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JUST POSTED: DOT Secretary Elaine Chao Investigated by House Panel for Possible Conflicts. Investigators are examining her actions related to her family's shipping company, which has deep financial ties with Chinese government. Story here with @PekingMike nyti.ms/34MWFuS
@PekingMike Here is an investigative piece The NYT published in June examining these issues. nytimes.com/2019/06/02/us/…
@PekingMike Here is another related piece about Sec. Chao and her stock holdings that also was a focus of questions in the new House investigation of Sec. Chao nytimes.com/2019/05/28/us/…
@PekingMike And here is the letter that the House sent to Sec. Chao today asking for documents related to her family's Foremost Group shipping company and the Vulcan Materials issue. See link for the full letter. int.nyt.com/data/documenth…
@PekingMike And if you really want to dive in deep, here are 1,316 pages worth of emails obtained by The NYT via FOIA detailing planning for a trip that Chao was slated to take to China in October 2017, but was cancelled after ethics questions emerged. documentcloud.org/documents/6111…
@PekingMike Two House Republicans write to Dem chairman of Oversight committee this week objecting to his letter asking Sec. Elaine Chao questions about possible conflict of interest. Call move by Dems political. Here is the letter.
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