NEW YORK, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies

asked a U.S. judge to dismiss much of a federal

indictment accusing the Chinese telecommunications company of

trying to steal technology secrets from U.S. rivals and

misleading banks about its business in Iran.

In a Friday night filing in federal court in Brooklyn,

Huawei said there was no proof of a conspiracy, calling the

charge part of the Department of Justice's "ill-founded" China

Initiative to prosecute people and companies with ties to China.

Huawei said several charges concerned activities outside the

United States, while the bank fraud counts rested on a "right to

control" theory of fraud that the U.S. Supreme Court rejected

last year in an unrelated case.

"The government has approached Huawei as a prosecutorial

target in search of a crime," said Huawei, which has pleaded not

guilty. A trial is scheduled for Jan. 5, 2026.

Based in Shenzhen, Huawei operates in more than 170

countries and has about 207,000 employees.

A spokesman for U.S. Attorney Breon Peace in Brooklyn

declined to comment on Monday. Huawei's lawyers did not

immediately respond to requests for comment.

Begun in 2018, the case led to the detention in Canada of

Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, whose father

founded the company. Charges against her were dismissed in 2022.

The China Initiative began in 2018 during President-elect

Donald Trump's first administration, and was intended to address

Beijing's alleged theft of intellectual property.

Four years later, the Biden administration ended the program

after critics said it amounted to racial profiling and created a

climate of fear that chilled scientific research.

The U.S. government has restricted Huawei's access to

American technology since 2019, citing national security

concerns. Huawei denies it is a threat.

The case is U.S. v. Huawei Technologies Co et al, U.S.

District Court, Eastern District of New York, No. 18-cr-00457.