Huawei Lobbyist Gives Thousands to Democrats' Midterm Campaigns
The
Epoch Times
By
Andrew Thornebrooke
11/3/2022
Updated:11/4/2022
A
lobbyist for a Chinese company deemed a national security threat has donated
thousands of dollars to at least eight Democratic congressional campaigns.
Thomas
Green, senior counsel at multinational law firm Sidley
Austin and
top lobbyist for Chinese telecom giant Huawei, personally contributed more
than $10,000 across eight Democratic campaigns in the last month, according to
data from OpenSecrets, a nonprofit group that tracks political spending.
The
contributions were made primarily to Democratic campaigns in battleground
states or where the Democratic contender was otherwise struggling.
The
contributions included payments of $2,000 to Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.); $2,000
to Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.); $1,000 to North Carolina Supreme Court Chief
Justice Cheri Beasley, who is running for a Senate seat; $1,000 to Wisconsin
Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes, who is running for the Senate; $1,500 to
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), $500 to Glenn Ivey, who is running to represent
Maryland in the House; $1,500 to Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, who
is running for a Senate seat; and $1,000 to Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
(D-Nev.).
Green
has helped to lead Huawei’s lobbying team since 2019, when the company hired Sidley
Austin to lobby for its interests in matters of export controls, trade,
sanctions, and national security.
At
that time, the Trump administration had restricted the company’s ability to do
business with the U.S. government due to the company’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party
(CCP) and apparent efforts to undermine U.S. foreign policy efforts.
Huawei
was then charged in 2020 for conspiring to steal trade secrets from numerous
U.S. technology firms and was ultimately declared a
national security threat by the Federal Communications
Commission in
2020.
The
Biden administration launched another
investigation into Huawei earlier this year, following reports that the company
illegally used cell phone towers to collect information about U.S. military
facilities in order to transmit that data to the CCP.
Additionally,
the Justice Department announced several
new cases last month alleging that CCP intelligence officers attempted to
interfere with the case against Huawei on behalf of the Chinese regime and for
the benefit of the company.
According
to court documents (pdf),
the Chinese agents attempted to illegally torpedo the case against Huawei by
bribing a U.S. government employee to steal top secret documents including
witness lists, details on employees associated with the case, and prosecutors’
notes, which, according to court documents, were “expected to cause serious
damage to the national security of the United States.”
Green
also defended former
Trump aide Rick Gates, who pleaded guilty in 2019 to evading taxes and
violating federal lobbying laws by concealing millions of dollars from business
dealings in Ukraine.
The
news is just the latest in a growing list of accusations against prominent
Democrats with alleged ties to the CCP.
Rep.
Don Beyer (D-Va.) was forced to fire a
congressional aide last month after an investigation found the employee had
attempted to set up meetings with members of Congress at the request of the
Chinese embassy in Washington.
Michigan
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, meanwhile, was accused last
month of delivering $715 million in taxpayer monies to the U.S. subsidiary of a
Chinese company with deep links to the CCP. Whitmer defended the move as
“economic development.”
The
Epoch Times has requested comment from Green and all Democratic campaigns that
received the funds.
Connecting
the Dots:
Mark D. Schneider was
an associate general counsel for the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) and is a partner at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was
an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Cameron F. Kerry is a
senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, John F. Kerry’s brother,
a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Jon M. Huntsman
Jr. is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank), and an ambassador to China for
the Barack Obama administration.
J. Stapleton Roy is
a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and was a U.S. ambassador for China.
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank), the endowed predecessor schools for the Carnegie Mellon
University and the founder of the Carnegie Museums of
Pittsburgh.
Teresa Heinz
Kerry is an emeritus life trustee at the Carnegie Mellon
University, a trustee emeritus at the Carnegie Museums of
Pittsburgh, married to John F. Kerry and an honorary
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
John F. Kerry is
married to Teresa Heinz Kerry, Cameron F. Kerry’s brother
and was a secretary at the U.S. Department of State for
the Barack Obama administration.
Resources:
Past Research
FCC
Chairman Joins Obama to Control Internet (Past
Research on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC))
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 14, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/01/fcc-chairman-joins-obama-to-control.html
Smaller
Bites – Connecting the Dots: Country Garden, Sidley Austin LLP, China &
Soros Funding, All Networking (Past Research on
China & Sidley Austin)
FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/11/smaller-bites-connecting-dots-country.html
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