A Conservative Journalist Admitted To Taking $100,000 From A Financier Connected To A Controversial Chinese Billionaire

A Conservative Journalist Admitted To Taking $100,000 From A Financier Connected To A Controversial Chinese Billionaire

Gertz testified that Guo turned him down; Gertz then approached Hong Kong financier William Je, whom he described as an “associate” of Guo’s. Je supplied the journalist with the loan of $100,000. Gertz said in his deposition that he did not remember whether Guo encouraged him to approach Je.

Gertz testified that he had asked Je about the source of the money and was told that it was from a “sovereign wealth fund in the Middle East.”

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Chinese dissident can sue law firm over hack that exposed information online, judge rules

Boasberg noted that evidence may later reveal no negligence or no misrepresentations by the law firm. But Wengui’s claim over the hacked data should not be dismissed at this stage. Boasberg said.

“Plaintiff has sufficiently pleaded that defendants breached their duties of loyalty and good faith by misrepresenting the manner in which they would protect his confidential information in order to secure his business,” Boasberg wrote.
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