The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-justice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Justice Department</a> charged five Chinese nationals on Tuesday for allegedly photographing an American military installation in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan.</a>
The five individuals are former University of Michigan students Zhekai Xu, Renxiang Guan, Haoming Zhu, Jingzhe Tao, and Yi Liang. The charges stem from an incident in August 2023 when authorities say they were caught taking pictures of military equipment during joint training exercises between the National Guard and the Taiwanese military at Camp Grayling in northern Michigan. 
They were accused of making false statements, conspiracy, and destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations over the incident. The five men were in the United States as part of a partnership between the University of Michigan and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
According to an <a href="https://x.com/JerryDunleavy/status/1841579124030128269/photo/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">affidavit</a> from FBI special agent Caroline Colpoys, the five were found on August 23, 2023, between 12:30 a.m. and 1:00 a.m., at a lake adjacent to the Grayling Military Installation. They were at a boat launch with headlamps and cameras.
&#8220;This encounter happened during Northern Strike, one of the largest U.S. National Guard training exercises held in the United States, which included U.S. military personnel from across the United States and, in August 2023, members of the Taiwan military,” Colpoys said.  
When a National Guardsman confronted them, they allegedly falsely claimed to be members of the media. In later interviews with FBI investigators, they said they were just looking at the stars, according to the affidavit. 
After being confronted, the FBI said the five left the area and checked into a nearby motel. While they told investigators that the trip had been spontaneous, records showed that they had pre-booked the motel and were aware that there was a military installation at Camp Grayling. 
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Investigators later said that they found pictures of military vehicles and other equipment on Guan’s phone after the group discussed deleting the photos from their devices so law enforcement could not discover them. 
DOJ spokeswoman Gina Balaya said that the five men, who graduated in 2024, had not been arrested.
“The defendants are not in custody. Should they come into contact with U.S. authorities, they will be arrested and face these charges,” she <a href="https://apnews.com/article/chinese-students-michigan-military-camp-0f757785eb5eecb9e92ac89f99e96c2d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Wednesday. 
Colpoys, an agent focused on counterintelligence and investigating national security threats, referenced previous instances of Chinese nationals trespassing on military installations. In one incident, multiple Chinese nationals studying at the University of Michigan were sentenced to prison for taking pictures of the U.S. Naval Air Station in Key West, Florida.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> Oversight Committee subpoenaed Homeland Security Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> for records on ties that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/minnesota" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Minnesota</a> Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-walz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Walz</a>, the Democratic Party&#8217;s vice presidential nominee, has to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) announced the subpoena on Monday, one day before Walz is expected to appear for his vice presidential <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/debates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">debate</a> against his rival, Sen. J.D. Vance. The top House lawmaker cited whistleblower disclosures causing concern.
“The Committee has learned of a non-classified, Microsoft Teams group chat among DHS employees — titled ‘NST NFT Bi-Weekly Sync’ — that contains information about Governor Walz that is relevant to the Committee’s investigation,&#8221; he said in a <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DHS-Subpoena-Cover-Letter-OGC.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cover letter</a>.
Comer added that his committee &#8220;has also learned that further relevant information regarding Governor Walz has been memorialized in both classified and unclassified documents in the control of&#8221; the Homeland Security Department (DHS).
Vice President Kamala Harris, who replaced President Joe Biden atop the Democratic Party&#8217;s 2024 presidential ticket after he was pressured to step aside by allies amid concerns about his age and health, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harris-expected-to-tap-minnesota-governor-tim-walz-as-running-mate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">picked</a> Walz to be her running mate in early August.
Later that month, Comer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lawmakers-launch-investigation-into-walz-over-extensive-ties-to-communist-china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> his panel would be investigating Walz over his &#8220;extensive&#8221; ties to entities linked to the CCP, expanding an <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-launches-government-wide-investigation-into-chinas-ongoing-efforts-to-infiltrate-and-influence-the-united-states/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inquiry</a> already looking at the Biden administration and China&#8217;s efforts to meddle in the affairs of the United States.
Teddy Tschann, a spokesperson for Walz, said in a statement <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/16/tim-walz-house-gop-committee/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by The Washington Post that his boss and Harris would “ensure we win the competition with China, and will always stand up for our values and interests in the face of China’s threats.”
He also claimed &#8220;Republicans are twisting basic facts and desperately lying to distract from the Trump-Vance agenda: praising dictators, and sending American jobs to China,” referring to former President Donald Trump, the GOP&#8217;s presidential nominee.
Comer&#8217;s <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Subpoena-Sec.-Mayorkas.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoena</a> demands records from the Microsoft Teams group chat “NST NFT Bi-Weekly Sync” from July 1, 2024, to present, and all Intelligence Information Reports and Regional Intelligence Notes from November 2023 to present related to Walz.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-panel-subpoenas-walz-in-covid-fraud-probe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RELATED: House Panel Subpoenas Walz In COVID Fraud Probe</a>
A deadline of October 7, roughly one month before the November election, for the DHS to provide the documents was listed in the subpoena. The Daily Wire has reached out to DHS seeking comment on the demands and will update this report if it responds.
If a governor or VP pick is compromised by the CCP, it would &#8220;strongly suggest that there are alarming weaknesses in the federal government’s effort to defend the United States from the CCP’s political warfare that must be urgently addressed,&#8221; Comer wrote.

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The federal criminal investigation into New York City Democrat Mayor Eric Adams&#8217; ties to the Turkish government — specifically whether he conspired with them to funnel illegal foreign donations to his campaign — has reportedly widened to include five more countries.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/nyregion/fbi-adams-qatar-israel-china-uzbekistan-korea.html?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur">reported</a> that prosecutors subpoenaed City Hall, Adams, and his campaign two months ago for information related to China, Qatar, Uzbekistan, South Korea, and Israel.
It was not clear how expansive the scope of the investigation was, the report said, adding that it was not yet known what information they were looking for.
Adams is under criminal investigation over potential corruption stemming from actions involving the Turkish government. Prosecutors are looking to see if he received illegal campaign donations in exchange for pushing through building inspections on a Turkish consulate in NYC and whether he also received free flight upgrades.
Adams has seen numerous people in his orbit come under criminal investigation over the last year.
The FBI executed search warrants earlier this month at the home of Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Philip Banks and a home shared by First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright and Schools Chancellor David Banks. Investigators seized phones belonging to then-NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban and Timothy Pearson, a senior adviser to the mayor. A consultant, Terence Banks, brother of Philip Banks and David Banks, was also searched.
The feds raided the home of Adams’ director of Asian Affairs, Winnie Greco, earlier this year as part of a criminal probe run by the Eastern District of New York, the Times said. His former buildings commissioner, Eric Ulrich, faces bribery charges, and several donors to Adams’ campaign have been charged in a straw-donor scheme.
Caban resigned from his post last week and his successor, interim Commissioner Thomas Donlon, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-raids-home-of-nypd-interim-commissioner-a-week-after-similar-raid-caused-predecessor-to-resign">raided</a> by the FBI late last week.

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When vice presidential candidate Tim Walz ran for Congress in 2006, he embellished a connection to Harvard University.
The biographical embellishment is especially concerning considering Walz had routinely mocked GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance for leaving poverty and attending Yale University.
The misleading information was included in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061102031053/http:/www.timwalz.campaignoffice.com/vertical/Sites/%7BDD1DDF80-8E82-48D5-8648-607855AC529B%7D/uploads/%7B86F5C28D-45F0-4423-84E0-AA8A721FBB0F%7D.PDF" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a biography</a> Walz used to launch his 2006 campaign.
&#8220;Harvard University offered Walz an opportunity to gain a new perspective on global education by teaching in the People&#8217;s Republic of China,&#8221; the biography said.
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As The Washington Free Beacon <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/for-tim-walz-a-pattern-of-prevarications-stretches-back-almost-two-decades/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, Walz’s congressional biography – published after Walz won his first election – said the same thing. A 2018 version of his biography said Walz&#8217;s teaching in China was the result of a “program at Harvard University,” according to the Free Beacon.
Walz taught in China but has never been considered a Harvard student or alumnus. He taught through a program called WorldTeach, a nonprofit founded by Harvard undergraduates in 1986. It was once funded by Harvard’s Phillips Brooks House Association, which has been characterized as “a student-run community service group” <a href="https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/11/13/zuckerberg-chan-gift/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">by the Harvard Crimson</a>. The PBHA provides resources to numerous nonprofit organizations and also makes it easier for Harvard students to obtain volunteer opportunities. WorldTeach, however, has never been an official Harvard program.
Walz no longer mentions any Harvard connections in his current biographies.
Walz has been traveling the country to campaign and, in doing so, has repeatedly mocked Vance for escaping poverty and attending Yale University. At one event last week, Walz seemingly insulted his former high school classmates in an attempt to mock Vance.
“I had 24 kids in my high school class and none of them went to Yale,” Walz said, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4841612-vance-walz-yale/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Hill</a>. “But I’ll tell you what, growing up in a small town like that, you learn to take care of each other.”
Vance responded to the dig by saying he was proud of his accomplishments.
“As you guys know, I grew up in a very poor family. I was raised by a grandmother who didn’t graduate from high school, much less from college, and I’m proud of the fact that she really worked her tail off, that she, you know, went to her grave fighting to give me opportunities,” Vance <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061102031053/http:/www.timwalz.campaignoffice.com/vertical/Sites/%7BDD1DDF80-8E82-48D5-8648-607855AC529B%7D/uploads/%7B86F5C28D-45F0-4423-84E0-AA8A721FBB0F%7D.PDF" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News. “I’m not ashamed of the fact that my grandmother sacrificed for me and I was able to live the American Dream.”
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“I’m proud of what I accomplished, and more importantly, I’m proud of all the people who sacrificed in order to give me a better life,” Vance said later in the program. “I would think Tim Walz would want to praise people who sacrificed to give their children and grandchildren a better life. Not put me down, but I guess this is the political order of the day. He’s going to attack me. That’s fine, but I’m proud of my family.”
It&#8217;s not the first time Walz has embellished or misled about his life, nor is it the first time he has done so when it comes to teaching.
Walz, a former high school teacher, repeatedly claimed or implied he had won “Teacher of the Year” awards,” leading many to believe he had won a statewide or national award. But Walz had won <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-walzs-misleading-claims-about-winning-teaching-awards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a local teacher of the year award</a> and an additional award for ethics.

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Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), who is running for re-election against the GOP’s Dave McCormick, accepted a $5,000 donation from a group pushing for more EB-5 visas, which have been used by Chinese nationals to enter the U.S. in high numbers.
Federal Election Commission <a href="https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202407159660947686" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filings show</a> that the Immigrant Investors Association/Invest in the USA PAC donated to Casey in June. Casey is the only Senate candidate to have accepted a donation from the group, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/08/19/us-news/pennsylvania-dem-sen-bob-casey-backed-by-group-helping-chinese-nationals-obtain-us-residency-citizenship/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“The overhauled EB-5 program, which requires a minimum investment of $800,000 for certain projects, has drawn the attention of Chinese nationals,” The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-investors-warm-to-sweetened-u-s-cash-for-visa-program-c23fdaed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> in August 2023, adding, “In May, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a series of bills banning Chinese nationals from buying land in the state unless they are U.S. permanent residents.”
“Mainland Chinese nationals scored 6,125 out of the total 10,855 in fiscal year 2022,” The Post pointed out, adding that &#8220;Chinese citizens have historically constituted the largest nationality of those seeking visas through the EB-5 program.&#8221;
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“Casey was at a June fundraiser hosted by one IIUSA PAC lobbyist and attended by another,&#8221; the Post reported. “Both of the lobbyists, Commonwealth managing partners Keith Pemrick and George McElwee, have been involved extensively <a href="https://iiusa.org/blog/eb-5-leaders-advocacy-summit-starts-tomorrow/">with EB-5 issues</a>.”
Casey’s cynicism regarding immigration has been in evidence for years. “Since taking office in 2006, Casey has voted several times against border security measures during years he was not running for re-election while calling for stronger border security in years when his name was on the ballot,” Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-sen-bob-casey-slammed-by-gop-for-shifting-immigration-stances-complicit-in-the-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
For example, in 2024, Casey <a href="https://www.mychesco.com/a/news/national/u-s-senators-take-aim-at-fentanyl-crisis-with-new-bill-to-bolster-southwest-border-security/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced legislation</a> “aimed at fortifying security along the southwest border.” But in 2021 and 2022, when he was not up for re-election, he voted twice in opposition to drug detection at the border. In 2006, running against the GOP’s Rick Santorum, he claimed he was against amnesty for illegal immigrants. Yet in 2007 and 2013, when he was not running for re-election, he favored legislation that led to a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
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“Now that Bob Casey is in the race of his life, he’s hoping Pennsylvanians will forget he opposed building a border wall and even supported mass amnesty and taxpayer-funded health care for illegal immigrants,” National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesperson Phillip Letsou said. “Casey will say anything for power, even if that means lying to Pennsylvanians.”

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Lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee led by Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) announced Friday that they are investigating Minnesota Democratic governor and vice presidential candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-walz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Walz</a> over his “extensive” ties to entities linked to the Chinese Communist Party. 
In a <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Letter-to-Director-Wray-08162024.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Comer requested that the agency produce documents on any communications or documents it may have pertaining to Walz’s academic and business ties to China. Walz&#8217;s connections to China have come under increasing scrutiny since Vice President Kamala Harris selected him to run alongside her. 
“It has come to the Committee’s attention that Governor Walz has longstanding connections to CCP-connected entities and officials that make him susceptible to the Party’s strategy of elite capture, which seeks to co-opt influential figures in elite political, cultural, and academic circles to influence the United States to the benefit of the communist regime and the detriment of Americans,” Comer wrote. 
Comer told Wray that “the Committee seeks information about the Chinese entities and officials Governor Walz has engaged and partnered with, as well as any warnings or advice the FBI may have given to Governor Walz about U.S. political figures being targeted by or recruited for CCP influence operations.&#8221;
The letter cited reporting that estimated Walz has visited China at least 30 times, stretching back to a trip he took with Alliance High School students back in the 1980s funded by the Chinese government. Additionally, Comer noted that Walz was a fellow at China’s Macao Polytechnic University while a member of Congress. The university says it promotes “devotion to and love for the motherland.”
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&#8220;Despite bipartisan efforts to identify and defeat CCP unrestricted warfare against America, Governor Walz continues problematic engagement with concerning entities and individuals,&#8221; Comer wrote. &#8220;In March 2024, he met with Consul General Zhao Jian to discuss &#8216;China-U.S. relations and sub-national cooperation.'&#8221;
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Comer asked that Wray provide the committee with any communication or document in the FBI’s possession regarding over a dozen entities potentially linked to Walz. The entities include China’s Ministry of Public Security, Macao Polytechnic University, the National Association for China’s Peaceful Unification, the U.S. China People’s Friendship Association, and the United States China Heartland Association.
Comer also asked Wray if the FBI had ever intervened to brief Walz on interactions with Chinese government officials or CCP-linked entities. 
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The Harris-Walz campaign has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/11/us/tim-walz-china.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushed</a> back on criticism from Republicans over his ties to China. 
“Throughout his career, Governor Walz has stood up to the CCP, fought for human rights and democracy, and always put American jobs and manufacturing first,” spokesman James Singer said. “Vice President Harris and Governor Walz will ensure we win the competition with China, and will always stand up for our values and interests in the face of China’s threats.”
Comer&#8217;s letter to Wray comes after Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/08/13/us-news/rep-jim-banks-probes-tim-walzs-obvious-security-risk-in-dozen-trips-to-china-while-serving-in-national-guard/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressed</a> the Pentagon on Tuesday for answers on Walz&#8217;s National Guard experience and trips to China.

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An intelligence officer with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-army" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Army</a> pled guilty on Tuesday to selling critical military documents to an individual in Hong Kong believed to be tied to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chinese</a> government. 
Korbein Schultz, 24, who was stationed at Fort Campbell along the Kentucky-Tennessee border, pled guilty to conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, exporting technical data related to defense articles without a license, conspiracy to export defense articles without a license, and bribery of a public official, the Justice Department announced. He faces up to 65 years in prison upon his sentencing in January. 
“This defendant sold national defense information to a foreign actor and conspired to corrupt other members of our military,” said United States Attorney Henry Leventis. “In doing so, he violated his training and his oath as a member of the armed services and he compromised our national security.” 
Robert Well of the FBI said that the incident was a reminder that hostile governments like China are trying to steal U.S. military secrets. 
“Governments like China are aggressively targeting our military personnel and national security information and we will do everything in our power to ensure that information is safeguarded from hostile foreign governments,” he said. 
According to the <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1341561/dl?inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indictment</a>, Schultz’s illegal activity began in June 2022 and continued until his arrest in March. One of his most recent duties was listed as “Classified Document Custodian,” the indictment against him noted. 
Some of the information that Schultz sold included a document explaining how the U.S. would apply lessons learned from the Russia-Ukraine war to Taiwan, Air Force documents about the HH-60 helicopter, American intelligence on the Chinese military, rocket defense systems, and U.S. military exercises with South Korea and the Philippines. 
Prosecutors previously said that he made around $42,000 from the transmission of the materials.
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Schultz could get 10 years in prison for conspiracy to obtain and transmit national defense information, 20 years for exporting defense data to China without a license, 20 years for conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act, and another 15 years for the bribery charge. 
&#8220;This Soldier swore an oath to faithfully discharge his duties, to include protecting national defense information. Not only did he fail in his sworn duty, but he placed personal gain above his duty to our country and disclosed information that could give an advantage to a foreign nation, putting his fellow Soldiers in jeopardy,” <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-army-intelligence-analyst-pleads-guilty-charges-conspiracy-obtain-and-disclose-national">said</a> Brigadier General Rhett Cox.
The FBI and the U.S. Army Counterintelligence Command conducted the investigation into Schultz.

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OLYMPIC MEDAL COUNT UPDATES: U.S. Finishes On Top After 11th-Hour Gold In Women’s Basketball

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China&#8217;s Pan Zhanle won a decisive victory in the men&#8217;s 100 freestyle on Wednesday, beating the rest of the field at the Olympic Games in Paris by a full second and setting a new world record — and immediately <a href="https://www.espn.ph/olympics/story/_/id/40696787/china-pan-zhanle-calls-other-olympic-swimmers-unfriendly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threw shade</a> at two of his competitors, Kyle Chalmers (AUS) and Jack Alexy (USA).
Pan finished the race in 46.40, knocking 0.4 off his previous world record time set earlier this year and the world championships in Doha, Qatar: &#8220;Today I finally beat them all. In such a challenging pool, I broke the world record. This is a tremendous performance and a great start for team China.&#8221;
But a short time after the race, he told reporters that some of the other swimmers had been less than friendly towards him.
&#8220;When I finished the 4&#215;100 freestyle relay the other day, I said &#8216;hi&#8217; to Chalmers, but he totally ignored me. Also [Jack] Alexy from the U.S. When we were training, our coach was standing by the poolside and he turned in such a way that the water splashed right onto the coach. I felt he looked down on us a little,&#8221; Pan said in an interview.
Chalmers, who won gold at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and had hoped to repeat that victory in Paris, finished just over a second behind Pan for the silver medal — but he did not recall any instance in which he had given the Chinese athlete the cold shoulder.
&#8220;I find it a bit weird. I gave him a fist pump before the relays &#8230; and then my focus went to my teammates and my own racing. We had a laugh together at warmdown last night, but no issues from my end,&#8221; he said.
Alexy, who finished seventh in Wednesday&#8217;s final, did not comment on Pan&#8217;s claim.
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As <a href="https://www.espn.ph/olympics/story/_/id/40696787/china-pan-zhanle-calls-other-olympic-swimmers-unfriendly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ESPN reported</a>, &#8220;the Chinese swim team has been under intense scrutiny&#8221; leading up to the Paris Olympic Games after it was revealed that a number of athletes had tested positive for <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/30/us/politics/china-swimmers-doping-food.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned substances</a> in 2021 but were still allowed to compete in the Tokyo Games. China has repeatedly blamed &#8220;contaminated food&#8221; when athletes test positive for banned substances.
For his part, Chalmers <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/08/01/sports/olympics-feud-erupts-between-chinese-world-record-holder-australian-american-rivals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">did not question</a> Pan&#8217;s Wednesday victory or his new world record: &#8220;For him to produce a 46.40 and break the world record in the Olympic final is incredible. I do everything I possibly can to win the race, and guess everyone’s doing the same as I am and staying true to the sport and integrity of sport. I trust that he’s done everything he possibly can to be there. And he deserves that gold medal. And I did everything I possibly could to challenge for that gold medal.&#8221;
American distance swimmer Katie Ledecky weighed in on the use of performance-enhancing substances before the Olympics, saying, &#8220;I hope everyone here (in Paris) is going to be competing clean this week. But what really matters also is: Were they training clean? Hopefully, that’s been the case. Hopefully, there’s been even testing around the world.&#8221;

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Chinese Swimmer Smashes World Record, Throws Shade At Aussie And American Rivals

Australia

General

Swimming

The following is an edited transcript of a special <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/mike-waltz-on-secret-service-response-rnc-extra" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RNC episode</a> of Morning Wire. Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley sits down with Florida Congressman Mike Waltz to discuss the controversy surrounding the Secret Service’s response to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life.
Former President Trump says that when he has a question about the military, the first person he calls is Florida Congressman Mike Waltz. A former member of the Green Berets, Waltz now sits on both the House Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence committees. Waltz joined the Daily Wire at the RNC to discuss the Trump assassination attempt as well as the threats America is facing on the global stage.
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JOHN: Joining us now is Florida Congressman Mike Waltz. Congressman, great to have you here. So I wanted to start with the attempt on Donald Trump&#8217;s life. There have been a lot of questions about the security response that fateful day where a heroic father&#8217;s life was taken. The president was a fraction of an inch from losing his life. First, are the criticisms we&#8217;re hearing directed at the Secret Service and local law enforcement, are they merited?
MIKE: Well first, let me just say a quick thing about the president. Because I have been in combat all over the world — Africa, the Middle East — I’ve been fired upon, I&#8217;ve seen men fired upon, and your base instincts kick in. I&#8217;ve seen base instincts kick in to run, hide, get behind cover, and I&#8217;ve seen the base instinct of stand strong, move to the sound of the guns, and he clearly had the latter. And then the instinct, despite all of it, of everything going on and almost losing his life, to make sure the crowd knew he was okay and that the country knew he was okay, which I thought really spoke to his character. Look, I have mixed feelings about the entire response. Clearly, there were some key things missed in the advance. I thought the reaction was absolutely appropriate, both the body bunker with the close-in detail and the counter sniper. At the end of the day, my prediction and what I&#8217;m hearing from agents who have been reaching out to me very frustrated and upset is that we&#8217;re going to see this was a resources issue. What do I mean by that? Well, what they have been telling me, the agents reaching out, is basically Trump was given a standard package for former presidents. The problem was he&#8217;s not a standard former president. He&#8217;s not a Jimmy Carter or George W. Bush painting in his barn. Between his multiple residences, between all of the rallies going on, and he didn&#8217;t just have a standard amount of domestic threats, he had foreign threats, particularly from the Iranians. All of that, to me, right out of the gate, merited a much larger package. These agents are telling me they repeatedly asked headquarters for it and were repeatedly denied.
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JOHN: Now, we&#8217;ve been told from the head of the Secret Service those claims are not true, but you&#8217;re saying you have heard repeatedly that that is true.
MIKE: That&#8217;s absolutely right. These are not just agents calling out of the blue, they&#8217;re the ones who would have direct knowledge. I suspect, I don&#8217;t know yet — we&#8217;re going to have our hearings in Congress and hopefully get this out — but I think the Secret Service is splitting hairs here. If you say I gave them two more agents or I gave them one more sniper team, then you can credibly say, well, we gave the Trump campaign more resources. But if the request was for 20 or 30, then it was nowhere nearly sufficient. And obviously it wasn&#8217;t, given that some kid could get that close to taking down the president of the United States. Clearly there was a failure here. So that immediate pushback from the Secret Service gives me a lot of pause. And then other than that, it&#8217;s been silence. The fact that the director hasn&#8217;t come out, reassured the country, and answered what questions she should also gives me pause.
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JOHN: Speaking of the director, there&#8217;s been a lot of reporting on her DEI focus, specifically wanting to get 30% of new enrollments to be female. Do you think there&#8217;s a problem at the top with the Secret Service?
MIKE: Well, I think there&#8217;s a problem with this entire ideological agenda, whether it&#8217;s pilots in the Air Force or forcing women into combat arms. Look, at the end of the day it&#8217;s about standards, not skin color, not gender, anything else. What are the standards to do the job, to be the best of the best? And if you hit them, great. And if you&#8217;re a woman, you hit them, great. But the thing is we&#8217;re dealing with this in the military. I&#8217;m on the Armed Services Committee, actually the women who are hitting the standards to get through Ranger School, Special Forces, or what have you, when they see women basically getting kind of pushed through, it undermines their achievement. They&#8217;re the ones that are most upset.
JOHN: Absolutely. Stepping back and looking at this election year, do you feel like we are in a heightened political environment in terms of risk to various candidates, specifically President Trump? In general, is this a heightened situation in the country right now?
MIKE: Yes, I think it is but we also have to take a step back and put it into perspective. It has been, what, decades since we&#8217;ve had an assassination attempt. You go back to 1968 when you lose a civil rights leader and an attorney general in the wake of losing a president. We have had worse moments in our history. For sure in terms of political vitriol. I think what&#8217;s so unique about this case, though, is it really was the thrust of the campaign for the Democrats — to demonize Trump, to put fear into people&#8217;s hearts that he will be a dictator who will take away their rights. I&#8217;m glad to see President Biden pulling back on that, we&#8217;ll see if they stick to it.
JOHN: Yeah, for now. Looking outward a bit, you mentioned foreign threats to President Trump. Of course, there&#8217;s foreign threats to the United States, generally speaking. What are the biggest threats that you think the American military and our intelligence agencies need to be keyed in on at this particular moment?
MIKE: Well, first and foremost is China, and everything else is a distant second. We have never faced an adversary that could economically, diplomatically, from an information space and now militarily, not only compete with us but in some ways they are exceeding us. When you look at weapons like hypersonic missiles, first strike missiles that we truly struggle to defend against. Their Navy is now larger than the U.S. Navy. Their Space Force is launching more than ours. They&#8217;re doing things in space that we struggle to do, like putting a rover on the backside of the moon. So, we have to put everything we&#8217;ve got into deterring that threat. We can&#8217;t take the approach that Biden has taken, which is to start trickling things in after the invasion has occurred, as he did in Ukraine. You have to stop it on the front end. Look, we will have to deal with terrorism, North Korea, Iran — particularly Iran. Then you get into the question of rationality if the ayatollahs have a nuke. That is very different than the Russians or Chinese or irrationality I should say. So the real question is, how do we deal with all of that with $35 trillion in debt and growing?
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JOHN: Do you believe a Trump second term will actually result in a safer America?
MIKE: I am utterly convinced of it. I truly am. If you just look at Iran, which I mentioned what&#8217;s going on in Israel and what&#8217;s going on in Gaza, President Trump knows that the heart of the issue is Iran — that is behind Hezbollah, that&#8217;s behind Hamas, that&#8217;s behind the Houthis. The heart of Iran&#8217;s economy is energy. If you flood the world with cheap, clean American oil and gas, not only you take care of our inflation problem at home, you put Russia on its back foot and dry up its war machine and Iran too. So he fully appreciates that we are blessed with a lot of oil and gas, that we are blessed with a strong economy and a great system. Our true strength is our economic strength.
JOHN: Now, President Trump has reached out to you a number of times. He’s cited you as his go-to guy for security questions. What kind of steps do you think he will take, and would you advise him to take, in the first year?
MIKE: Well, first, I think we need accountability in the Pentagon. We need to clean house. The fact that things cost way too much, take twice as long as they should, and deliver half as much as our troops deserve, it&#8217;s just completely unsustainable. And yet you see these weapon systems, the ships, like the littoral combat ship that just completely blow up the budget, don&#8217;t deliver, and no one&#8217;s fired. There&#8217;s just no accountability for it. Kind of a shoulder shrug and give us another $800 billion. I see it on the Armed Services Committee. So, I would say that&#8217;s one. Two, really taking a hard look at our industrial base. Shipbuilding, for example. Do we have the steel, the aluminum, the workers, the shipyards? I&#8217;ve talked to them a lot about it. We&#8217;ve gone from 300 shipyards to 20 over the last couple of decades. Who&#8217;s taken all of that business? China. They could literally shut down global trade by shutting down those ships and that shipbuilding industry. So that will be point two. And then number three, I think bringing in new technologies. In a way, JD Vance will know quite well, working with the tech space and working with the startup and private equity space. We have to move away from these legacy, big, slow defense contractors that just aren&#8217;t getting it done.
JOHN: You brought up JD Vance, and I wanted to ask you about that last actually. He is now the official vice presidential pick. Do you agree that this is a good choice for the president?
MIKE: This is going to sound like some kind of platitude. I truly thought the entire slate was fantastic. It really did kind of highlight the Republican bench and that next round of leaders. I think JD is a very strong pick. I think getting him on the road, getting him to some big 10 football games in the rust belt he embodies. I just introduced the Republican party platform to the floor as the co-chair of the platform committee and it was geared towards the forgotten man and woman. His story is that. He embodies that. But I also think he brings that tech experience, that business experience, private equity. And he&#8217;s a bit of an outsider, which is in line with President Trump. I also like the fact that he has been very strong. If you look at the legislation he&#8217;s gotten behind in regards to China and is very strong on holding our allies like NATO accountable. The VP has to fully align with the president&#8217;s vision and I think J. D. does that.
JOHN: Speaking of the Republican Party platform, there’s been some criticism from some pro-life conservatives. I wanted to give you a chance to talk about it. Do you feel like it&#8217;s a strong platform? Do you feel like you guys have presented something that&#8217;s going to really make a difference in the coming years?
MIKE: Yes, I understand the concerns, but at the end of the day it&#8217;s just indisputable that you have not had a president that has done more to protect the unborn, that has done more for the pro-life community than Donald Trump. We wouldn&#8217;t even be having this conversation if he hadn&#8217;t stood by Neil Gorsuch, if he hadn&#8217;t stood by Amy Coney Barrett despite everything thrown at him and gotten three Supreme Court justices. Fantastic picks, by the way, all three of them. So, look, at the end of the day, he feels very strongly, and I certainly support him, that what Roe did was return the issue to the voters and not legislate from the bench, and the voters in the states are working through the issue. Vote for your state legislators, vote for your governors. I think we&#8217;re going to have the challenge throughout this campaign in showing the extreme position on the other side — when is abortion not okay? That’s what we should be asking the Left over and over again. When does life begin in your world? The day before birth? The month before? Three months before? Reframe the argument. This is about life and what legal and constitutional protections they deserve.
JOHN: Congressman, thank you so much for joining us.
MIKE: Thank you.
JOHN: That was Congressman Mike Waltz, and this has been an extra edition of Morning Wire.
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2024 Republican National Convention: Day 1

‘I Am Utterly Convinced Of It’: Congressman Mike Waltz On Trump’s Ability To Keep Americans Safe

'I Am Utterly Convinced Of It': Congressman Mike Waltz On Trump’s Ability To Keep Americans Safe

Donald Trump

Florida

Iran

Mike Waltz

Morning Wire

Readers Pass

Republican National Convention

Secret Service

U.S. Navy

A California mother who lost her 15-year-old son to fentanyl elicited repeated standing ovations and tears from the audience at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, saying that she held President Joe Biden, Vice-President Kamala Harris, California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, and every other Democrat who supports open borders responsible.
Anne Fundner lost her son Weston to fentanyl poisoning in February 2022.
“My name is Anne Fundner, and I am the wife and mother of four children,” Fundner began. “I’m standing here today to share the tragic reality of open borders. I’m here to share the story of my first-born son, my everything, my Weston.”
“My family and I were living in southern California when President Biden took office and opened our borders,” she continued. “My Weston was 15. He was an amazing big brother to his three younger siblings. Weston attended church twice a week, played football and hockey, and he loved to serve. He had a big heart and he lived to make people laugh. He had so many good friends. I was always vigilant to be the best mother that I could be, as room mom, school ambassador, and I attended all the sports. We had family dinners and barbecues at the beach, and, like most teenagers, Weston wanted to fit in.”
“And in a moment of peer pressure, he tried something that someone gave to him and it took my baby’s life,” she recalled. “We did everything right. I had those conversations with him and fentanyl still found my son. And on February 27, 2022,” she said, fighting back tears, “our lives were shattered and our baby was gone. This was not an overdose, it was a poisoning. His whole future, everything we ever wanted for him was ripped away in an instant.”
“And Joe Biden does nothing,” she charged, then declared, “I hold Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, the border czar — what a joke — and Gavin Newsom and every Democrat who supports open borders responsible for the death of my son —&#8221;
That catalyzed a standing ovation as members of the audience blinked back tears.
“— and the tens of thousands of American children. For that alone, they should be voted out of office,” she finished.
Another standing ovation followed, with the crowd chanting, “Joe must go!”
“Joe must go,” she repeated. “Yes, he must. Joe must go. Absolutely.”
“We have seen the highest number of fentanyl deaths during the Biden-Harris administration and fentanyl is now the number one killer of Americans 18 to 45, and it is quickly becoming the leading cause of death for teens, with 14 and under being the fastest growing demographic,” she noted. “We need President Trump back in office. We need a president who will seal the border, aggressively prosecute drug dealers, and stop Communist China from poisoning our children. This is not a red or blue issue; this is a red, white and blue issue. Fentanyl doesn’t care if you’re black or white; it does not discriminate. This is an American issue. We need a president who will call the drug cartels what they are: terrorist organizations.”
“This fight is not for me; my son is gone,” she said tearfully. “This fight is for your children. We owe it to our children to elect a president who will win the war against fentanyl once and for all. It’s too late for my son. Say his name, Joe Biden: Weston.”
In response, the crowd started chanting, “Weston.”
Fundner concluded, “But we can change this for your children. We need President Trump back to save the lives of our kids. Thank you. God Bless America.“
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2024 Republican National Convention: Day 2

Mom Who Lost Son To Fentanyl Brings Tears To RNC, Standing Ovations

Border Crisis

Elections

Fentanyl

Gavin Newsom

Joe Biden

Kamala Harris

Southern Border

In yet another move he has made to combat Communist China, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the <a href="https://www.rubio.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Critical-Mineral-Supply-Chain-Realignment-Act-of-2024-HLA24649.pdf">Critical Mineral Supply Chain Realignment Act of 2024</a> to incentivize safeguarding critical mineral supply chains from China.
The bill imposes mandatory tariffs on electromagnets, permanent magnets, batteries, solar panels, and solar wafers at rates of:
<ul>
<li>150% on goods manufactured by entities controlled by China, irrespective of which country the goods are manufactured in;</li>
<li>On those goods manufactured in China, 150% in the first year, 300% in the second year, 450% in the third year, and 800% each year after that;</li>
<li>25% on goods manufactured in countries that are not allies of the U.S., select free trade partners, or members of the Mineral Security Partnership.</li>
</ul>
“The U.S. and its partners must end Communist China’s critical mineral industrial monopoly. My bill will provide more certainty to industry based in the U.S. and partner and ally countries so they may be able to develop a critical mineral industrial ecosystem China’s market manipulations cannot undercut,” Rubio stated.
Last November, Rubio joined Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA) to lead a call for action to secure supply chains and reduce U.S. reliance on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for minerals that are inputs for critical technologies.
The two lawmakers led a bipartisan group of senators who wrote a letter to the White House that <a href="https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/b/7/b77b564b-9f1b-47db-9d54-9d020d91ffc4/5FE33019DC7A2ED1E156EBA22FB39351.11.16.23-senate-critical-mineral-letter-to-amos-hochstein-final.pdf">stated</a>:
<blockquote>
Demand for critical minerals is growing exponentially, yet the U.S. substantially lags behind its adversaries in securing critical mineral supply chains. In fact, in many cases China controls nearly 100 percent of the end-to-end supply chain, and is actively seeking to maintain and increase its control of these resources around the globe. &#8230;
Focusing the efforts of the U.S. government, in coordination with our allies, upon standing up processing, refining, and metallurgical capacity must be a priority if we are going to succeed in reducing our reliance on China for critical minerals.
</blockquote>
Rubio and Warner also wrote a<a href="https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/1/7/17def9a2-d95c-40b1-9028-119f35769394/FCB942C1068EB79B54E8769260B13F59.11.16.23-rubio-warner-letter-to-exim-re-critical-minerals.pdf"> letter</a> to the Chair of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) pushing for EXIM to secure critical mineral supply chains, noting, “The stakes of our economic struggle with the PRC (People’s Republic of China) demands that we reduce our dependence on them in critical technology sectors and for critical goods, especially those with defense and energy applications.”

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