Trump Call to Xi:Harvard's Dr. Charles Lieber Arrested for Ties To WuHan
In an official Xinhua News report about a call Chinese President Xi Jinping had with U.S. President Donald Trump that was requested by the U.S. side.
Sauce: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-02/07/c_138763551.htm
Trump informed the Chinese that the U.S. had arrested three individuals in connection with the Bioweapon attack on China, including 60-year old Dr. Charles Lieber, Harvard University Chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology.
Prosecutors say Lieber agreed to conduct research, publish articles and '''apply for patents on behalf of China's Wuhan University of Technology in exchange for $50,000 per month and about $150,000 in living expenses.
He also received $1.5 million to establish a research lab at the Chinese university, authorities said'''.
Sauce: https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/1m-bond-set-for-harvard-professor-accused-of-hiding-ties-to-china
Dr. Charles M. Lieber, age 60, is Jewish.
In 2012, Lieber was awarded Israel's Wolf Prize in Chemistry.
Sauce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_M._Lieber
From Justice.gov:
Lieber's student Zaosong Zeng
It is alleged that on Dec. 9, 2019, Zeng stole 21 vials of biological research and attempted to smuggle them out of the United States aboard a flight destined for China.
Zeng lied to officers about the contents of his luggage, but later admitted he had stolen the vials from a lab at Beth Israel. Sauce: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/harvard-university-professo.-and-two-