Alleged Chinese Spies Charged With Obstructing DOJ's Huawei Investigation
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Two alleged Chinese spies were charged Monday with obstructing an ongoing Justice Department investigation into the Chinese government-backed global telecommunications firm Huawei, which the U.S. has deemed a national security threat.
Key Quotes: The Chinese government "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 in a press conference on Monday. "They did not succeed."
For Context: The two alleged spies, Gouchun He and Zheng Wang, "allegedly orchestrated a scheme to steal files and other information" from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York related to the U.S. investigation of Huawei, according to the DOJ, and the men are suspected of offering approximately $61,000 in bribes to a U.S. government employee who they thought was working for the Chinese government, but who in fact was a double agent working for the FBI. In 2019, the DOJ charged Huawei and two of its U.S. subsidiaries with racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to steal trade secrets.
How the Media Covered It: Reports on the charges were mostly balanced and nonpartisan from news sources across the political spectrum.
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