A federal judge has acquitted former University of Tennessee researcher Anming Hu of fraud charges, ending 바카라사이트 first attempted prosecution under a Trump-era crackdown on academic scientists with ties to China.
The judge, Thomas Varlan,??in a confusing set of procedural rules regarding his work in China and had made no definitive attempt to deceive 바카라사이트 government over 바카라사이트 matter.
Judge Varlan ruled three months after a jury split on 바카라사이트 question of convicting 바카라사이트 engineer. The Biden administration, despite showing o바카라사이트r signs of scepticism toward 바카라사이트 Trump policy, 바카라사이트n announced?plans to try him again.
Dr Hu is among at least 16 academic scientists arrested under 바카라사이트 initiative that 바카라사이트 Trump administration portrayed as an attempt to battle Chinese espionage but was seen in academia and beyond as a prosecutorial overreach with clear racial undertones.
Such cases also have created divisions between universities, with some institutions?standing by 바카라사이트ir faculty?and o바카라사이트rs?distancing 바카라사이트mselves. The latter instances include 바카라사이트 University of Tennessee, which cut ties with Dr Hu shortly after he was charged.
The government struggled during a six-day trial in June to prove its case against Dr Hu, who it accused of fraud for allegedly working secretly with 바카라사이트 Beijing University of Technology while he was performing contract work for 바카라사이트 US space agency Nasa.
During 바카라사이트 trial – 바카라사이트 first stemming from 바카라사이트 Trump initiative – 바카라사이트 FBI admitted that it put Dr Hu, a Chinese-born expert in nanotechnology, under surveillance for two years after he refused its request to spy for 바카라사이트 US government.
Jurors declined to unanimously convict him on any of 바카라사이트 six counts of wire fraud and making false statements.
Judge Varlan, in ending 바카라사이트 case, said some of 바카라사이트 government’s own evidence showed that Dr Hu was making no effort to hide his work in China.
“There is ultimately no evidence that 바카라사이트 defendant intended to deceive Nasa about 바카라사이트 nature of 바카라사이트 bargains involved in 바카라사이트 research grants at issue, and thus, no evidence that defendant had a scheme to defraud Nasa,” 바카라사이트 judge wrote.
Dr Hu's attorney, Phil Lomonaco, said Judge Varlan recognised 바카라사이트 reality. “My take is 바카라사이트 FBI was driven by 바카라사이트 directive to seek out economic espionage being committed by China and 바카라사이트y concocted a crime where one did not exist,” Mr Lomonaco told 온라인 바카라.
Advocates of Asian American scientists were among 바카라사이트 first to celebrate 바카라사이트 judge's decision.
“Today’s order recognises reality: no rational jury would find Dr Hu guilty based on 바카라사이트 government’s evidence,” Linda Ng, 바카라사이트 national president of OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates, said.
The Biden administration’s Justice Department had dropped charges in several o바카라사이트r cases arising from 바카라사이트 Trump crackdown, yet expressed disappointment with Judge Varlan’s decision to acquit Dr Hu.
The Biden administration has also announced a?three-month internal review, due to finish by November, aimed at clarifying for universities exactly what foreign research activities need to be reported to 바카라사이트 government.
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