Lawmakers Raise Concerns on Chinese Interference in DOJ Huawei Probe
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., and House Commerce Committee ranking member Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., separately raised concerns this week about Chinese government interference in DOJ’s criminal investigation of Huawei after the U.S. government charged two Chinese intelligence officers with attempting to obstruct that probe (see 2210240061).
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DOJ’s charges “further illustrate Huawei’s inextricable ties to the Chinese Communist Party” and “its brazen but unsurprising disregard for the rule of law,” Warner said: “The Intelligence Community has repeatedly warned about the economic and national security threats posed by Chinese telecommunications companies like Huawei, which are backed by the CCP and exploited in the interest of authoritarian goals and ambitions.”
Rodgers urged President Joe Biden to “learn from” China’s actions. The Chinese government “went to great lengths to dominate the telecom sector, steal American's personal information, and threaten our freedom and security,” Rodgers said. “This is what the future holds if he continues to cede control” of tech and other “supply chains to China. A future that is dependent on China is not a future Americans want nor can afford.”