{"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. 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