House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik is going after former Attorney General Loretta Lynch after it was reported that she is lobbying the Pentagon on behalf of a Chinese military company.
EXCLUSIVE: House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is criticizing former Attorney General Loretta Lynch for reportedly lobbying the Pentagon on behalf of a company known as DJI, which makes Chinese military tech. 'It is disgraceful but unsurprising that Barack Obama’s former Attorney General Loretta Lynch is now working on behalf of a Communist Chinese drone company that the Department of Defense has identified as a Chinese military company,' Stefanik told Fox News Digital.
Reuters reported that she wrote a letter to the Pentagon last summer on behalf of one of her clients, SZ DJI Technology Co., asking for them to be removed from the DOD's list of Chinese military companies. Fox News Digital reached out to Paul, Weiss and the Pentagon for confirmation. The report noted that it’s legal for lawyers to advocate for foreign clients without mandatory public disclosure of their work.
is one of the largest producers of drones in the world. The U.S. Treasury placed investment restrictions on it in December 2021, accusing it and seven other companies of actively supporting surveillance and repression efforts against Uyghurs. Meanwhile, in Congress, a House GOP-led effort could restrict DJI’s activity in the U.S. even further. Stefanik and House China select Committee Chair Mike Gallagher, R-Wis.
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