Former University of Tennessee professor falsely accused of espionage faces second trial

[Jilly_in_VA]

The Justice Department is taking another shot at prosecuting a former University of Tennessee professor whose career and reputation were ruined by a false spy claim leveled by the previous administration.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Casey Arrowood has filed a one-page notice in U.S. District Court in Knoxville that the Justice Department intends to try — for the second time — Dr. Anming Hu on fraud charges the agency brought under the Trump administration after falsely accusing the nanotechnology expert of being a spy for the Chinese military.

A jury earlier this year deadlocked on the issue of Hu’s guilt, delivering the first public blow to the Trump administration’s highly-touted “China Initiative” — a campaign to expose Chinese spies operating in America that instead targeted Chinese academics working in American universities.

Since then, the Biden administration’s Justice Department has dropped five other cases against Chinese academics that were the result of the flawed initiative. Arrowood gave no explanation in his notice why the Justice Department is declining to dismiss the case against Hu.
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2021/08/02/tennessee-professor-anming-hu-accused-spying-faces-second-trial/5457371001/
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This is so bullshit. The guy is no more a spy than my 3 year old granddaughter.What I'm wondering is if this Arrowod dude is a leftover from the previous criminal gang. They're still around everywhere.