Feds move to drop fraud charges against MIT professor arrested under controversial China Initiative

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Federal prosecutors are dropping a case against an MIT professor accused of hiding research he did for the Chinese government. His arrest was under the Trump-era China Initiative, a controversial effort now under DOJ review.

The U.S. Department of Justice seal on a podium in Washington, D.C. Photo: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Federal prosecutors on Thursday moved to drop a case against a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who was accused of hiding research he did for the Chinese government."Having assessed the evidence as a whole ...

Judge Patti B. Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts is expected to rule on the motion soon,

 

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