Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) subpoenas the Secretary of Homeland Security. Alejandro Mayorkas spoke out about unspecified allegations against Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz regarding ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Comer said in a letter accompanying the subpoena released Thursday. The House Oversight and Accountability Committee received information from a whistleblower regarding “serious concerns among Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees regarding long-standing ties” between Tim Walz and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). .
The letter was issued just a day before Walz was scheduled to debate Trump's running mate, J.D. Vance, in a televised debate on Tuesday. every hill:
Specifically, Comer pointed to an unclassified chat titled “NST NFT Biweekly Sync” used by DHS personnel on Microsoft Teams, which included additional classified and unclassified documents under DHS control. In addition, relevant information is included. The commission said the acronym stands for “National Threat – National Capability Team.”
Comer did not go into detail about what concerns were raised about Walz's alleged ties to China, but said the information was obtained through whistleblowing.
The subpoena provides a deadline of 10 days to provide Microsoft Teams group chat communications regarding Walz from July 1, 2024 to the present, as well as intelligence reports and regional intelligence memos regarding Walz from November 2023 to the present. It is set as the 7th day of the month. Walz, his staff, or his governor's office.
The letter stated that the committee began investigating the Chinese Communist Party's influence in the U.S. government long before Walz was promoted to be Kamala Harris' running mate.
“This is concerning to the federal government's efforts, especially if a state governor or a major political party's U.S. vice presidential candidate has knowingly or unknowingly participated in the Chinese Communist Party's efforts to undermine our country. “This would strongly suggest that there are weaknesses that must be addressed with urgency to protect the United States from the Chinese Communist Party's political warfare,” Comer wrote.
Waltz, a former educator, taught in China for a year in 1989 and has since traveled there many times, leading field trips. House Republicans have so far ask a question He has had ties to the Chinese Communist Party ever since Kamala Harris nominated him as her running mate.
Comer's letter was dropped on the same day as the Washington Free Beacon. released The report debunked a claim Walz made in a 2014 Congressional hearing that he was in Hong Kong during China's 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. In fact, Walz was at home in Nebraska at the time.
“I was in Hong Kong in May 1989, just planning to teach high school in Foshan City, Guangdong Province,” he said at the time. “And as events unfolded, a few of us went inside. And I still remember the train station in Hong Kong.”
“I think a lot of people, especially European countries, were very angry that we were still pursuing what happened, but my belief at the time was that diplomacy was going to be done at different levels. ” he added.
media company new york times, CBS Newsand national public radio According to the paper, “In fact, as protests roiled China and the government's response focused global attention on serious human rights violations, local news reports say Walz was arrested in Nebraska in May and June 1989. He repeated Waltz's story, even though the evidence shows he was at his home. beacon.
Mr. Waltz did not leave for China until August of that year.
“Contemporary news reports indicate that Walz was patrolling a National Guard warehouse in Alliance, Nebraska, in May 1989. “This indicates that he did not leave the United States until two months later, in August of that year,” the report added.
