Chemical engineer Franklin Tao was found guilty of lying to government officials about his ties to a Chinese research institution—but his attorney has boldly suggested the convictions might be overturned.
—raised similar questions about whether the government had overreached in prosecuting Tao.
Tao’s attorney, Peter Zeidenberg, hopes the additional review will be the first step toward an acquittal. “While we are deeply disappointed with the jury’s verdict, we believe it was so clearly against the weight of the evidence we are convinced that it will not stand,” Zeidenberg said immediately after the verdict.from the Department of Justice cited the convictions but did not include any comments from the lead prosecutor in the case.
Only three of the disclosure and fraud cases have gone to trial. In the first, Hu was ultimately acquitted. In December 2021, Harvard University chemistof concealing his participation in a Chinese foreign talent recruitment program and not reporting payments from that program to the government. Olsen also promised that the department would want strong evidence of “intent and materiality” before charging researchers in cases involving alleged threats to national security. However, he seemed to rule out applying that standard to existing cases, including those like Tao’s for which a trial date had been set.
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