Boston Man to Face Trial Over China Dissident Blacklist; Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss

The charges concern not Mr. Liang’s speech but his actions and the failure to report to the attorney general of his relationship with China, the judge ruled.

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston on June 21, 2024. Learner Liu/The Epoch Times

A federal court in Boston has denied a local man’s motion to dismiss charges over providing a U.S.-based dissident blacklist to Chinese consulate officials in New York.

A grand jury indicted Liang Litang on May 4, 2023, for conspiring to act and acting as an agent of a foreign government from 2018 to 2022 and doing so without notifying the U.S. attorney general. Notification is required for anyone who acts as a foreign government agent without a formal diplomatic title.