FBI Director Christopher Wray told members of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday that the agency is opening an investigation into various actions by the Chinese government every 10 hours.
“We open a new investigation into China every 10 hours and I can assure the committee that it is not because our people have nothing to do with their time,” Wray said at the committee’s annual global threat hearing.
“We now have more than 2,000 investigations linked to the Chinese government,” he added.
Wray’s comments came in response to a question from Sen. Marco Rubio
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“I do not think there is a country that poses a more severe threat to our innovation, our economic security and our democratic ideas. And the tools in their toolbox to influence our business, our academic institutions, our governments at all levels are deep, broad and persistent, ”said Wray, referring to China.
The Justice Department late last year accused several people of their alleged attempts to threaten, coerce or harass certain US residents to repatriate to China, following an FBI investigation.
Eight people have been charged with conspiracy to act in the United States as illegal agents of the People’s Republic of China, with six of the defendants being charged with conspiracy to prosecute interstate and international.
Wednesday’s hearing is the first global threat hearing in two years after some Trump administration officials refused to attend in 2020, with lawmakers asking a series of questions Wednesday about China’s threats.
China’s clear analysis comes amid rising hate crime against Asian Americans amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“As we face the challenges posed by China’s growth, our problem is with the Chinese Communist Party, not with the people of China or the Chinese diaspora globally, and certainly not with Asian Americans here in the United States,” he said. . Mark Warner
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