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Miles Guo Trial Amid
Slow Jury Selection
Defense Disputes
Arson Innuendo Not
In
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 22 – After a circus-like
civil case involving Guo
Wengui in the U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York, which
Inner City Press closely
covered, here,
March 15, 2023 saw the
unsealing of a twelve-count
Indictment of Miles Guo
onvarious wire fraud,
securities fraud, bank fraud,
and money laundering charges.
On May 21, the US Attorney's
Office wrote
in seeking to preclude
fire issue from
the trial: "To
avoid a
confusing and
time-consuming
mini-trial that
lacks probative
value, the Court
should preclude
evidence and
argument
relating to the
fire at the
defendant’s
apartment
following the
defendant’s
arrest...., the
FBI announced
their presence
outside Guo’s
penthouse
apartment, but
did not make
entry for
approximately 15
minutes. Then,
while the FBI
was conducting
its search, a
fire broke out" -
full 7 page
letter on
Patreon here.
On May 22, Inner
City Press live tweeted jury
selection, here.
Many
were excused from the jury
pool.
More detail /
some analysis on X for
Subscribers here
& Substack here
On May 23, with
jury selection proceeding
slowly, the defense wrote in
including "There is no
evidence to support the
government’s sensationalist
theory that Mr. Guo started a
fire at the Sherry Netherland
residence....It is much more
likely that the fire was
caused by accident or that the
FBI caused the fire,
intentionally or not, during
the course of its search of
the residence. Regardless, Mr.
Guo does not intend to
introduce evidence regarding
the fire." Letter on Patreon
here
The case is US v.
Guo, et al., 23-cr-118
(Torres)
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