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OK- at bail hearing in US v Miles Guo Wengui /Kwok and Yvette Wang: both are here, as is Inner City Press which will live tweet, thread below 
Both plead not guilty. Judge Torres turns to Guo's bail application, "which the government opposes." Guo is in beige prison garb of MDC Brooklyn. Wang is in light blue.
Assistant US Attorney: This is a billion dollar fraud case. Pre Trial Services recommends detention. There is a risk of flight. He has at least 3 and as many as 11 passports...
AUSA: The defendant has a son in the UK.
[Guo's lawyers pass notes].
He fled China in 2015, but still traveled internationally. He had $394,000 cash in his safe in NJ. And access to $34 million. We've traced it to Switzerland, the #UAE, even #Kazakhstan.
[Guo's lawyers pass notes].
He fled China in 2015, but still traveled internationally. He had $394,000 cash in his safe in NJ. And access to $34 million. We've traced it to Switzerland, the #UAE, even #Kazakhstan.
AUSA: He has a UAE passport. They do not extradite citizens.
AUSA: He has threatened victims, whose families are still in China...He doesn't follow court orders. In February 2023 he offered investors a stake in GETTR, with the funds to go over to the UAE.
Note: Nearly everything the Assistant US Attorney is saying about Miles Guo Wengui, to detain him, they could say about Sam Bankman-Fried. But they don't.
Guo's lawyer: He renounced his UAE citizenship. And the US has his Hong Kong passport. He did not flee.
Guo's lawyer: The FBI raided him before, but he hid nothing except a phone under his mattress. There's a trial in DC for illegally lobbying to get Guo extradited to China.
[US v Pras Michel, which Inner City Press is also covering]
[US v Pras Michel, which Inner City Press is also covering]
Guo's lawyer: China's online progapanga focuses on Mr Kwok.
Judge Torres: Does he have any valid passports?
Guo's lawyer: Only the Hong Kong passport. China has a red notice out against him.
Judge Torres: Does he have any valid passports?
Guo's lawyer: Only the Hong Kong passport. China has a red notice out against him.
Guo's lawyer: He could apply for asylum under the anti-torture statutes. Meanwhile the UAE extradites to China, its number one investor.
Guo's lawyer: The Faraday bags and the cell phone scrambler, his security consultants recommended them. China uses US courts against its enemies.
Guo's lawyer: He was mistranslated, that's why family calls got in as legal calls. It won't happen again. We offer armed security
[CCP briber of the UN Ng Lap Seng got such guards accepted]
[CCP briber of the UN Ng Lap Seng got such guards accepted]
Judge Torres: He wrote to the UAE?
Guo's lawyer: Yes. I have it right here...
Judge Torres: Is it certified? You are relying on the word of your client.
Guo's lawyer: His immigration counsel.
AUSA: He could flee inside the US
Guo's lawyer: Yes. I have it right here...
Judge Torres: Is it certified? You are relying on the word of your client.
Guo's lawyer: His immigration counsel.
AUSA: He could flee inside the US
AUSA: Where would the $5 million come from. In the armed security case approved by Judge Broderick [Ng Lap Seng] the guards ate with Ng. [Also allowed "semi-private" massages].
Judge Torres: I will issue a written decision.
Adjourned.
VLOG and story soon.
Adjourned.
VLOG and story soon.
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