Happening now: @TheJusticeDept unseals 3 cases involving #China's efforts -the Chinese Communist party- "to suppress dissenting voices within the #UnitedStates"
"This activity is antithetical to American values" per Asst AG Matthew Olsen
Each plot is a separate case, he says
#China gvt's secret police - the MSS - directed the actions against the pro-democracy activists, in 1 case threatening harm to a US military veteran running for public office, per US Attorney Breon Peace
Per US Attorney Breon Peace, US charging:
- 1 individual working for the MSS
- head of a democracy group who allegedly betrayed his organization to gather information
- 2 US residents working under direction of a PRC company
"Putin is inflicting appalling, appalling devastation on #Ukraine, bombing apartment buildings, maternity wards, hospitals...These are atrocities. They are an outrage to the world"
"What's at stake here are the principles that the United States & the United Nations, across the world stand for. It's about freedom" per @POTUS
"It's about making sure #Ukraine never, will never be a victory for #Putin no matter what advances he makes on the battlefield"
.@NATO defense ministers "agreed that we must continue to provide significant support to #Ukraine, including w/military supplies, financial help & humanitarian aid" per @jensstoltenberg