In late March, FBI and Department of Homeland Security agents were seen searching and carrying boxes out of XiaoFeng Wang’s homes. That same day IU fired him. Neither the government nor the university provided any reason for their actions.
The U.S. Government fought to keep the documents sealed, arguing that releasing them could impede the investigation and hurt the reputations of those involved. However, Riana Pfefferkorn, an attorney and policy fellow at Stanford University, prevailed in the Indiana Southern District Court on Oct. 3 to unseal the search warrant applications for his Bloomington and Carmel homes.
Federal agents were seeking records related to federal crimes of false statements, theft or bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds and wire fraud.
The search warrant application included no potential national security threats, and Pfefferkorn described the potential violations listed as “milktoast” charges.
The documents do not mention Nianli Ma, who lost her job as an IU Libraries analyst, earlier in the same week.
No charges have been filed against Wang as of Oct. 6. Neither he nor his wife are facing deportation proceedings.
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So they ruined a humans career and livelyhood for…? Flex?
The author of the article may not know its actually “milquetoast”.
Being in quotes I assume the article’s author is quoting exactly what was written by Pfefferkorn
I’d usually expect that to be written as…
and Pfefferkorn described the potential violations listed “milktoast” [sic] charges.
Definitely in the middle of a larger quote anyway…
