CIA Cover-Up on Hunter Biden



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Judicial Watch Denounces the Absurd Trump Verdict

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Pure corruption. Judicial Watch denounces this absurd guilty
verdict and Soviet-style criminal proceeding that has so abused
President Trump. What just happened to Trump up in New York is
criminal.

The verdict is no surprise considering the rigged, kangaroo court
proceedings run by a biased, conflicted judge and an unethical,
politicized Democratic Party prosecution team. May 30, 2024, the day
the verdict came down, was a terrible day for the rule of law that
will go down in infamy. This whole process is compromised, and this
verdict should be overturned in an emergency fashion.

The evidence shows that Trump committed no crimes, and this is a
prosecution about “nothing.” This and other Democratic
Party-political prosecutions of Trump are an abomination under law and
are destabilizing to our nation.

Judicial Watch will continue to expose in court the truth about these
attacks on the rule of law, free and fair elections, and the U.S.
Constitution. In the meantime, our elections have officially been
compromised by this politicized prosecution.

We have several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits related to
the prosecutorial abuse targeting Trump.

In March 2024, we filed a Georgia Open Records Act
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against
District Attorney Fani Willis and Fulton County, Georgia, for records
of any communication Willis and the county had with Special Counsel
Jack Smith and the House January 6 Committee. The lawsuit was filed in
the Superior Court of Fulton County after Willis and the county denied
having any responsive records.

In February 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice
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a
federal court to allow the agency to keep secret the names of top
staffers working in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office that is
targeting former President Donald Trump and other Americans.

(Before his appointment to investigate and prosecute Trump, Special
Counsel Jack Smith was at the center of several controversial issues,
the
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among them. In 2014, a Judicial Watch
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revealed that top IRS officials had been in communication with Jack
Smith’s then-Public Integrity Section about a plan to launch
criminal investigations into conservative tax-exempt groups. Read more
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In January 2024, we filed a
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against Fulton County,
Georgia, for records regarding the hiring of Nathan Wade as a special
prosecutor by Willis. Wade was hired to pursue unprecedented criminal
investigations and prosecutions against former President Trump and
others over the 2020 election disputes.

In October 2023, we
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the DOJ for records and communications between the Office of U.S.
Special Counsel Jack Smith and the Fulton County, Georgia, District
Attorney’s office regarding requests/receipt of federal
funding/assistance in the investigation of former President Trump and
his 18 codefendants in the Fulton County indictment
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of August 14, 2023. To date, the DOJ is refusing to confirm or deny
the existence of records, claiming that to do so would interfere with
enforcement proceedings. Judicial Watch’s litigation challenging
this is continuing.

Through the New York Freedom of Information Law, in July 2023, we
received the
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letter
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showing New York County District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg paid $900 per
hour for partners and $500 per hour for associates to the Gibson, Dunn
& Crutcher law firm for the purpose of suing Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) in
an effort to shut down the House Judiciary Committee’s oversight
investigation into Bragg’s unprecedented indictment of Trump.

You can expect that the government abuses targeting Trump will not
stop and will only increase – and you can also expect that Judicial
Watch will not stop investigating and exposing this dangerous threat
to our republican form of government.


DEFENSE DEPARTMENT RECORDS SHOW U.S. AIR FORCE HOSTED ‘DRAG STORY
TIME’

Your nation’s military is being ruined by woke ideology.

Judicial Watch received
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records regarding drag shows, drag story hours and other pride events
for military personnel and their dependent minors organized and paid
for by the U.S. Air Force.

We obtained the documents through a May 5, 2023, Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) request submitted with
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Civic Action to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). The Defense
Department issued at least half a dozen “no records” responses to
the FOIA request prior to finally releasing these records. We
requested:

> All emails and text messages sent to and from the Secretary of
> Defense, Lloyd J. Austin, III, the Deputy Secretary of Defense,
> Kathleen Hicks and the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
> regarding drag shows and drag story hours on U.S. military
> installations …
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> All Department of Defense documentation, including but not limited
> to PowerPoints, flyers, handouts, that were or are being used to
> promote any drag shows and drag story hours on U.S. military
> installations …
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> All Department of Defense documentation regarding the funding of
> drag shows and drag story hours on U.S. military installations …
A June 10, 2021,
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media post
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by the Ramstein & Vogelweh Air Force Libraries advertises:

> We’re celebrating PRIDE month with our very first DRAG STORY TIME!
> Our local Drag King, Sauvage, will be reading some of our favorite
> stories about what makes each of us special. Story time begins at
> 1030!
>
> Graphics included with the post include a rainbow flag and two books
> from which Drag King Sauvage intends to read. The first book is
> titled “I Am Perfectly Designed
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> by Karamo Brown. The second book is titled “The HIPS on the DRAG
> QUEEN Go Swish, Swish, Swish
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> with a depiction of three males in dresses.
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> The records also include a graphic for a June 2 “Drag Queen Story
> Time
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> event at the Ramstein Library.
An advertisement for an 18 and older event on June 4 called “Drag
Karaoke
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at “Club E” with “special guest from Monarchy of RoyalTEA”
announces prizes for “best dressed” and drink specials.

An advertisement for a seven-week
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reading program
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re-promotes “Drag Queen Storytime” on June 10 and shows each week
given a different color identification for events that include virtual
story times, teen socials and scavenger hunts.

The newly obtained records include several additional
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for adult events
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(e.g. Bingo Night, Karaoke Night and D&I Pride Night) at “Club E”
and the “Galaxy Club.”

A
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from the marketing department of the 100th Force Support Squadron
discusses proofs of brochures, posters and tickets for a “LGBT
Obsurvance [sic] Event” to be held at the Galaxy Club on February
25, 2022. The names of all participants in the chain are redacted.
One individual requests:

> Can you pretty please with a cherry on top please add, Drag In front
> of Show? Drag Show: 7:pm, I will need it on the tickets as well.
> Will I be getting a proof for the 250 pre-sale tickets? Please
> advise.
Later in the chain, an individual states:

> I just had TSg [Redacted] in my office requesting LGBT Observance
> removed and changed to Drag Show. She claims she spoke to the FSSS
> [Force Support Squadron] commander. If you like [sic] to confirm
> with her before changing. I will pick up what is printed. I will not
> need anymore [sic] printed material except for an electronic sli.de
> with the change so they can print as they wish. I will take the 60
> tickets and all printed material. It will work. No more printed
> material we are fine with what was done.
May 2022
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from an international diversity and inclusion group called
“Pathfinders” lists an extensive number of upcoming Pride Month
and Diversity Day events that will be supported at Ramstein Air Force
Base.

A May 2022
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with redacted sender and recipient(s) and subject line “Diversity
and Inclusion Events” contains a list of upcoming events:

* Luau at the Crown – Asian American Pacific Islander
Heritage Month (AAPIHM)
* Lei Making at the CDC (RAFA & RAFC)
* Luau at the Stukeley (AAPIHM)
* Lunch and Learn (AAPIHM)
* Origami at the Youth Center (RAFA only)
* Color Run (RAFC)
* Juneteenth (RAFA & RAFC)
* Drag Show Bingo (RAFA)
* Glow Party/Karaoke (RAFA)
* Diversity Day (All bases) – Strat Calendar

In a May 30, 2022,
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with redacted sender and recipient and the subject line “Drag
Events” the sender writes:

> I have attached our posters, FSS [Force Support Squadron] Calendar,
> and screen shots of the Facebook events. I’ve also attached a
> screenshot of the video the drag queen sent us to promote the
> events. The full video is too big for the NIPR server. The images
> are too big for the server so I am sending this in 2 emails. Also,
> I’m sure we also did at least one e-blast but I can’t seem to
> find it in my email. Let me know if you need anything else.
A June 2022
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for $400 covers booking Miss Lexi Andrews, Drag Queen, for an
appearance at “Drag Queen Bingo” on June 23 and a performance at a
“Glow Party” the following day.

“The Department of Defense has once again proven that radical
leftist ideology is more important than military preparedness and
protecting Americans from tangible threats at home and abroad,” said
Tim Huelskamp, Ph.D., CatholicVote senior advisor. “After an entire
year of stonewalling, the DOD finally returned materials from just one
command in one branch, which confirmed what we feared – that
taxpayer funds were being used to promote drag shows and radical
gender ideology on military bases, with full approval from Air Force
leadership.”

How on Earth is it appropriate to spend our limited defense dollars on
promoting these sexually themed events for children and adults rather
than on advancing the military’s mission?

JUDICIAL WATCH SUES CIA FOR RECORDS ON HUNTER BIDEN INVESTIGATION

Judicial Watch is digging into reports that federal agencies
interfered in investigations of Hunter Biden.

In our latest effort, we filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
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against the Central Intelligence Agency for all agency records
relating to the Department of Justice or Internal Revenue Service
investigations of Hunter Biden and all records relating to efforts to
interview lawyer Patrick Kevin Morris regarding Hunter Biden
(_Judicial Watch v. U.S. Central Intelligence Agency_
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(No. 1:24-cv-01537)).

Los Angeles-based lawyer
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is reportedly a friend of Hunter Biden’s, who allegedly loaned the
president’s son millions of dollars. Since 2019, Morris has
allegedly
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him approximately $4.9 million for “personal expenses,” including
federal taxes.

We sued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after
the CIA failed to respond to two FOIA requests. The first, dated March
22, 2024, asks the agency for:

> All documents and communications referring or relating to the
> Department of Justice or Internal Revenue Service investigation of
> Rober Hunter Biden, DPOB: February 4, 1970, Wilmington, DE.
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> All documents and communications referring or relating to Attorney
> Patrick Kevin Morris, including but not limited to requests or
> efforts to interview Mr. Morris concerning Robert Hunter Biden.
The second FOIA request, dated March 27, 2024, asks the CIA for:

> All records of communications including, but not limited to, emails
> and text messages between officials of the CIA and officials of the
> U.S. Justice Department regarding Hunter Biden and/or Hunter
> Biden’s lawyer, Kevin Morris.
In March 2024, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and
Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer
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that a whistleblower disclosed to the committees that the CIA
intervened to stop the IRS from interviewing Morris:

> Recently, the Committees received information from a whistleblower
> alleging that the Central Intelligence Agency(CIA) intervened in the
> investigation of Hunter Biden to prevent the Internal Revenue
> Service (IRS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigators from
> interviewing [Morris]. We therefore write to request relevant
> material from the CIA.
>
> As part of the impeachment inquiry, the Committees are
> investigating, among other things, whether President Biden
> “abuse[d] his power as President to impede, obstruct, or otherwise
> hinder investigations or the prosecution of Hunter Biden.” As
> background, for years, the IRS and DOJ had been investigating Hunter
> Biden for tax crimes. The Committees have documented how the DOJ
> deviated from its standard processes to afford preferential
> treatment to Hunter Biden. The Committees learned about the
> deviations in the spring of 2023 after two brave whistleblowers
> testified to Congress that DOJ officials deviated “from the normal
> process that provided preferential treatment, in this case to Hunter
> Biden . . . .” Among other deviations, DOJ officials restricted
> what investigative steps the investigators could pursue, tipped off
> Hunter Biden's attorneys about investigative steps, and even
> prevented investigators from conducting witness interviews. The
> whistleblowers’ testimony about the preferential treatment
> provided to Hunter Biden has been corroborated by testimony from
> other witnesses and documents the Committees have received.
Hunter Biden faces two separate criminal trials in June. Biden’s
trial on gun charges in Delaware is scheduled to begin on June 3. On
June 20, his trial on various tax charges begins in California.

It is more than interesting that the CIA is stonewalling our Hunter
Biden-related request.

We have several FOIA lawsuits and information requests focused on
Biden family corruption.

We sued the FBI for records regarding the gun owned by Hunter Biden
that reportedly was thrown in a trash can behind a Delaware grocery
store. In a
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status report
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to the court, the FBI stated it would not produce records about the
incident due to an “ongoing criminal investigation.”

In February 2023, from a separate lawsuit, we
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records
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from
the United States Secret Service that implicate the FBI in the unusual
action to help Hunter Biden.

In response to a February 24, 2021,
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inquiry from _Politico _reporter Ben Schreckinger regarding the Secret
Service’s involvement in the investigation of the Hunter Biden gun
incident, the Communications Department asks for “more information
or documentation.” Schreckinger responds: “Sure thing.

Agents visited StarQuest Shooters & Survival Supply and asked to take
possession of the paperwork Hunter had filled out to purchase a gun
there. The FBI also had some involvement in the investigation.”

In October 2020, _The Blaze_
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that in October 2018, Hunter Biden’s handgun was taken by Hallie
Biden, the widow of then-presidential nominee Joe Biden’s son Beau.
In 2021, _Politico _reported
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> Hallie took Hunter’s gun and threw it in a trash can behind a
> grocery store, only to return later to find it gone.
>
> Delaware police began investigating, concerned that the trash can
> was across from a high school and that the missing gun could be used
> in a crime, according to law enforcement officials and a copy of the
> police report obtained by POLITICO.
>
> But a curious thing happened at the time: Secret Service agents
> approached the owner of the store where Hunter bought the gun and
> asked to take the paperwork involving the sale, according to two
> people, one of whom has firsthand knowledge of the episode and the
> other was briefed by a Secret Service agent after the fact.
In June 2023, we sued
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the CIA for
all communications of the spy agency’s Prepublication Classification
Review Board (PCRB) regarding an October 19, 2020, email request to
review and “clear” a letter signed by 51 former intelligence
community officials characterizing the Hunter Biden laptop story as
having “all the earmarks of a Russian disinformation campaign.”

In July 2023, we sued
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the DOJ for records
from the Office of the Attorney General and Office of the Deputy
Attorney General regarding the Internal Revenue Service investigation
of Hunter Biden.

In June 2023, we filed a lawsuit
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against the
Department of Justice for a copy of the FBI FD-1023 form that
describes “an alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President
Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for
policy decisions.” Judicial Watch also asked for communications
about the FD-1023.

In May 2023, we filed a FOIA lawsuit
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against
the National Archives for Biden family records and communications
regarding travel and finance transactions, as well as communications
between the Bidens and several known business associates.

On October 14, 2022, we sued the DOJ
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for all
records in the possession of FBI Supervisory Intelligence Analyst
Brian Auten regarding an August 6, 2020, briefing provided to members
of the U.S. Senate. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
raised concerns that the briefing was intended to undermine the
senators’ investigation of Hunter Biden.

We filed a lawsuit against the U.S. State Department on April 20,
2022, for messages sent through the SMART
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(State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolkit) system that mention
Hunter Biden.

In December 2020, State Department records
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obtained through a Judicial Watch FOIA lawsuit showed that former U.S.
Ambassador to Ukraine Marie “Masha” Yovanovitch had specifically
warned in 2017 about corruption allegations against Burisma Holdings.

In October 2020, weh forced the release of State Department records
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that
included a briefing checklist of a February 22, 2019, meeting in Kyiv
between then-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and Sally
Painter, co-founder and chief operating officer of Blue Star
Strategies, a Democratic lobbying firm which was hired by Burisma
Holdings to combat corruption allegations. At the time of the meeting,
Hunter Biden was serving on the board of directors for Burisma
Holdings.

BIDEN AGENCY RELEASING SUSPECTED TERRORISTS THREATENS MILITARY BASES,
INFRASTRUCTURE

The recent incident involving two Jordanian nationals trying to breach
the Marine base at Quantico is concerning. And it highlights the
national security risk of the Biden administration permitting a border
invasion, as our _Corruption Chronicles_ blog reports
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> Under the Biden administration the Department of Homeland Security
> (DHS) has a pattern of releasing suspected terrorists at the
> southwest border resulting in national security risks that include
> threats to U.S. military installations and critical infrastructure,
> a congressional committee affirms. Federal lawmakers reveal that
> since Biden took office the U.S. Border Patrol has encountered at
> least 351 illegal aliens on the Terrorist Screening Data Set coming
> into the country between ports of entry. Among them are two
> Jordanian nationals who recently attempted to breach a military base
> not far from the nation’s capital. The men drove a truck to the
> main gate of Marine Corps Base Quantico earlier this month and
> ignored guards’ orders to stop when they could not provide
> credentials required to gain access to the facility. The Virginia
> base is about 35 miles south of Washington, D.C.
>
> Now the House Homeland Security Committee, established nearly two
> decades ago to ensure that the American people are protected from
> terrorist attacks, is investigating the matter and demanding action
> from administration officials charged with safeguarding the nation,
> including the secretaries of Homeland Security (Alejandro Mayorkas)
> and Defense (Lloyd Austin) as well as FBI Director Christopher Wray.
> In a letter
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> to the Biden officials, high-ranking committee members including
> chairman Mark Green of Tennessee, ask for documents and other
> pertinent information to aid in their investigation into threats
> posed by foreign nationals to U.S. military bases and other critical
> infrastructure. That includes communications such as text messages
> and electronic mail between DHS, DOD and the FBI related to the May
> 3 incident at Marine Corps Base Quantico, documents to identify the
> names and countries of origin of the truck’s occupants and their
> current alien file. The committee also wants files with all
> derogatory information in the Terrorist Screening Data Set
> associated with any individual who attempted to breach the military
> compound and all files containing notes from Immigration and Customs
> Enforcement (ICE) officers and prosecutors referring to the
> individuals involved.
>
> The attempted breach at the Marine Corps base reflects a possibly
> more dire reality for the state of U.S. national security, the
> committee members write, adding recent congressional testimony
> delivered by the FBI director. “As Director Wray stated in a
> recent Senate hearing, ‘a wide array of very dangerous threats . .
> . emanate from the border, requiring ‘much greater vigilance’ to
> protect the country.” The legislators point out that DHS’s
> relaxed vetting standards, which complement Biden’s avowed desire
> to surge the border with inadmissible migrants, have created an
> environment ripe for exploitation by individuals aiming to undermine
> the United States at its most critical points. “If individuals on
> the terrorist watchlist are so emboldened to attempt to breach a
> Marine Corps base, the Department of Homeland Security and the
> entire executive branch must act swiftly to identify, apprehend, and
> detain such hostile actors on American soil,” the letter states.
>
> The recent incident in Virginia appears to be part of a broader
> security issue involving U.S. military bases and foreign intruders.
> Less than a year ago a mainstream newspaper published an alarming
> exposé
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> Chinese nationals, sometimes posing as tourists, accessing military
> bases and other sensitive U.S. sites as many as 100 times. In the
> story U.S. officials, from agencies such as the FBI and DOD,
> describe the incidents as espionage threats designed to test
> security practices at U.S. military installations and other federal
> sites. Examples include Chinese nationals—required to report back
> to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—crossing into a U.S. missile
> range in New Mexico to scuba divers swimming in murky waters near a
> U.S. government rocket-launch facility in Florida. The same Homeland
> Security Committee also initiated an investigation into the Chinese
> breaches after learning about them in the media. In a September 2023
> letter
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> to Mayorkas, Wray and Austin, the committee points out that the
> “persistent and multi-faceted threats posed by the CCP to U.S.
> homeland security have only intensified under the Biden-Harris
> administration.”
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Until next week,






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