Sun and Hu’s trial lasted for over a month and half before Cogan declared a mistrial when jurors could not agree on a verdict. Defense has raised concerns about the extent of the frozen assets since before the trial started. During the conference, Cogan encouraged the defense to submit another motion for a Monsanto hearing to provide more evidence that proves Hu and Sun cannot fund their defense counsel of choice. Boeckmann said the defense counsel was not paid throughout the duration of the trial, resulting in Seth Ducharme, the lead counsel for Hu, not being able to participate in the trial for financial reasons. Cogan left it that he would be happy to look at more evidence of the couples’ financial strain.