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Exhibit 829

United States v. Rafiekian, No. 22-4252, 68 F.4th 177

Exhibit 829 ยท Court opinion

United States v. Rafiekian, No. 22-4252, 68 F.4th 177

In 2019, a jury convicted Bijan Rafiekian of one count of acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government and one count of criminal conspiracy.

Affirms the district court's order for a new trial for Bijan Rafiekian, a Flynn Intel Group executive convicted in 2019 of acting as an unregistered agent of Turkey and of conspiracy. Recounts Rafiekian I (991 F.3d 529, 4th Cir. 2021), which reversed the judgment of acquittal. Judge Niemeyer dissented.

Source
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Date
18 May 2023
Quoted from
slip op. p. 3
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/224252.p.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit

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Finding POL-6.7
Primary record Michael Flynn stipulated in December 2017 that his 7 March 2017 FARA filings about a project for the benefit of Turkey contained materially false statements and omissions. He was charged only with a false-statement count about Russia contacts, and the court dismissed the case as moot on 8 December 2020. A jury convicted Flynn Intel Group executive Bijan Rafiekian in 2019 of acting as an unregistered agent of Turkey and of conspiracy, the district court set the verdict aside, and the Fourth Circuit affirmed an order for a new trial in 2023.