By Brooke Mallory, OAN Staff
Thursday, September 12, 2024 4:21 PM
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said Thursday: In a letter The FBI has requested documents regarding Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz's ties to another Chinese research institute that has ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), the alleged source of the global COVID-19 virus.
advertisement
Back to August 16thNumber, Rep. Comer (R-Ky.) wrote a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray. After a letter was sent asking for details about Walz's contacts with China while he was governor of Minnesota, Washington Examiner It also published an article about its support for the Hormel Laboratories, a joint venture between the WIV and the Chinese Communist Party.
“The FBI's silence regarding Mr. Waltz's ties to Chinese Communist Party officials is unacceptable,” Comer said in Thursday's letter.
“According to recent reports, Waltz 'helped secure over $2 million' and 'driven the securing of $5 million in federal funding' during his time in Congress for the Hormel Institute, a 'Minnesota-based medical research center that has a history of collaborating with China's Wuhan Institute of Virology,'” Comer told Wray. “The Wuhan Institute of Virology has close ties to the Chinese Communist Party and is allegedly involved in the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Comer said Waltz has traveled to China 30 times, including on his honeymoon and when he organized an annual student field trip while a teacher at Alliance High School in Nebraska.
The 1993 trip was “funded in part by the Chinese government,” Comer said.
Comer also touched on Waltz's background as a research fellow at the Macau University of Technology, which has ties to China's Belt and Road Initiative. Newsmax Reported.
In his letter, Comer said there may be evidence of further Chinese involvement and demanded that the FBI documents be turned over to him by September 19th.Number To conduct an investigation.
“The Committee is concerned that Mr. Walz's engagement with Chinese entities and officials could allow the Chinese Communist Party to influence his decision-making as a Member of Congress and Governor, and could allow the Chinese Communist Party to influence the White House if Mr. Walz is elected Vice President,” Comer said.
Stay up to date! Receive the latest news directly in your email for free. Sign up here: https://www.oann.com/alerts
Advertisement below
Please share this post!
