TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Oct 5, 2021

Several faculty groups at the University of Tennessee are urging the school to reinstate former professor Anming Hu after he was tried and later acquitted of fraud-related charges, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. The U.S. Department of Justice had accused Hu of being a Chinese spy and prosecuted him twice on charges of wire fraud and making false statements. A federal judge threw out the charges in September. Hu’s lawyer, Phil Lomonaco, told the paper that after the university suspended him without pay, the federal government revoked his work authorization, leaving him in Knoxville apart from his family until he works out his employment status.  

Join the Federal Law Section on Dec. 8 as they take a deeper look into U.S. v Hu.