In a huge move on Monday, September 30, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability expanded the probe into the ties that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has and had with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), doing so with a subpoena of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Describing the subpoena, the committee said, in a press release, “Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued a subpoena to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for intelligence reports, documents, and communications in its possession related to Governor Timothy Walz’s connections to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).”
Continuing, it noted that whistleblowers have alleged that there is already DHS info on the matter, saying, “According to recently received whistleblower disclosures, the Committee has learned of a non-classified, Microsoft Teams group chat among DHS employees and additional intelligence reports that contain information regarding Governor Walz’s connections to the CCP.”
In the subpoena letter itself, committee chairman James Comer said, explaining the threat posed by China, “During the 118th Congress, the Committee on Oversight and Accountability (Committee) has conducted a government-wide investigation of how federal agencies are addressing the infiltration and influence campaign to weaken and corrupt the United States undertaken by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This infiltration and influence tactic is one facet of a larger cold war the CCP utilizes in its unrestricted warfare against America, which the CCP considers its ‘main enemy.'”
Continuing, he noted that the CCP has tried to subvert America by influencing state governors, saying, “During its briefings with over twenty federal agencies in its investigation, the Committee has learned of the emphasis the CCP has placed on influencing subnational government leaders, including state governors.”
He then got to the DHS and Mayorkas, saying, “Along those lines, the Committee has recently received whistleblower disclosures informing the Committee of serious concern among Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel regarding a longstanding connection between the CCP and Minnesota Governor Timothy James Walz. Specifically, through whistleblower disclosures, the Committee has learned of a non-classified, Microsoft Teams group chat among DHS employees—titled “NST NFT Bi-Weekly Sync”—that contains information about Governor Walz that is relevant to the Committee’s investigation.”
He added, “The Committee has also learned that further relevant information regarding Governor Walz has been memorialized in both classified and unclassified documents in the control of DHS. The attached subpoena requires DHS to produce these documents and communications regarding Governor Walz’s connections with the CCP; this subpoena is issued pursuant to Rule XI.2(m)(1)(B) of the Rules of the House of Representatives and Rule 12(g) of the Committee’s rules.”
Comer then returned to the matter of communist Chinese scheming in America and why this is urgent, saying, “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. 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.”
Further, he noted that the DHS information would prove helpful in understanding the state of CCP subversion of America, saying, “Along those lines, the Committee is currently considering legislative solutions to ameliorate deficiencies it already has identified among government agencies’ strategies to combat CCP political warfare. The information required of DHS by the Committee’s subpoena will inform the Committee’s understanding of how successful the CCP has been in waging political warfare in and against the United States, how effectively federal agencies are addressing the communist regime’s campaign, and what reforms are necessary to counter this threat.”
Watch the veterans who knew Walz sound off on him below:
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