13 people have been charged by the Justice Department for trying to “unlawfully exert influence in the United States” for the People’s Republic of China, according to U.S. officials.
Attorney General Merrick Garland presented three different cases alleging separate schemes at a news conference on Monday. One of these cases charges seven Chinese nationals with trying to forcefully repatriate a Chinese national. Four others were charged with targeting people in the U.S. to act on China’s behalf. And two other men were charged with interfering in a U.S. criminal prosecution of a global telecommunications company.
