Extra: Miles Guo Trial Starts With Red Lamborghini as Defense Says CCP Used Hackers and OFAC

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SDNY COURTHOUSE, 24 May – 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 issues from the trial: 7 page letter on Patreon here.

On May 22, Inner City Press live tweeted jury selection, here.

   Many were excused from the jury pool.

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On May 23 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. Letter on Patreon here

At the end of May 23, Judge Torres told the remaining jurors that the trial would start Friday. Thread.

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And it did. Inner City Press live tweeted the opening and first

two witnesses, an FBI agent about the Greenwich search, and a Dallas based Lamborghini dealer, thread here.

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