An FBI agent admitted in an ongoing trial to falsely accusing a Chinese-born Tennessee professor of being a Chinese spy, using baseless information to

Federal agents admit to falsely accusing Chinese professor of being a spy

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2021-06-15 02:00:09

An FBI agent admitted in an ongoing trial to falsely accusing a Chinese-born Tennessee professor of being a Chinese spy, using baseless information to get have him placed on the federal no-fly list and spying on him and his son for two years, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported.

The newspaper said FBI agent Kujtim Sadiku admitted last week to falsely accusing former University of Tennessee, Knoxville, professor Anming Hu of being a spy. 

Sadiku also admitted to using the false information to pressure Hu to become a spy for the U.S., the Sentinel reported. No evidence was ever discovered that suggested Hu, an internationally recognized welding technology expert, is a spy.

During cross-examination, defense attorney Phil Lomonaco said to Sadiku, "You wanted to find a Chinese spy in Knoxville," making note of the tactics he used to secure a fraud indictment against Hu.

“You’ve been carrying around his passport ... haven’t you?” Lomonaco asked Sadiku. “You know you’re under oath, right?”

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