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US Judge Advances Huawei Indictment to Trial

The ruling pushes a broad 16-count indictment into trial after a judge finds Huawei’s evidence insufficient to dismiss accusations of racketeering, trade secret theft, sanctions evasion

FILE - People visit the Ascend AI exhibition booth by Huawei during the 2024 The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) & High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance with the theme "Governing AI for Good and for All" at the Shanghai Expo Center Multifunction Hall in Shanghai China on July 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
FILE - A customer carries his purchased Huawei product outside a Huawei store after he attended the Huawei new product launch conference in Beijing, on Sept. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
A logo of Huawei Technologies is seen at its exhibition space, at the Viva Technology conference at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

Overview

  • U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly denied Huawei’s request to throw out 13 of 16 federal charges in a 52-page decision
  • The indictment alleges Huawei ran a racketeering enterprise to expand its brand and stole trade secrets from six U.S. companies
  • Prosecutors contend Huawei controlled Skycom as an Iranian subsidiary and misled banks to process over $100 million in U.S. transactions
  • Huawei has pleaded not guilty to all charges and criticized the case as an effort to manufacture a prosecutable offense
  • A trial is set to begin on May 4, 2026, in the Eastern District of New York and is expected to last several months