United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 23-1020 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HUAZHI HAN, Defendant-Appellant. ____________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 18-cr-00388 — Andrea R. Wood, Judge. ____________________

ARGUED MAY 20, 2024 — DECIDED JUNE 28, 2024 ____________________

Before FLAUM, BRENNAN, and KOLAR, Circuit Judges. FLAUM, Circuit Judge. A jury convicted Huazhi Han on money laundering and related charges after he used his elec- tronic goods business to launder drug proceeds for Mexican drug traffickers. Han now argues that he is entitled to a new trial, challenging the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress, admission of threat evidence, and denial of his mo- tion for a mistrial based on the government’s closing argu- ment. Finding no error, we affirm. 2 No. 23-1020

I. Background

A. Factual Background In 2017, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Chicago Police Department (CPD) began investigating a money laundering organization in Chicago. Han played a key role in that organization. On at least eight occasions in the summer and fall of 2017, Rafiq Roman, a drug trafficker, delivered cash proceeds from his kilogram-quantity cocaine dealing to Han. Each delivery followed the same script. Once Roman collected over $100,000, he contacted “Tio”—his Mexico-based drug source—who provided the phone number for an individual identified as “Sam”—actually Han—and a dollar bill serial number. Roman would then call Sam, verifying his identity using the serial number, to arrange a cash transfer. In November 2017, officers arrested Roman, and he agreed to cooperate. He contacted Tio and, as before, Tio gave Roman a serial number and Sam’s phone number. Roman, in turn, called the number and arranged for a meeting the next day. With DEA agents and CPD officers surveilling, Roman deliv- ered $100,000 in lookalike currency to Han. Soon after, the of- ficers stopped and arrested Han, finding a loaded firearm, ap- proximately $200,000 in cash, and the lookalike currency in his car. With Han detained, several officers went to his home. A security camera at Han’s residence captured most, but not all, of what happened next. Two CPD officers—Jennifer Przybylo and Carlos Huertas—approached Han’s front door, knocking loudly, and ringing the doorbell. Han’s wife, Jing Wang, came to the door but did not immediately open it. When Przybylo No. 23-1020 3 asked Wang to open the door, she did. Przybylo and Huertas stepped through the open doorway, remaining at the entry as they spoke to Wang. The officers told Wang that her husband was in custody, and that he had agreed to let them search the house. (As the district court later found, Han did not consent to the search.) Then, there is a 24-second gap in the footage. According to Przybylo, the missing footage showed her explaining that Han was okay, but that police found a gun and large sum of money when they arrested him. The video resumes with Przybylo telling Wang that they need to confirm there are not guns in the home because guns could be “very dangerous for [Wang’s] baby.” Huertas then asked Wang, “Do you want to grab the baby,” to which Wang responded, “No, he’s sleep- ing.” After this exchange, there is another gap in the recording, this time two minutes long. Przybylo maintains that, during the gap, she asked Wang for verbal consent to search the home and Wang agreed. After the second gap, the recording captured Wang