PARASITE GAMER LAWYER OR JUST A TRAITOR WHO SHOULD BE TRIED AND EXECUTED?
Instead, the Biden family name has really stood for only two things: buffoonery and corruption. For fifty years, Joe Biden has managed to hold onto some slice of power in D.C. as a senator, vice president, and Oval Office stooge not because he is renowned for his erudition or virtue but rather because his doltish behavior and venal character make him ideal for others to control. Perhaps no other Washington relic has accomplished so little for the American people over such a prolonged government career or managed to harness those defects for lucrative advancement more successfully than China Joe.
THE BIDEN KLEPTOCRACY
American people deserve to know what China was up to with Joe Biden, especially when Beijing had already shelled out millions of dollars to Biden family members — including millions in set-asides for “the big guy.” What else is on that infamous Hunter Biden laptop? The conflicted Biden Justice Department cannot be trusted to engage in any meaningful oversight on this issue. We need a special counsel now.
TOM FITTON - JUDICIAL WATCH
Alleged Chinese Spy Rubbed Shoulders With Schumer, Eric Adams
One of the alleged Chinese operatives arrested for running a secret police station in New York City attended galas and dinners with top Democratic lawmakers, photos from the events show.
Lu Jianwang was arrested Monday on charges of running a "secret police station" for the Chinese Communist Party in Manhattan. Photos obtained by the Daily Caller reveal Lu appeared at fundraisers and other events with top Democrats including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), New York City mayor Eric Adams, and Rep. Grace Meng (N.Y.).
Prosecutors allege that Lu, along with Chen Jinping, ran an outpost in Chinatown for Chinese officials to spy and collect information on enemies of the regime.
"This prosecution reveals the Chinese government's flagrant violation of our nation's sovereignty by establishing a secret police station in the middle of New York City," federal prosecutor Breon Peace said in a statement.
Prosecutors said the two defendants deleted correspondence with Chinese officials after they learned they were under investigation.
The photographs come as a federal watchdog found that U.S. officials don’t know how much taxpayer money is making its way to the CCP. The U.S. Government Accountability Office said data on money to China are "incomplete and sometimes inaccurate."
Schumer and Adams are not the only prominent Democrats to have had contact with alleged Chinese spies. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.) famously had a years-long relationship with suspected CCP spy Fang Fang, who worked as a fundraiser on his campaign.
TikTok Lobbyists Visited White House at Least 40 Times in Past Year
Visits show TikTok's extensive clout inside the Biden administration
Executives at high-powered firms hired by TikTok for lobbying and strategic consulting visited the White House at least 40 times in the past year, according to official White House visitor records.
The Chinese social media platform and its parent company, ByteDance, are mounting a massive public relations blitz as lawmakers are seeking to ban the app due to national security, espionage, and data privacy concerns. ByteDance and TikTok have spent $13 million on federal lobbying since 2019 and hired heavyweight firms such as influential Democratic public relations shop SKDK.
Those hired guns have had the ear of the White House, the records show. Former Louisiana Democratic senator John Breaux, a TikTok lobbyist at Crossroads Strategies, visited the White House at least three times last year, most recently for an event on Dec. 21. Stephanie Leger Short, another TikTok lobbyist who works with Breaux, attended a June 23 meeting with White House adviser Mitch Landrieu. Breaux also met with White House official John Podesta last November.
Other visitors included former Tennessee Democratic congressman Barton Gordon, a ByteDance lobbyist who attended White House events on Dec. 1 and last September, and Lauren Aronson, a ByteDance lobbyist who visited twice in September.
None of the lobbyists and firms responded to requests for comment. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
While it's unclear if TikTok was discussed during any of the visits—which included a mix of large events and small private meetings—the number of contacts shows the extensive clout of TikTok's growing lobbying network inside the White House.
Former Democratic congressman Joseph Crowley (N.Y.)—who, Politico reported, helped arrange meetings for TikTok on Capitol Hill last month—is also listed at least four times in the 2022 visitors' logs. Crowley met with presidential special assistant John McCarthy in August and White House adviser Mariana Adame in September, according to records.
Jamal Brown, a former spokesman for the Biden campaign who was hired by TikTok in November, also made numerous visits in June, August, and December. Paul Thornell, a ByteDance lobbyist with Mehlman Consulting, appeared in the visitors' logs at least three times last year.
Executives from SKDK, a well-connected Democratic public affairs firm that was reportedly hired by TikTok in recent months, were frequent White House guests as well. Hilary Rosen, a partner at the firm, visited at least five times since last June, according to records.
SKDK chief executive Douglass Thornell and firm partner Oren Shur met with White House official Caitlin Meloski, a special assistant to the National Economic Council, on Dec. 20, the Washington Free Beacon previously reported. Pia Carusone, managing director at SKDK, visited three times in November and December.
While the Biden administration recently backed a bill that was framed as a TikTok "ban," some China hawks slammed the legislation as a smokescreen that doesn't actually require the government to take any action against the social media app.
Critics say the Biden administration has been reluctant to take on TikTok because the social media app is so valuable to Democratic political campaigns—and could boost the Biden campaign's outreach to young progressives in the 2024 presidential election. Biden commerce secretary Gina Raimondo recently argued that Democrats could "lose every voter under 35, forever," if TikTok is banned.
"If administration officials appear highly susceptible
to TikTok's lobbying efforts, it's probably because
they're highly dependent on the app for political
reasons," said Michael Sobolik, a China expert at
the American Foreign Policy Council. "The Biden
administration claims to be serious about TikTok,
but the facts suggest otherwise."
"Democratic operatives are already planning to push Biden's reelection agenda on the Chinese-controlled app," he added.
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