CHINA AGAIN! Now with a mysterious Spy, Mara-lago & Steve Bannon
This is from a WSJ article in July of 2019.
This twitter post lead me to it.
I'm trying to think back to last July & recall what Trump was distracting us with.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/July_2019
FROM THE WSJ Article:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-tycoon-holed-up-in-manhattan-hotel-is-accused-of-spying-for-beijing-11563810726?redirect=amp#click=https://t.co/YKhsgIliWb
Chinese Tycoon Holed Up in Manhattan Hotel Is Accused of Spying for Beijing
U.S. research firm in commercial dispute alleges exiled businessman Guo Wengui, a frequent critic of China’s Communist Party, is a spy for Beijing.
For the past four years, Chinese businessman Guo Wengui has lived in an 18th-floor apartment at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel in New York, where he fires off social-media missives that purport to expose corruption at the highest levels of the Chinese government.
He said his efforts have rattled Beijing and that he has applied for U.S. asylum to protect himself. China hard-liners in the U.S., including President Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon, have rallied to his side.
But Washington-area research firm Strategic Vision US LLC, in a commercial dispute with Mr. Guo, alleged in a federal court counterclaim Friday that he is a spy for the Chinese government.
“Strategic Vision’s claims that Mr. Guo is a Beijing-backed spy utterly lack credibility,” Daniel Podhaskie, an attorney for Mr. Guo, said in a written statement.
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According to the filing, a group led by Messrs. Guo and Bannon allegedly discussed ways to provide “large amounts” of money to the Center for Security Policy—a conservative Washington think tank—and the newly formed “Committee on the Present Danger: China” that the center backs. Some people at the think tank viewed it as an attempt by Mr. Guo to take over the anti-China committee, the filing said.
Frank Gaffney, who leads the Center for Security Policy, didn’t respond to requests for comment. Brian Kennedy, chairman of the China committee, said Mr. Guo didn’t offer any donation to it.
Mr. Podhaskie denied the allegations and said Messrs. Guo and Bannon “have a joint mission in regards to China,” which is to “get rid of the radical cadre inside the Communist Party.”
Mr. Bannon declined to comment.
More at link
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If indeed Mr Guo is a spy for China & why was Bannon protecting him ?
And why does this Chinese billionare & perhaps-spy have ties to Mara-lago?
Am seeing a lot of chatter about Trump/China, and I personally find it a tad bit threatening.
Thought I'd post it to DU in case anyone had an opinion to offer.
Thank you
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