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Government Corruption
Biden DOJ Drops Charges Against China Military Members Accused of Lying to Get Jobs at U.S. Universities
2021-07-26
More on this story from yesterday, including the names of the miscreants involved.
[Breitbart] 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. [Emphasis added]

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. [Emphasis added]

The five Chinese nationals were arrested in July and August of last year as part of a federal crackdown on China military members fraudulently obtaining visas to the U.S. by hiding their ties to the Chinese military, known formally as the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
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Posted by:Besoeker

#7  Joe, hold on. Drop Charges against China Military members not your pants. Ge whiz the things I gotta do for God and Country, oops, Joe and China.
Posted by: Dale   2021-07-26 09:18  

#6  They need to free up staff for the 1/6 party.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2021-07-26 09:14  

#5  ^ I doubt they took 'African Progressive Non-Cisgender Studies'.
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-07-26 07:29  

#4  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.

Did their desired curriculums include a heavy emphasis in science and molecular biology ?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Besoeker   2021-07-26 07:25  

#3  
Sun Tzu never went to the loo,
he pondered in the woods, like bear.

"For want of traitors, the west
will be lost", said Sun one day.

"So we must make haste [plop]
to purchase us this pair."

Posted by: Dron66046   2021-07-26 03:29  

#2  ^^^^^
Especially During The "Great COVID Shortage of 2020"

Posted by: Solomon Black7676   2021-07-26 00:51  

#1  Not exactly true. The Chinks had to pay exorbitant amounts for Hunter's crappy art first.
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589   2021-07-26 00:46  

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