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o end a US investigation into a billion-dollar embezzlement of a Malaysian state investment fund and, separately, to return outspoken Chinese exile Guo Wengui to his home country." According to the Post, the charges "are the latest blow to the RNC's fundraising leadership under Trump." Bloomberg (10/8, Me

, "He's been disappointing." The AP (10/8, Balsamo, Miller, Tucker) reports President Trump "is increasingly at odds" with Barr "over the status of the Justice Department's investigation into the origin of the Russia probe, with the president increasingly critical about a lack of arrests and Barr frustrated by Trump's p

vestigation into the multibillion-dollar looting of a Malaysian state investment fund." According to the AP, Broidy is "the latest person accused by the Justice Department of participating in the covert lobbying effort." The New York Times (10/8, Vogel, 18.61M) reports Broidy "was charged with a single count of conspi

ield, the local Muslim lawyer who was illegally spied on and arrested by the FBI in 2004, resulting in a $2 million settlement. Mayfield criticized the U.S. Department of Justice for deputizing the Portland officers through the end of the year. Mayor Ted Wheeler, who oversees the Portland Police Bureau, said he and Police Ch

p "also expressed rare dissatisfaction with Pompeo, who he said should release some sort of new information on Hillary Clinton's emails. 'They're in the State Department, but Mike Pompeo has been unable to get them out, which is very sad actually. I'm not happy about him for that reason,' Trump said. 'He was unable t

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decision by D.C. District Court Judge Beryl Howell ordering former chief of staff Mark Meadows and other Trump White House officials to testify in the Justice Department's investigation into the January 6th insurrection. The officials include Dan Scavino, Trump's communications adviser, as well as several national secu

beat them and used "waterboarding techniques" and a stun gun on them during a raid in January, according to their lawyer. According to the article, the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI Jackson field office are conducting a larger investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff's Department in Brandon, Miss., for possible c

said, almost a year after a ransomware group laid siege to its critical infrastructure and triggered a state of emergency. According to the article, the State Department will commit $25 million to help build a security operations center within Costa Rica's Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunic

in Dunnigan, of California, to be Ambassador to Georgia, and David J. Kostelancik, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Albania, all of the Department of State, and other pending nominations. — 10:15 AM — Host: Foreign Relations Committee • Hearings to examine forestry in the Farm Bill, focusing on the imp

to end a US investigation into a billion-dollar embezzlement of a Malaysian state investment fund and, separately, to return outspoken Chinese exile Guo Wengui to his home country." According to the Post, the charges "are the latest blow to the RNC's fundraising leadership under Trump." Bloomberg (10/8, M

ning," Doing "Her Political Act." Trump said in an interview on Fox News' Hannity (10/8, 535K), "I see Whitmer today, she's complaining, but it was our Justice Department that arrested the people that she was complaining about. It was my Justice Department that arrested them. But instead she goes and does her politica

field, the local Muslim lawyer who was illegally spied on and arrested by the FBI in 2004, resulting in a $2 million settlement. Mayfield criticized the U.S. Department of Justice for deputizing the Portland officers through the end of the year. Mayor Ted Wheeler, who oversees the Portland Police Bureau, said he and Police Ch

, "He's been disappointing." The AP (10/8, Balsamo, Miller, Tucker) reports President Trump "is increasingly at odds" with Barr "over the status of the Justice Department's investigation into the origin of the Russia probe, with the president increasingly critical about a lack of arrests and Barr frustrated by Trump's

p "also expressed rare dissatisfaction with Pompeo, who he said should release some sort of new information on Hillary Clinton's emails. `They're in the State Department, but Mike Pompeo has been unable to get them out, which is very sad actually. I'm not happy about him for that reason,' Trump said. `He was unable t

estigation into a billion-dollar embezzlement of a Malaysian state EFTA01658584 investment fund and, separately, to return outspoken Chinese exile Guo Wengui to his home country." According to the Post, the charges "are the latest blow to the RNC's fundraising leadership under Trump." Bloomberg (10/8, M

ning," Doing "Her Political Act." Trump said in an interview on Fox News' Hannity (10/8, 535K), "I see Whitmer today, she's complaining, but it was our Justice Department that arrested the people that she was complaining about. It was my Justice Department that arrested them. But instead she goes and does her politica

field, the local Muslim lawyer who was illegally spied on and arrested by the FBI in 2004, resulting in a $2 million settlement. Mayfield criticized the U.S. Department of Justice for deputizing the Portland officers through the end of the year. Mayor Ted Wheeler, who oversees the Portland Police Bureau, said he and Police Ch

, "He's been disappointing." The AP (10/8, Balsamo, Miller, Tucker) reports President Trump "is increasingly at odds" with Barr "over the status of the Justice Department's investigation into the origin of the Russia probe, with the president increasingly critical about a lack of arrests and Barr frustrated by Trump's

p "also expressed rare dissatisfaction with Pompeo, who he said should release some sort of new information on Hillary Clinton's emails. `They're in the State Department, but Mike Pompeo has been unable to get them out, which is very sad actually. I'm not happy about him for that reason,' Trump said. `He was unable t

. January 17, 2018. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-wife-chinese-american-journalist-chen-xiaoping. The businessman is identified in this story as Guo Wengui. Section 6 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020558 100 Al “BBE Rit MOA FAK (The First Forum on the Global Chinese Language Media Opens as Scheduled).” China News

ter as agents of a foreign government is a partial solution.*’ And in late 2017, Russia’s RT registered as a foreign agent@@ while in September 2018, the US Justice Department reportedly also ordered CGTN and Xinhua to register as agents of a foreign power.*! When it comes to independent Chinese-language media, the US gov

rify which list an item is controlled on, and reduce government and industry uncertainty about whether particular items are subject to the control of the State Department or the Commerce Department; and are structurally aligned so that they potentially can be combined into a single list of controlled items.** Moreover

l Chinese retribution against family members still in China, they have not. 58 Interview with FCC official. 59 O’Keeffe, Kate and Aruna Viswanatha. “Justice Department Has Ordered Key Chinese State Media Firms to Register as Foreign Agents.” Wall Street Journal. September 18, 2018. https://www.wsj.com /articles/just

dez-as-head-of-international -corporate-affairs-300627805.html. 22 Author’s analysis of OpenSecrets data. 23 “Exhibit A to Registration Statement.” US Department of Justice. August 9, 2017. https://www.fara.gov /docs/6452-Exhibit-AB-20170809-1.pdf. 24 “Client Profile: Summary, 2017.” Open Secrets. Accessed March 9, 2018

y have subsequently led protests against Taiwan and Tibet and participated in campaigns to silence Chinese dissidents, such as the exiled billionaire Guo Wengui. For example, a Chinese American who is a vice president of COFA spearheaded a campaign against Guo that was encouraged by officials from the PRC. On

from the White House and National Security Council, the Pentagon, the Office of the US Trade Representative, the Department of the Treasury, and even the Department of State. As sentiment shifted away from hopes of finding common ways to collaborate, a spate of new US policy initiatives began appearing that suggested a se

some of the most egregious examples: e Denial of visas to qualified scholars and students seeking access to China for research or training purposes. The State Department estimates that fifteen to twenty individuals are on an outright “black list,” while scores of others appear to be on a “gray” list, where denials are