NYPD Officer’s Chinese-Espionage Case Dismissed under Mysterious Circumstances

The DOJ requested that it not disclose new evidence that, it claims, justifies the dismissal of the charges.

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Baimadajie Angwang and attorney John Carman walk away from the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on January 19 after Chinese espionage charges against Angwang were officially dismissed.

Jimmy Quinn/National Review

On Thursday, a federal judge granted the Justice Department’s request to dismiss charges against a former New York City Police Department officer accused of acting as a Chinese-government agent.

The dismissal was requested last Friday by the DOJ in a vague, three-page motion stating that “the government obtained additional information bearing on the charges.” The filing cited the Classified Information Procedures Act, a law designed to prevent the leakage of classified information during judicial proceedings.

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Jimmy Quinn is the former national security correspondent for National Review.

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