Feds lodge additional charges against Stanford researcher with alleged ties to the Chinese military
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FILE - This Thursday, June 14, 2018, file photo, shows the FBI seal at a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press
In July of 2020, federal prosecutors brought criminal visa fraud charges against a Stanford University medical researcher who was allegedly a secret member of the Chinese military.
On Thursday, the government added additional charges, including obstruction of an official investigation and altering, destroying or concealing records.
The superseding indictment, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that Chen Song, a Chinese national and a neurologist, came to Stanford in early 2019. She had an appointment as a Visiting Scholar and was going to work in a neurological research lab at the University.
Wechat Litigation Put On Hold
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Lawyers representing the United States asked a San Francisco federal court on Thursday to suspend litigation over the government s attempt to shut down the WeChat messaging app in the United States.
The filing in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California follows a similar filing in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, where the parties are litigating another part of the case.
In the two filings, the government said it wants to suspend the ongoing litigation to give the Biden administration time to consider if it wants to change the position previously taken by the Trump administration.