Democratic vice presidential candidateTim Walz’s “cozy” relationship with Communist China is being probed by a Congressional committee, The Post has learned.
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability are investigating Walz’s connection with government officials in the Asian adversary nation over nearly four decades.
In a letter to the FBI Friday, James Comer (R-Ky), chair of the committee, requested “documents and communications” related to the Minnesota governor’s connections with Chinese Communist Party officials and groups.
“The CCP has sought to destroy the United States through coordinated influence and infiltration campaigns that target every aspect of American life, including our own elected officials,” said Comer in a press statement.
“Americans should be deeply concerned that Governor Walz, Kamala Harris’s vice-presidential running mate, has a longstanding and cozy relationship with China.”
The probe comes on the heels of a letter sent to the Pentagon Tuesday by Rep Jim Banks (R-In) demanding to know if Walz, a member of the Army National Guard during many of his China trips, had complied with security protocols for members of the military traveling to an “adversary nation.”
“Any individual traveling dozens of times to an adversary nation in a personal capacity while having access to classified information poses an obvious security risk,” the Indiana Republican said.
Walz, 60, first traveled to China in the spring of 1989 to teach high school, arriving when the People’s Liberation Army massacred pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square.
Following his year in China volunteering for World Teach, a non-profit founded by former Harvard students, he and his wife Gwen returned on multiple occasions.
The couple spent their honeymoon in the country, and incorporated a Nebraska non-profit to send American high school students on educational exchanges to China.
While serving in Congress, Walz was a visiting fellow at Macau’s Polytechnic University, a state-run school, The Post revealed Thursday.
“While serving in Congress, Mr. Walz also served as a fellow at the Macau Polytechnic University, a Chinese institution that characterizes itself as having a ‘long held devotion to and love for the motherland,” Comer said.
Walz also spoke “alongside the President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries,” Comer claimed.
A year later, the Department of State exposed the entity as a “Beijing-based organization tasked with co-opting subnational governments” to “malignly influence state and local leaders to promote the People’s Republic of China’s global agenda.”
A spokesperson for Walz’s gubernatorial office told The Post he has long condemned human rights abuses in China, and attacked the country for siding with Russia in the Ukraine war.
“Republicans are twisting basic facts and desperately lying to distract from the Trump-Vance agenda: praising dictators, and sending American jobs to China,” said Teddy Tschann from Walz’s office.
“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.”