Global Courant 2023-04-25 02:29:17
Congressional Republicans are condemning Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and other Democrats for endangering national security after the two attended an event last month with a man now facing federal charges for allegedly leading a secret Chinese police station in Manhattan.
Video recorded on March 18 appears to show Lu Jianwang standing next to Adams at a fundraising event for the Fukien American Association, a cultural nonprofit with ties to the Chinese province. Schumer spoke at the event.
Lu was arrested last week and charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Chinese government, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.
“Chuck Schumer, Eric Adams and New York Democrats failed to take the threat of Communist China seriously and risked endangering national security for a photo session with Chinese foreign agents infiltrating New York State,” House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik told me. to Fox News Digital. “While New York’s far-left Democrats mock our foreign opponents, House Republicans work to hold Communist China accountable for their evil actions and defend Americans against the CCP’s (Chinese Community Party) malignant threat.”
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Lu Jianwang, right, is seen next to New York City Mayor Eric Adams at the March 2023 event. (Louis Zhao/Youtube)
In April 2022, Lu also met New York Democrat Rep. Grace Meng at a fundraising event, according to the Daily Caller, citing images the outlet found.
Records show that since 2006, Lu has contributed at least $32,625 to elected officials in New York, including Adams and New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul.
On the other side of Capitol Hill, Republican senators say it’s “no surprise” that Chinese operatives are mixing with Democrats, portraying the party as a whole as “pro-China.”
“It is not surprising that CCP spies mingle with prominent Democrats like Chuck Schumer, and it is clear that the left has learned nothing from Eric Swalwell,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., told Fox News Digital.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite / File)
Blackburn was referring to an incident in 2020 where a suspected Chinese spy, known as Fang Fang or Christine Fang, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif. making donations nor was there evidence of illegal contributions. Fang’s relationships with at least two Midwestern mayors reportedly turned sexual, and at least two incidents were caught by FBI surveillance.
“As the Biden administration tries to appease Beijing and work on climate change, CCP spies are infiltrating cities and organizations across the country,” said Blackburn.
Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said it is “no surprise that Chinese agents found their way into Democratic events.”
“The Democratic Party is structurally pro-China,” Cruz told Fox News Digital. “Democrats get their money from Big Business, Big Hollywood, Big Universities and Big Tech, all of which get their money from China.”
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Mayor Eric Adams of New York (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images/File)
“Democrats like to ignore China’s genocide of the Uighurs, other human rights atrocities, blame for COVID and intellectual property theft,” Cruz added.
Schumer declined to respond to Fox News’ request for comment on the event or the photos taken of him next to a suspected CCP agent.
Adams’ office told Fox News that the mayor’s presence at an event is intended to show support for a local community or the city and does not constitute endorsement of any kind. A spokesperson for Adams also said he does not know Lu.
Announcing Lu’s arrest last week, U.S. Attorney Breon Peace for the Eastern District of New York said China’s Ministry of Public Security has “repeatedly and flagrantly violated the sovereignty of our country, including by opening and closing a police station.” exploit in the middle of New York City.”
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Chen Jinping and Lu Jianwang sit with attorney Susan Kellan after the two New York residents were arrested for allegedly operating a Chinese “secret police station” in Manhattan’s Chinatown, part of a crackdown on Beijing’s alleged attacks on US-based dissidents, at a courthouse hearing in New York’s Brooklyn, April 17, 2023, in this courtroom sketch. (Reuters/Jane Rosenberg)
The CCP’s overseas police stations enable Chinese authorities to “carry out police operations on foreign soil” and have supported a CCP campaign to crack down on civilians living abroad, according to the pan-Asian human rights organization Safeguard Defenders.
Chen Jinping was also charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Chinese government.
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The FBI raided the illegal police station before arresting Lu and Chen.
Peace said its office and the FBI’s New York field office are the “first law enforcement partners in the world to make arrests related to the Chinese government’s overseas police stations.”
Fox News’ Bryan Llenas and Greg Norman contributed to this report.
Brooke Singman is a digital political reporter for Fox News. You can reach her at [email protected] or @BrookeSingman on Twitter.
