Civil Litigation
Sep. 27, 2022
Whistleblower should bring new Twitter spy trial, defense says
Angela Chuang — a federal public defender and counsel for the defendant, Ahmad Abouammo — argued that a whistleblower’s claims that Twitter’s cyber security was “alarmingly lax,” entitles the defendant to a new trial because there is reasonable doubt surrounding who may have exposed the private information of the victims.
A former Twitter employee who was convicted of being a spy for the Saudi government and compromising the private information of political dissidents, claims he is entitled to a new trial because the government concealed a whistleblower complaint that would have led to his exoneration.
In a motion for a new trial filed last week, Angela Chuang — a federal public defender and counsel for the defendant, Ahmad Abouammo — argued that the whist...
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