Merrick Garland

WASHINGTON – Federal authorities unsealed charges Monday against a dozen people, including members of China's security and intelligence apparatus, ...

This was an egregious attempt by PRC intelligence officers to shield a PRC-based company from accountability and to undermine the integrity of our judicial system." The document had been prepared to advance the investigation and did not include the government's actual strategy in the case. “As these cases demonstrate, the government of China sought to interfere with the rights and freedoms of individuals in the United States and to undermine our judicial system that protects those rights. "In fact, the documents were prepared by the United States government for the purpose of this investigation and did not reveal actual meetings, communications, or strategies. In the alleged repatriation effort, an eight count indictment unsealed in Brooklyn accused seven suspects, two of whom were arrested by federal authorities Oct. The obstruction case, federal authorities said, represented a stunning attempted intervention in the U.S.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday announced the arrest and indictment of Chinese spies accused of stealing confidential information and ...

Garland added that the defendants threatened and harassed the victim's family members, both in the U.S. "They showed up at the home of the victim's son in New York. In fact, the documents were prepared by the U.S. employee as an asset, but in fact, the individual they recruited was a double agent working on behalf of the FBI," Garland said. Garland said that earlier Monday that a complaint was unsealed in the U.S. resident to return to China. One complaint alleged that, in 2019, the defendants directed an employee at a U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District. "The indictment alleges that the defendants working at the direction of the government of the PRC engaged in a campaign of harassment, threats, surveillance and intimidation aimed at coercing the victim to return to China." Garland said that those directives included attempts to procure equipment and technology from the United States and ship them to China, as well as attempts to stop protests in the United States he said "would have been embarrassing to the Chinese government." "The double agent provided the defendants with documents that appeared to present some of the information they sought. "The indictment alleges that between 2008 and 2018, the defendants used the cover of a purported academic institute to target, coopt and direct individuals in the United States to further the PRC's intelligence mission," Garland said.

Washington has long accused Beijing of meddling in U.S. political affairs and stealing secrets and intellectual property. GettyImages-1244104169.jpg. WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 20: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland listens during a news conference with ...

Part of the plot, the U.S. The two men in the Huawei case, Guochun He and Zheng Wang, are accused of trying to direct a person with the U.S. Wang and He are accused of reaching out to someone who began working as a double agent for the U.S government, and that person's contacts with the defendants were overseen by the FBI. "Attacking Huawei will not help the U.S. Spokespeople for Huawei and the Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately return messages seeking comment. to return to China as part of what

The Justice Department on Monday unsealed charges against 13 individuals accused of working on behalf of China to upend three “significant national security ...

“As these cases demonstrate, the government of China sought to interfere with the rights and freedoms of individuals in the United States and to undermine our judicial system that protects those rights,” Garland said. We will continue to fiercely protect the rights guaranteed to everyone in our country, and we will defend the integrity of our institutions.” “Acting undercover as the purported director of the IIS, Wang Lin … each of these ways bear the Chinese government’s flagrant violation of international laws as they work to project their authoritarian view around the world, including within our own borders.” “They showed up at the home of the victim’s son in New York. ‘They’re charged in three different cases that might seem at first glance to be about unrelated issues,” Wray said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two men suspected of being Chinese intelligence officers have been charged with attempting to obstruct a U.S. criminal investigation and ...

Part of the plot, the U.S. Wang and He are accused of reaching out to someone who began working as a double agent for the U.S government, and that person’s contacts with the defendants were overseen by the FBI. The two men in the Huawei case, Guochun He and Zheng Wang, are accused of trying to direct a person with the U.S. “Attacking Huawei will not help the U.S. to return to China as part of what Washington has long accused Beijing of meddling in U.S.

Attorney General Merrick Garland and other top law enforcement officials will hold a news briefing on Monday to discuss a "significant national security ...

Part of the plot, the U.S. “Attacking Huawei will not help the U.S. Wang and He are accused of reaching out to someone who began working as a double agent for the U.S government, and that person’s contacts with the defendants were overseen by the FBI. to return to China as part of what Beijing calls “Operation Fox Hunt.” The two men, Guochun He and Zheng Wang, are accused of trying to direct a person with the U.S. Washington has long accused Beijing of meddling in U.S.

The top law enforcement officials in the United States will on Monday announce U.S. action targeting "malign influence schemes and alleged criminal ...

(1730 GMT), the department said in a statement, without giving further details. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com elections. WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - The top law enforcement officials in the United States will on Monday announce U.S. The national security cases will be discussed at a news conference at 1:30 p.m. Attorney General Merrick Garland, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew Olsen along with FBI Director Christopher Wray will "discuss significant national security cases addressing malign influence schemes and alleged criminal activity by a nation-state actor in the United States," the department said.

The Justice Department has announced charges against 13 people, including suspected Chinese intelligence officers, in three separate cases that involve ...

"We will continue to fiercely protect the rights guaranteed to everyone in our country. In the case unsealed in New Jersey, four people — including three alleged Chinese intelligence officers — are charged with conspiring to act as illegal agents in the U.S. In the other case in New York, seven Chinese nationals who were allegedly working on behalf of the Chinese government were indicted for taking part in an alleged years-long campaign of threats and harassment to force a U.S. Two of the individuals are in U.S. "As these cases demonstrate, the government of China sought to interfere with the rights and freedoms of individuals in the United States and to undermine our judicial system that protects those rights," Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a news conference. officials say is a relentless effort by Beijing to steal American secrets and technology, and to covertly push China's interests in the United States.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two men suspected of being Chinese intelligence officers have been charged with attempting to obstruct the U.S. criminal investigation and ...

Part of the plot, the U.S. Wang and He, according to prosecutors, were eager for non-public information about the prosecution and the status of the investigation. In the Huawei case, Guochun He and Zheng Wang, are accused of trying to direct a U.S. “Attacking Huawei will not help the U.S. The case connected to the Huawei probe dates to January 2019. The defendants are accused of paying tens of thousands of dollars in digital currency, along with cash and jewelry, to a U.S. The person said the document had been secretly photographed during a meeting with federal prosecutors. [a case from last week in which](https://apnews.com/article/china-new-york-conspiracy-fugitives-money-laundering-943d41da329eec7bdae8ce3303130480) two additional people were arrested and five others charged with harassing someone living in the U.S. But the person was actually a double agent working for the FBI, the department said. alleges, involved having the person’s nephew travel to the U.S. charges of financial fraud, trade secret theft and sanctions violations. Washington has long accused Beijing of

The U.S. Attorney General said two Chinese intelligence officers are accused of attempting to obstruct a U.S. criminal investigation. WASHINGTON - Two men ...

Part of the plot, the U.S. The two men in the Huawei case, Guochun He and Zheng Wang, are accused of trying to direct a person with the U.S. Wang and He are accused of reaching out to someone who began working as a double agent for the U.S government, and that person's contacts with the defendants were overseen by the FBI. "Attacking Huawei will not help the U.S. Spokespeople for Huawei and the Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately return messages seeking comment. to return to China as part of what

The Department of Justice on Monday unsealed charges in three different criminal cases against Chinese intelligence officers.

employee as an asset, but in fact, the individual they recruited was actually a double agent, working on behalf of the FBI." - Gouchun He and Zheng Wang "allegedly orchestrated a scheme to steal files and other information" from the U.S. government law enforcement agency to steal confidential information about the United States," Garland said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two men suspected of being Chinese intelligence officers have been charged with attempting to obstruct a U.S. criminal investigation and ...

Part of the plot, the U.S. Wang and He, according to prosecutors, were eager for non-public information about the prosecution and the status of the investigation. In the Huawei case, Guochun He and Zheng Wang, are accused of trying to direct a U.S. “Attacking Huawei will not help the U.S. The case connected to the Huawei probe dates to January 2019. The defendants are accused of paying tens of thousands of dollars in digital currency, along with cash and jewelry, to a U.S. The person said the document had been secretly photographed during a meeting with federal prosecutors. [a case from last week in which](https://apnews.com/article/china-new-york-conspiracy-fugitives-money-laundering-943d41da329eec7bdae8ce3303130480) two additional people were arrested and five others charged with harassing someone living in the U.S. But the person was actually a double agent working for the FBI, the department said. alleges, involved having the person’s nephew travel to the U.S. charges of financial fraud, trade secret theft and sanctions violations. Washington has long accused Beijing of

Attorney General Merrick Garland said the new actions would “disrupt criminal activity” of individuals working on behalf of China.

The case in New Jersey alleges that the four people used the cover of a Chinese academic institution to direct U.S. Seven People’s Republic of China individuals have been charged in the Eastern District of New York — two of them were arrested on Oct. Two Chinese individuals were charged in the same district with attempting to obstruct the criminal prosecution of a China-based telecommunications company, and four Chinese nationals have been charged in the District of New Jersey with conspiring to act as illegal agents on behalf of China.

Attorney General Merrick Garland said that he personally approved the search warrant, which was part of an ongoing Justice Department investigation into the ...

Part of the plot, the U.S. The two men in the Huawei case, Guochun He and Zheng Wang, are accused of trying to direct a person with the U.S. Wang and He are accused of reaching out to someone who began working as a double agent for the U.S government, and that person's contacts with the defendants were overseen by the FBI. "Attacking Huawei will not help the U.S. Spokespeople for Huawei and the Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately return messages seeking comment. to return to China as part of what

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two men suspected of being Chinese intelligence officers have been charged with attempting to obstruct the U.S. criminal investigation and ...

Part of the plot, the U.S. Wang and He, according to prosecutors, were eager for non-public information about the prosecution and the status of the investigation. In the Huawei case, Guochun He and Zheng Wang, are accused of trying to direct a U.S. “Attacking Huawei will not help the U.S. The case connected to the Huawei probe dates to January 2019. The defendants are accused of paying tens of thousands of dollars in digital currency, along with cash and jewelry, to a U.S. The person said the document had been secretly photographed during a meeting with federal prosecutors. [a case from last week in which](https://apnews.com/article/china-new-york-conspiracy-fugitives-money-laundering-943d41da329eec7bdae8ce3303130480) two additional people were arrested and five others charged with harassing someone living in the U.S. But the person was actually a double agent working for the FBI, the department said. alleges, involved having the person’s nephew travel to the U.S. charges of financial fraud, trade secret theft and sanctions violations. Washington has long accused Beijing of

FBI Director Christopher Wray (R) and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speak at a press conference at the U.S. Department of Justice on Oct. 24, 2022 in ...

Part of the plot, the U.S. Wang and He are accused of reaching out to someone who began working as a double agent for the U.S government, and that person's contacts with the defendants were overseen by the FBI. The two men in the Huawei case, Guochun He and Zheng Wang, are accused of trying to direct a person with the U.S. “Attacking Huawei will not help the U.S. to return to China as part of what Washington has long accused Beijing of meddling in U.S.

Good afternoon. I am joined today by Deputy Attorney General Monaco, FBI Director Wray, and Assistant Attorney General Olsen. Also here are Assistant United ...

And we will defend the integrity of our institutions. They also included attempts to stop protected First Amendment activities – protests here in the United States – which would have been embarrassing to the Chinese government. In fact, the documents were prepared by the United States government for the purpose of this investigation and did not reveal actual meetings, communications, or strategies. Also here are Assistant United States Attorneys from the Eastern District of New York and the District of New Jersey. government law enforcement agency to steal confidential information about the United States’ criminal prosecution of the company. As always, the defendants in these cases are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Attorney General Merrick Garland defended the Justice Department's decision to shut down the Trump-era China Initiative during a press conference announcing ...

[said](https://www.c-span.org/video/?523793-1/chinese-intelligence-officers-charged-obstructing-huawei-criminal-probe) in defense of tossing the China Initiative during the Monday press conference. But, Olsen added: “In the course of my review, I never saw any indication, none, that any decision that the Justice Department made was based on bias or prejudice of any kind. “So, as I think these cases make quite clear, we are unrelenting in our efforts to prevent the government of China from economic espionage, from operating in the United States as foreign agents, from trying to affect our rule of law and our judicial system, from trying to target and recruit Americans to help them,” Garland said when asked if ending the China Initiative was a mistake. We speak through our cases, and we speak to those cases today,” Olsen Garland and Matt Olsen, the DOJ’s assistant attorney general for national security, defended the decision to shut down the China Initiative during a Monday press conference. Olsen say more about the China Initiative, but I think this case should be very clear that we have not in any way changed our focus on those kind of behaviors by China.” [“Operation Fox Hunt.”](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/chinas-global-uyghur-repression-campaign-far-broader-than-thought-book-claims) [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/) [big](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/doj-abandons-visa-fraud-cases-against-chinese-military-researchers-in-the-us) [setbacks](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign/beijing-trumpets-us-based-efforts-opposing-dojs-china-espionage-crackdown) in some cases, numerous people have been convicted through the China Initiative, including Harvard professor Charles Lieber, who was found [guilty](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/harvard-professor-convicted-for-lying-to-fbi-about-china-ties) last December of all federal charges related to concealing his ties to a Chinese university and the Chinese government's Thousand Talents Program while receiving U.S. [efforts to interfere with a DOJ investigation](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/doj-charges-chinese-spies-obstructing-huawei-investigation) into the Chinese military-backed global telecommunications firm [Huawei](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/huawei) . [Merrick Garland](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/merrick-garland) defended the [Justice Department](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/justice-department) 's decision to shut down the Trump-era [China Initiative](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/china) during a press conference announcing a host of criminal charges against Chinese intelligence officers and government agents. [unveiling a domestic terrorism unit](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/doj-sheds-light-rise-domestic-terrorism-cases) in January and [launching a special task force to target Russian oligarchs](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/doj-launches-kleptocapture-task-force-to-target-russian-oligarchs) in March. [announced](https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-arrested-and-13-charged-three-separate-cases-alleged-participation-malign-schemes-united) Monday that it had charged 13 people, including members of the security and intelligence apparatus of the People’s Republic of China, for “efforts to unlawfully exert influence in the United States for the benefit of the government of the PRC.”

The cases were announced at a news conference that featured the heads of both the FBI and the Justice Department, a rare joint presence reflecting a concerted ...

Part of the plot, the U.S. The two men in the Huawei case, Guochun He and Zheng Wang, are accused of trying to direct a person with the U.S. Wang and He are accused of reaching out to someone who began working as a double agent for the U.S government, and that person's contacts with the defendants were overseen by the FBI. "Attacking Huawei will not help the U.S. Spokespeople for Huawei and the Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately return messages seeking comment. to return to China as part of what