{"id":"court_ctb_400_5","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":400,"sub_number":5,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":"2022-05-17","title":"EXHIBIT E 5/18/22, 10:26 AM Case 22-50073 Doc 400-5 Filed 05733282911326188999991391596145 Page 2 of 4","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## EXHIBIT E\n\n5/18/22, 10:26 AM Case 22-50073 Doc 400-5 Filed 05733282911326188999991391596145 Page 2 of 4\n\nThis copy is for your personal, non-commercial use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. For ne and the prosidianter formfel date only. Dischoution and use of this haterla are governed by our Subscriber Agence Age\n\nhttp\n\n### POLITICS\n\n# Steve Wynn Sued by Justice Department\n\nCasino mogul failed to register as a lobbyist for a foreign country, suit says, after seeking a diplomatic favor for China from Trump administration\n\n![](_page_1_Picture_6.jpeg)\n\nBy Aruna Viswanatha | Follow Updated May 17, 2022 7:24 pm ET\n\nWASHINGTON—The Justice Department sued casino mogul Steve Wynn Tuesday to force him to register as a lobbyist in connection with his 2017 efforts to obtain a diplomatic favor long sought by Chinese authorities.\n\nThe lawsuit comes almost a year after the department told Mr. Wynn to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act and signaled that it would go to court to compel him to do so if necessary, as The Wall Street Journal reported at the time, citing people familiar with the matter.\n\nIn a lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, the Justice Department said Mr. Wynn contacted then-President Donald Trump and members of his administration about the favor in 2017, in order to protect his then-business interests in Macau, China's gambling hub.\n\nThe dispute relates to Mr. Wynn's alleged efforts in the summer of 2017 to persuade U.S. officials to send back to China a Chinese businessman in New York, Guo Wengui, whom Chinese authorities consider a fugitive. Mr. Guo has been accused of a range of criminal offenses, from bribery to sexual assault, all of which he has denied.\n\n5/18/22, 10:26 AM\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 400-5 Filed 05 දින දික් පිහිපි පිහිපි පිහි පිහි පිහි පිහි 100 දි 106:45 Page 3 of 4 The Justice Department said Mr. Wynn had declined to register under FARA after the agency advised him to do so. The case is the first lawsuit of its kind in years, authorities said.\n\n\"The filing of this suit—the first affirmative civil lawsuit under FARA in more than three decades demonstrates the department's commitment to ensuring transparency in our democratic system,\" the head of the Justice Department's national security division, Matt Olsen, said.\n\nReid Weingarten and Brian Heberlig, lawyers for Mr. Wynn, said in a statement that their client never acted as an agent of the Chinese government and had no obligation to register. \"We respectfully disagree with the Department of Justice's legal interpretation of FARA and look forward to proving our case in court,\" they said.\n\nMr. Wynn, a 79-year-old billionaire and friend and informal adviser to Mr. Trump, is widely viewed as the architect of the modern Las Vegas Strip lined with luxury resorts. He resigned as chairman and chief executive of Wynn Resorts Ltd. in 2018 after the Journal published an article detailing allegations of sexual misconduct by Mr. Wynn toward employees. He has said the idea that he ever assaulted any woman is preposterous.\n\nIn 2020, two of Mr. Wynn's associates admitted in plea agreements with the Justice Department that in June and July 2017, they had discussed Mr. Guo's removal with Mr. Wynn and helped facilitate calls between Mr. Wynn and a Chinese government official about Beijing's desire for Mr. Guo's removal from the U.S. A spokesman for Mr. Guo didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.\n\nOne of the associates, Elliott Broidy, also admitted that he was with Mr. Wynn on Mr. Wynn's yacht in August 2017 when Mr. Wynn called Mr. Trump to ask about Mr. Guo's status in the U.S. Mr. Broidy pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the foreign-lobbying law in connection with that and other work, but was pardoned by Mr. Trump on his final day in office.\n\nA spokesman for Mr. Broidy, who had pleaded guilty in connection with his work on behalf of a foreign businessman and not a Chinese government official, declined to comment.\n\nAccording to the lawsuit, Mr. Wynn discussed Mr. Guo with Mr. Trump at a dinner in June 2017, saying Chinese officials wanted him returned. After that dinner, Mr. Broidy texted a message to Mr. Wynn saying that a Chinese official was \"extremely pleased and said that President Xi Jinping appreciates\" Mr. Wynn's assistance.\n\nIn a message to another associate, Mr. Wynn wrote that he had advised a Chinese government official to have China's ambassador to Washington contact senior officials at the National Security Council directly, adding that he had spoken to them directly and received assurances \"that all parties in the\n\n#### 5/18/22, 10:26 AM\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 400-5 Filed 05 YY9722\"11 2m8 460 000 10:00 0 4 White House were fully sensitive to the timing of this issue and the relevant USA procedural law involved.\"\n\nMr. Wynn added, according to the lawsuit, \"I remain grateful for the privilege of being part of the Macau and PRC business community,\" referring to the People's Republic of China.\n\n### Write to Aruna Viswanatha at Aruna.Viswanatha@wsj.com\n\nAppeared in the May 18, 2022, print edition as 'U.S. Sues Casino Mogul Steve Wynn'.\n\nCopyright ©2022 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved\n\nThis copy is for your personal, non-comments on this material are governed by our Subscriber Areement and by copyright law. For he subscribed prochaly for commercial use only. Dischoution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agence\nnon-personal use or to order multiple copies, plea","body_zh":"物证 E\n\n5/18/22, 10:26 AM Case 22-50073 Doc 400-5 Filed 05733282911326188999991391596145 Page 2 of 4\n\n本副本仅供您个人、非商业用途使用。对本材料的使用受我们的《订阅者协议》及版权法管辖。仅供订阅者使用。对本材料的分发和使用受我们的《订阅者协议》管辖。\n\nhttp\n政治\nSteve Wynn（史蒂夫·韦恩）被 Justice Department（司法部）起诉\n\n诉状称，赌场大亨在为中国向 Trump（特朗普）政府寻求外交协助后，未能依法注册为外国游说人员\n\n作者：Aruna Viswanatha（阿鲁娜·维斯瓦纳塔） 关注 更新于 May 17, 2022 7:24 pm ET\n\n华盛顿——司法部周二起诉赌场大亨史蒂夫·韦恩，以强制其就 2017 年为争取中国当局长期寻求的一项外交协助所付出的努力注册为游说人员。\n\n该诉讼提起前近一年，司法部已告知韦恩先生根据 Foreign Agents Registration Act（《外国代理人登记法》，简称 FARA）进行登记，并表示如有必要将诉诸法院以强制其登记，正如 The Wall Street Journal（《华尔街日报》）当时援引知情人士消息所报道的那样。\n\n在向华盛顿联邦法院提起的诉讼中，司法部表示，韦恩先生于 2017 年就该项协助联络了时任总统 Donald Trump（唐纳德·特朗普）及其政府成员，以保护其当时在中国博彩中心 Macau（澳门）的商业利益。\n\n该争议涉及韦恩先生据称在 2017 年夏季所作出的努力，即说服美国官员将一名身在纽约、被中国当局视为逃犯的中国商人 Guo Wengui（郭文贵）遣送回中国。郭先生被指控犯有一系列刑事罪行，从行贿到性侵犯不等，但他对此均予以否认。\n\n5/18/22, 10:26 AM\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 400-5 Filed 05/18/22 Page 3 of 4 司法部表示，在该机构建议韦恩先生依据 FARA 进行登记后，韦恩先生拒绝登记。当局表示，该案是多年来首起此类诉讼。\n\n司法部国家安全司负责人 Matt Olsen（马特·奥尔森）表示：“提起这项诉讼——三十多年来根据 FARA 提起的首起主动民事诉讼——展现了司法部确保我们民主制度透明度的坚定承诺。”\n\n韦恩先生的律师 Reid Weingarten（里德·温加滕）和 Brian Heberlig（布赖恩·赫伯利格）在一份声明中表示，他们的委托人从未担任过中国政府的代理人，也没有登记的义务。他们表示：“我们恕难同意司法部对 FARA 的法律解释，并期待在法庭上证明我们的主张。”\n\n韦恩先生现年 79 岁，是一名亿万富翁，也是特朗普先生的朋友兼非正式顾问，被广泛视为林立着豪华度假村的现代 Las Vegas Strip（拉斯维加斯大道）的总设计师。在《华尔街日报》发表了一篇详细报道关于韦恩先生涉嫌对员工实施不当性行为指控的文章后，他于 2018 年辞去了 Wynn Resorts Ltd.（永利度假村有限公司）董事长兼首席执行官的职务。他曾表示，关于他曾侵犯任何女性的说法是荒谬的。\n\n2020 年，韦恩先生的两名同伙在与司法部达成的认罪协议中承认，他们在 2017 年 6 月和 7 月曾与韦恩先生讨论过遣返郭先生的事宜，并协助促成了韦恩先生与一名中国政府官员之间的通话，通话内容涉及北京方面希望将郭先生从美国遣返的意愿。郭先生的发言人没有立即回应置评请求。\n\n其中一名同伙 Elliott Broidy（埃利奥特·布罗伊迪）还承认，2017 年 8 月韦恩先生在其游艇上致电特朗普先生询问郭先生在美居留身份时，他正与韦恩先生在一起。布罗伊迪先生承认就该项工作及其他工作串谋违反外国游说法，但在特朗普先生任期的最后一天获得了其特赦。\n\n布罗伊迪先生的发言人拒绝置评；布罗伊迪先生是就其代表一名外国商人而非中国政府官员所从事的工作认罪。\n\n根据诉状，韦恩先生于 2017 年 6 月的一次晚宴上与特朗普先生讨论了郭先生的事宜，称中国官员希望将其遣返。晚宴结束后，布罗伊迪先生向韦恩先生发送短信称，一名中国官员“非常高兴，并表示国家主席 Xi Jinping（习近平）感谢”韦恩先生的协助。\n\n在给另一名同伙的信息中，韦恩先生写道，他曾建议一名中国政府官员让中国驻华盛顿大使直接联系 National Security Council（国家安全委员会）的高级官员，并补充称他已与他们直接交谈，并得到了保证，“即\n\n5/18/22, 10:26 AM\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 400-5 Filed 05/18/22 Page 4 of 4 白宫内的各方都充分知悉该问题的时间敏感性以及所涉及的相关美国诉讼程序法。”\n\n诉状称，韦恩先生还补充道：“能成为澳门和 PRC（中国）商界的一员，我依然深感荣幸”，此处 PRC 指 People's Republic of China（中华人民共和国）。\n致信 Aruna Viswanatha：Aruna.Viswanatha@wsj.com\n\n刊登于 May 18, 2022 的印刷版，标题为《美国起诉赌场大亨史蒂夫·韦恩》。\n\nCopyright ©2022 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.（道琼斯公司）保留所有权利。\n\n本副本仅供您个人使用，对本材料的使用受我们的《订阅者协议》及版权法管辖。仅供个人非商业用途使用。对本材料的分发和使用受我们的《订阅者协议》管辖。如需非个人用途或订购多份副本，请……","key_entities":["Guo"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":915,"status":"published","published_at":"2022-05-17 00:00:00","created_at":"2022-05-17","updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:35:27"}