A researcher arrested during the Trump-era crackdown on Chinese spies entering the U.S. under false pretenses has been set free after the Biden administration’s federal prosecutors decided to drop the case.
Juan Tang was allowed to leave the country after the assistant U.S. attorney prosecuting the case threw in the towel days before the trial began, according to The Sacramento Bee.
The case had already been teetering because a count against her of lying to the FBI concerning her affiliation with the People’s Liberation Army was thrown out after a judge ruled agents questioning Tang violated her Miranda rights by not telling her she did not have to answer their questions.
That left a charge against her of lying on her visa application about her connections to the PLA.
Tang entered the U.S. in December 2019, according to a Justice Department news release, and was supposedly in the country to conduct research at the University of California, Davis.
Last year, in a memorandum in support of her charges, then-U.S. Attorney David Anderson for the Northern District of California said Tang lied her way into the country.
“Her J-1 visa application stated she had never served in the military, but open source investigation revealed photographs of her in the uniform of the Civilian Cadre of the PLA, and that she had been employed as a researcher at the Air Force Military Medical University,” the memorandum said.
“During an interview with FBI agents on June 20, 2020, Tang denied serving in the Chinese military, claimed she did not know the meaning of the insignia on her uniform, and that wearing a military uniform was required for attendance at FMMU [Fourth Military Medical University] because it was a military school.”
“That same day, FBI executed a search warrant at Tang’s residence, and a search of her electronic media found further evidence of Tang’s PLA affiliation,” the memorandum said.
The memorandum said Tang’s case “appears to be part of a program conducted by the PLA — and specifically, FMMU or associated institutions — to send military scientists to the United States on false pretenses with false covers or false statements about their true employment.”
“There exists evidence in at least one of these cases of a military scientist copying or stealing information from American institutions at the direction of military superiors in China. There additionally exists evidence of the [People’s Republic of China] government instructing these individuals to destroy evidence and in coordinating efforts regarding the departure of these individuals from the United States.”
After being questioned by the FBI at her Davis apartment in June 2020, Tang took refuge at the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, according to the Bee. She was arrested when she emerged to go to a doctor’s office a month later, and her trial was set to begin Monday.
Juan Tang, a #Chinese researcher at University of #California entered in #USA on fake visa & hid her relation with Chinese army. She arrived in US on non-immigrant J1 visa. USA has alleged that #China is sending military undercover scientists to #US as part of a planned program pic.twitter.com/5KR093Gpro
— IDU (@defencealerts) July 25, 2020
On Friday, after the charges were dropped, Tang was given her passport so she could immediately return to China.
Malcolm Segal and Tom Johnson, her attorneys, said she was never a member of the military. They claimed she did nothing wrong and had simply worked as a civilian at a Chinese military facility.
“We are glad that the government decided to dismiss,” Segal and Johnson said to the Bee. “We provided ample reason to do so.”
“We hope Dr. Tang is allowed to return to her daughter and husband on her own.”
Stands to reason. They own drooling Joe, lock, stock, and barrel.
Drooling Joe is too busy betraying us to China to be bother punishing Chinese spies.
And lining his pockets with money from China!
Part of Uncle Joe’s deal with CCP?
Of Course she was returned to China because Pretender knows Xi Jing very well and he’s an Intelligent, Tough, and Powerful Guy, and his Son Has Financial Interests there! Which Democrat Congress person was feeding her information that caused her to be outed?
So the treason grows within our very corrupt “System”, known as our government !
JEEPER CREEPER JIM CROW Joe Biden is a Chinese OPERATIVE. He will do Bidding of DICTATOR XI of CHINA. Biden is ILLEGITIMATE a DEEP STATE OPERATIVE.
Can’t bite the hand that feeds you … millions of moolah.
Beijing Joe got more than his usual 10% on that deal.
Now we know one purchaser of Hunter’s paint by numbers.
Why do communists captured here have rights? Biden has blood on his hands.
AND; what are WE gonna do about it?
And the CCP only had to buy one of Hunter Biden’s paintings to get the charges dropped for the spy…meanwhile the trespassers at the capital remain in solitary confinement for six months and counting….none of the trespassers have been offered to buy a Biden painting as of yet…?
Well ya can’t be upsetting Bidens owners, the CCP, so of course they let her go! People don’t seem to have a clue just how owned Biden and his entire family are by the CCP! They have so much dirt on the whole Biden family and most of the government officials in this country it’s insane! If the CCP wanted to they could destroy so many career politicians lives along with their families it’s unbelievable! They have already shown that they can kick down our front door and walk in untouched! The American people aren’t going to fight back and they know it! That was proven when the election was stolen and nothing was done! People sat around all comfy in their Constitutional rights that they are afraid to fight for! Now they are coming for your 2nd amendment and without that you have no Constitution and no rights! As predicted by so many communist dictators in the past! America has fallen without a shot being fired!
Working for the military as a civilian is not the same thing as serving in the military. Our military branches have plenty of civilian employees, and none of them are referred to as soldiers, or get veteran benefits when they leave the jobs. They can quit the jobs any time they wish, and do not get an honorable discharge when they do so. It’s too bad that our law enforcement professionals could not figure out that other nations can do that, as well.
Another failure by the FBI or another sell America Out by Biden and FBI. Either or, the results are the same, Americans Lost and no faith in the law (DOJ) or FBI to do their job under the Law.
The DOJ and FBI are corrupt!
Reverse this and say any person who was arrested in CHINA & accused of being a SPY, what do you suppose would be the outcome for that MOST DEFINITELY INNOCENT USA CITIZEN….I would bet on FIRING SQUAD or at the very least LIFE IN A HORRIBLE CHINESE PRISON!
or death by a thousand cuts!
CHARGE EM ALL WITH TREASON! INCLUDING THE PRETENDER IN CHIEF, HIS VP, AND 100% OF HIS ADMIN…
biden wouldnt have it anyother way. he’s compromised PROOF!
No surprise! With all of the collusion between Biden and China, what did you expect? China owns Biden and is making him pay his dues!