It's Tuesday and I'm at the Moakley courthouse for the #LieberTrial. The prosecution is expected to call their last witness at 9 am ET. Afterwards, we'll hear from the defense.
The prosecution is now calling Sarah Axelrod, who is Harvard's assistant vice president at the office of sponsored programs. Her office is responsible for reviewing grant proposals.
Axlerod testified about the documents principal investigators sign when they submit grants saying everything in the grant is complete, accurate, and truthful to the best of their knowledge.
It's Monday and I'm back at the Moakley courthouse in Boston for the #LieberTrial. Proceedings should begin at 9 am EST when defense attorney Marc Mukasey will resume cross-examination of FBI special agent Kara Spice.
Mukasey is asking Spice about the unsigned contract that is supposed to have come from the Thousand Talents Program. She says she has never seen an executed copy of the document.
The FBI took a photo of Chinese noodles from the Lieber home.
I'm back at the Moakley courthouse in Boston for another day of the #LieberTrial. I wish I could take a photo from the lobby outside the courtroom. The view of Boston Harbor is splendid on this sunny day. Testimony should begin at 9 am EST with FBI agent Kara Spice.
The gov't is pointing out Lieber's affiliations on publications and the funding agencies in the acknowledgements section. Today it is a Nature Nanotechnology paper. Yesterday it was NanoLetters.
The gov't presented emails from Lieber in 2013 and 2014 which he is unhappy about not being selected as a foreign associate to the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Back at the Moakley courthouse in Boston this morning for Charles Lieber's trial. Opening statements are scheduled to begin at 9 EST.
Judge Rya Zobel is explaining the charges to the jury before the attorneys give their statements.
JR Drabick gave the prosecution's opening statements outlining the gov't's case against Lieber, alleging that he made false statements to DoD investigators and to NIH (via Harvard), failed to report income from China on his tax returns and didn't report a foreign bank account