Kansas professor says FBI misled court in alleging hidden ties to Chinese government

A University of Kansas professor has accused the FBI of misleading a federal judge while seeking search warrants in a case charging the professor with failing to disclose his ties to a Chinese university and a Chinese government recruitment program.

A motion filed Monday by an attorney for Feng “Franklin” Tao, a U.S. resident born in China, alleges that Kansas City, Mo., FBI agent Stephen Lampe knowingly used false information from an informant to obtain warrants to search Tao’s emails, computers, home and office. The motion says Lampe deliberately withheld information that would undercut the informant’s credibility and the reliability of the evidence.