A US judge in Brooklyn rules that statements made by Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou can be used as evidence in an upcoming US criminal trial against Huawei. The ruling, filed in federal court, concerns admissions Meng made as part of a 2021 agreement with US prosecutors that resulted in the dismissal of the criminal charges she faced at the time. Multiple outlets report that Meng’s admissions include acknowledging that Huawei illegally conducted business in Iran and that she had lied to a financial institution about Huawei’s compliance related to that conduct.
The decision means the prosecution in the Huawei case can rely on a “statement of facts” or related admissions tied to the 2021 resolution involving Meng. The judge’s ruling addresses admissibility and rejects efforts to prevent the use of those statements in the trial against the company. The dispute follows Meng’s high-profile arrest in Canada in 2018, an episode that escalated US–China and Canada–China tensions. The sources agree that the case concerns the Iran-related conduct and whether Meng’s earlier acknowledgements can be introduced at Huawei’s trial.
