The feds have apparently been unable to flip either of two defendants charged with funneling illegal campaign contributions to embattled city Comptroller John Liu.
During a court hearing this morning for Liu fund-raiser Xing Wu “Oliver” Pan, a prosecutor said a grand jury may soon add “another defendant” to Pan’s indictment.
Prosecutor Justin Anderson didn’t name the person, but a source with ties to the case said it’s Liu’s campaign treasurer, Jia “Jenny” Hou, who was busted in February.
The feds face an April 30 deadline to indict Hou after filing court papers last week that cited “discussions regarding a possible disposition” of the charges against her.
Hou’s defense lawyer, Gerald Lefcourt, declined to comment.
But Pan’s defense lawyer, Irwin Rochman, insisted outside court that he wasn’t negotiating a plea deal for his client.
Rochman also said he was still weighing a bid to have the charges against Pan tossed due to “outrageous misconduct” by the feds, who charged Pan based on an FBI sting operation last year.
Liu, a Democrat, hasn’t been charged, and last month said: “I’ve done nothing wrong and I’ve got a clear conscience.”
A spokeswoman for the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office declined to comment.