In a bombshell report, the House Oversight Committee subpoenaed a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official for failing to comply with an investigation into Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. The subpoena requires DHS’s senior advisor to the Department’s Office of Legislative Affairs, Jacob Marx, to appear in the House to answer questions about Walz’s connections to the CCP.
For context, observers have long noted the close ties between Democratic leaders and the CCP. These rumors were so widespread that Joe Biden, who stepped aside during the 2024 election, was known as “China Joe” in many circles.
According to Rep. James Comer (R-KY), head of the House Oversight Committee, he “fully expects” the DHS official to “comply with our lawful subpoena and appear for a deposition.” He added, “This is a serious national security threat, and DHS’s failure to provide this Committee information on Governor Walz’s extensive ties to the CCP and their unwillingness to cooperate with this investigation in good faith is completely inexcusable.”
Building on insider information produced by a whistleblower, the committee sent a letter on October 29, 2024, blasting the DHS for its failure to comply. The document read, “Because of DHS’s lack of compliance with the Committee’s legal subpoena and unwillingness to cooperate in good faith, the Committee is releasing a small portion of the Department’s internal communications it received from a whistleblower.”
Explaining the scope of the investigation, the House Oversight comitte stated, “The Committee’s investigation of the CCP—begun long before Governor Walz was elevated to be the vice-presidential candidate for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris—seeks to understand the extent of the CCP’s infiltration and influence campaign and to identify legislative reforms to combat CCP political warfare targeting prominent Americans for elite capture.”
Laying out the serious consequences if the CCP compromised Walz, the committee highlighted the urgency of their request. The letter comtimued, “In particular, if a state governor and major political party’s nominee for Vice President of the United States has been a witting or unwitting participant in the CCP’s efforts to weaken our nation, this would strongly suggest that there are alarming weaknesses in the federal government’s effort to defend the United States from the CCP’s political warfare that must be urgently addressed.”
The letter was based on a leaked message from a group chat that tied Walz to the Chinese government. The leaked message said, “Walt’s got the VP. You all have no idea how this feeds into what PRC has been doing here with him and local gov. It’s seriously a line of the intel. Target someone who is perceived they can get to DC.”
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Allegedly, the DHS refused to send Marx to stand before the House Oversight Committee, prompting another letter. A second December 11th document explained how the DHS “refused to make Mr. Marx available for a transcribed interview.”
Building on this point, the letter savaged the DHS for its evasive action. The letter said, “DHS’s continued defiance is unacceptable, and its leadership’s pattern of ‘willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law’ and ‘knowing[] obstruct[ion] [of] lawful oversight’ is highly concerning given the national security implications uncovered during the Committee’s investigation.”
Watch Walz melt down here: