take a scientific research job at the University of California, San Francisco. To obtain his visa, Wang claimed to have been an associate professor in medicine in the PLA from 2002 to 2016. In actuality, prosecutors said Wang was still employed by the PLA while studying in the U.S. and was the equivalent of a major.
    Tang entered the U.S. in December 2019 after securing a J-1 visa in November 2019 to work as a researcher at the University of California at Davis. To obtain her visa, Tang denied ever having been employed by the PLA. Prosecutors, though, discovered Tang was an officer of the PLA Air Force and even found a photo of Tang in her PLA uniform.
    Song first entered the U.S. in December 2018 after securing a J-1 visa in November 2018 to work at Stanford University as a brain disease researcher. In her visa application, Song stated that she worked for the PLA from September 2010 to June 2011. Song, prosecutors said, Song was a member of the PLA when she entered the U.S. and allege that a search of her external hard drive found that she was collecting “important information” from her Standford University job.
    Zhao first entered the U.S. sometime after applying for an F-1 student visa in June 2018 to take a doctoral spot at Indiana University. To obtain his visa, Zhao said he had never been employed by the PLA. In reality, prosecutors said, Zhao served in the PLA’s research and education institution and attended the PLA’s Air Force academy. Zhao was also found in a photograph wearing his PLA uniform.
    Lei first entered the U.S. sometime in 2018 after securing a J-1 visa to work as a researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles. Prosecutors allege that in July 2020, Lei threw a damaged hard drive into a dumpster near his residence after refusing to allow the FBI to review the hard drive. Lei was accused of giving U.S. software or technical data to China’s National University of Defense Technology and lying about his affiliation with the PLA.


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[mystery-ak]

Spies

[skeeter]

China owns this administration.

[rustynail]

Everyone needs to know that our President's butt has been wiped.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1419423364838473732

[christian]

Traitors, their party, and foreign infiltrators they are in league with.

Of course this is soooo much better than Trump still in office.  The NeverTrumper Biden lovers are angry of any that would remind the obvious and already known to people, yet it is what it is.   The deep State TRAITORS are deep and plentiful, their cover is their cowardice.

[Hoodat]

This is high treason.  These Chinese nationals lied on their visa applications and then stole sensitive data from US research universities and handed that data over to the Chinese military.  They were all caught, charged, and were awaiting trial.  And the current coup let them walk.

[christian]

Chinese universities get information from American universities, covertly and by democrats setting them up to do so.  Recently we had just such happened Chinese/democrat/American venture, it was quite successful and called Co-Vid 19. Democrats have been trying to mine that shaft ever since, politically.
Our early forefathers warned us about government leaders abusing the powers they had control of and recognizing the dangers passed the 2nd Amendment.  What we see today in government is exactly why our forefathers worried so about government powers in the hands of the wicked and corrupt.  Those the abuse government desperately want Americans helpless and undefended by forearms, police, or military.  We have in recent times seen much evidence of that.  Freedom of speech threatened too.

[Kamaji]

WTF?

This must have been what those anonymous buyers of Hunter Biden's "paintings" were paying for.

[sneakypete]

DOJ officials told the Wall Street Journal that the department dropped the visa fraud charges after a re-review of the cases and justified the move, saying the Chinese nationals had already served months in federal prison while awaiting trial:

What the hell? It's just spying and trying to undermine our country,right? No big deal,the DNC does this every day,and we can't seem to be bothered to lock any of THEM up,so the charges must have been due to racism,right?

Remember the "Bad old days",when we used to hang or shoot spies and enemy agents?

Now we elect them.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

This is high treason.  These Chinese nationals lied on their visa applications and then stole sensitive data from US research universities and handed that data over to the Chinese military.  They were all caught, charged, and were awaiting trial.  And the current coup let them walk.

[sneakypete]

A Justice Department spokesman said “recent developments” in the cases had prompted the department to re-evaluate the prosecutions.

n't th
"Recent developments" means "the deposits have cleared in the off-shore accounts of prominent Dim politicians."

Biden and company remind me of the French collaborators with the Nazi's during WW-2. Weren't they called the "Vichy French"? I know many were executed for treason at the end of the war.

I wonder if history will repeat itself,or if true evil will win this time? True evil is clearly winning this time,and our "Vichy Americans" are the RINO's that want to work with the Dims,instead of destroying them.

[sneakypete]

Traitors, their party, and foreign infiltrators they are in league with.

Of course this is soooo much better than Trump still in office.  The NeverTrumper Biden lovers are angry of any that would remind the obvious and already known to people, yet it is what it is.   The deep State TRAITORS are deep and plentiful, their cover is their cowardice.

@christian

Yes,but it was worth it to replace Bad Orange Man who was so rude.

I know,maybe we can elect another Bush? There is a young one still in politics in Texas that the family called "The Brown Bush" and was supposed to have been the "wave of the future" because his mom is a Mexican.

Maybe if we asked REALLY nicely,he would agree to run for President?

Yeah,THAT would really and truly "fix things". Chinese might even become our official language in 20 years or so.

[sneakypete]

This is high treason.  These Chinese nationals lied on their visa applications and then stole sensitive data from US research universities and handed that data over to the Chinese military.  They were all caught, charged, and were awaiting trial.  And the current coup let them walk.

@Hoodat

There is nothing new about this. I was a letter carrier with the USPS back in the 90's,and one of the customers on my route had a Chinese name and a teaching position at a local university with defense department contracts. Suddenly he started mailing large parcels back to China,so I reported him as a suspicious character that was PROBABLY stealing US defense research secrets and sending them back to China,and was told to mind my own business because postal inspectors couldn't open mail without solid evidence of criminal wrongdoing.

How they were supposed to get solid evidence of espionage without opening his mail to and from China to read it was and still is a mystery to me.

Seriously.

[christian]

On reflection, democrats have viciously gone After American Generals (Flynn being one)and brave Soldiers that fought and nearly died on the battlefield.  Wanna bet many of them wish they could have been treated so kindly as democrats treat Chinese spys in our midst, many of them closely, very closely, attending to democrat, leaders needs on a daily basis.

Famous and powerful Conservative Americas do not get freedom of invasion of personal records, like they went into Trumps lawyers records. You need to be a bonafide jihadist or Communists or one of their spys to receive serious protection from invasion of your privacy.   A privacy Americans lost some where when democrats ruled.