Republican chair writes to FBI chief and cites Minnesota governor’s ‘cosy relationship’ with Beijing and ‘devotion to the CCP’
In announcing the investigation, James Comer, chair of the US House Oversight committee, cited reports highlighting the Minnesota governor’s “long-standing connections to Chinese Communist Party entities and officials”.
The Kentucky Republican wrote to FBI Director Christopher Wray requesting “information, documents and communications related to the CCP-connected entities and officials” Walz may have “engaged and partnered with”.
Comer in a statement issued by the panel claimed that Walz shared a “cosy relationship” with China and served as a fellow at a Chinese institution in Macau that maintains a “devotion to the CCP”.
The Minnesota governor spent about a year teaching high school in China in the late 1980s through Harvard University’s WorldTeach programme.
After returning to the US, Walz met his wife, the former Gwen Whipple, while both were teaching at a high school in Nebraska.
In 1994, the two set up a company called Educational Travel Adventures that offered summer trips to China for their students.
In 2007, Walz was a fellow at Macau Polytechnic University.
