At 10 AM CST, the United States District Court Northern District of Illinois concluded its hearing and ruled to accept the Amicus brief signed and submitted by dozens of members of U.S. Congress, asking the Court to continue proceedings for the case. This Amicus brief was in response to another brief submitted by the Department of State recommending the dismissal of the lawsuit.
The Amicus brief submitted by the members of Congress iterated several legal points, asking the Court to continue proceedings in the lawsuit against former head of the Chinese regime Jiang Zemin on counts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and other charges.
The brief was authored by Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), the ranking democrat on the House Foreign Relations Committee. The brief began with, "As members of the U.S. Congress... we have a significant and abiding interest in this lawsuit..."
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