GOP Lawmakers Question Blinken and Garland
Over CCP Police Stations in New York
Posted By: earlybird, 10/9/2022 5:15:04 PM
A group of U.S. House Republicans on Oct. 7 sent a letter questioning Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the presence of Chinese service stations in New York City. “We are writing to express our grave concern over reports of the law enforcement presence of the People’s Republic of China in New York City,” (snip) “The Chinese overseas police service station established in New York City earlier this year appears to be a further step of China’s illicit long arm policing on U.S. soil that violates our sovereignty,” Republican Study Committee chairman Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Reps. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), and 18
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These few lawmakers are concerned? Where are the other Republicans? The Dems?