Thread by @JMichaelWaller

1) #GETTR founder Miles Guo Wengui (aka Miles Kwok) pled the Fifth when asked in federal court about his money man, William Je. He didn't dispute that Je is a member of the CCP's Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CCPPC). en.cppcc.gov.cn

2) #GETTR founder Guo is asked at the April 22, 2021 federal Strategic Vision trial, "Who is William Je?"

Guo: "The Fifth Amendment."

3) Strategic Vision: "Aren't you concerned with Mr. William Je being your money man if he is associated with the CPPCC?"

#GETTR founder Guo: "The Fifth Amendment."

4) Miles Guo Wengui (aka Miles Kwok), the founder of #GETTR, admitted in the trial that his "ultimate concern" was not to overthrow the CCP, but to fight the Wang Qishan faction within the CCP that had ousted his sponsor, Deputy Minister of State Security Ma Jian.

5) In the trial, Miles Guo Wengui admitted that he met with senior Ministry of State Security officials in his New York CIty home in May 2017.

Guo admitted he signed a letter to Xi Jinping that he didn't "cross the red line" in exposing too much dirt on CCP leaders.

6) At the Strategic Vision trial, Miles Guo Wengui refused to tell the court, on grounds of self-incrimination, whether or not it was true that the CCP retaliated against him by freezing his assess in Hong Kong and the Mainland: "I am invoking the Fifth Amendment."

7) Miles Guo Wengui admitted he received Communist Chinese Deputy Minister of State Security Liu Yanping at his New York home in May 2017.

Strategic Vision: "Mr. Guo, you were bargaining with him over your assets, though, weren't you?"

Guo: "I am invoking the Fifth Amendment."

8) In the Strategic Vision trial, #GETTR founder Miles Guo Wengui would not tell the court whether he was getting money from Communist China.

Twice he pled the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination to avoid answering.

9) Miles Guo Wengui invoked the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination to avoid telling a US federal court whether he was taking money through Communist China at the time he became a business partner with Steve Bannon in 2017-18.

10) In the federal trial on April 22, Miles Guo Wengui invoked the Fifth Amendment THREE TIMES when asked who was funding his front company's lawsuit against Strategic Vision, and when asked about a "loan" from his CCP money man for the front company.

11) #GETTR founder Miles Guo Wengui admitted in federal court that he had told Strategic Vision that the manager of his business operations (who also managed Steve Bannon's Rule of Law Society) was a member of the Chinese Communist Party.

12) Miles Guo Wengui tells court he "cannot recall" whether his lawyer @DanPodhaskie was speaking on his behalf in telling media that Guo & "Bannon have a joint mission in regards to China, which is to get rid of the radical cadre" inside the CCP. (And not to oust entire CCP.)

@DanPodhaskie 13) Bannon's business partner and #GETTR founder Miles Guo Wengui pleads against self-incrimination when asked about his CCP "money man."

Strategic Vision: "And you introduced William Je to close associates as your money man, haven't you?"

Guo: "The Fifth Amendment."

14) #GETTR founder Miles Guo Wengui refuses to tell the federal court about his CCP "money man" sending cash:

Strategic Vision: "And he [William Je] sends money to places when you ask him to do so, doesn't he?"

Guo: "The Fifth Amendment. I'm invoking the Fifth Amendment."

15) Miles Guo Wengui won't tell the court who owns Guo Media, reputed to be one of the companies that spawned #GETTR.

Strategic Vision: "Do you own Guo Media?"
Guo: "I'm invoking the Fifth Amendment."
SV: "Do you know who owns it?"
Guo: "I'm invoking the Fifth Amendment."

16) Federal Judge Lewis Liman asked Miles Guo Wengui if he and Steve Bannon had a "joint mission in regard to China, which is to get rid of the radical cadre inside the Communist Party."

Guo replied: "I don't altogether agree."

17) Strategic Vision asked Miles Guo Wengui in federal court about his whether he believes famous statement that 99.99 percent of the Chinese Communist Party is "decent people."

Guo said "No."

Strategic Vision: "Okay. So closer to 99 percent, then?"

Guo: "I don't know."

18) Miles Guo Wengui again refused to tell the court whether he told my colleague & me that he had been unable to take money out of Communist China since becoming a "dissident."

Guo: "I'm invoking the Fifth Amendment."

This was a civil case. Guo was invoking a criminal defense.

19) I had erred in previous tweets by saying that Miles Guo Wengui invoked the Fifth Amendment when asked if he was still working for the Chinese Ministry of State Security.

Guo legally did not deny the allegation. He indignantly called it "rubbish," but that is not a denial.

20) By claiming "I don't really know what you're talking about" and calling it "absolutely rubbish," Guo is not perjuring himself because to plead ignorance and act indignant is not legally a denial. Guo worked with the MSS while in China under MSS Deputy Minister Ma Jian.