DOLLARS FROM UNNAMED DONORS
IN CHINA AND HONG KONG,
SINCE BIDEN TOOK WAS ON THE, OFFICE.
JOINING ME NOW, PETER
FLARITY, THANK YOU.
>> IT WAS YOUR ORGANIZATION
THAT SUED TO GET INFORMATION
THAT REVEALED 22 MILLION FOR
CENTER CAME FROM CHINA FROM
THE ANONYMOUS SOURCES, DID
WE FIND OUT WHO THOSE
SOURCES WERE?
>> IN SHORT, NO, IN 2020,
NOT A LAWSUIT BUT A
COMPLAINT FILED WITH
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
WE HAD GONE TO THE PUBLIC
DISCLOSURES, OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA,
WHICH ARE FILED WITH THE
EDUCATION DEPUTY, AND
DEPARTMENT FOUND MORE THAN
16 MILLION -- 62 MILLION
CAME FROM CHINESE SOURCES
AND 22 MILLION IS ANONYMOUS.
SUPPOSED TO DISCLOSE IDENTITY OF ANY DONORS WHO
IDENTITY OF ANY DONORS WHO
MAKE GIFTS OVER TWO 250,000,
THEY DID NOT DO, THAT
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT DID NOT
DO ANYTHING, WE TRIED TO
KEEP THE ISSUE ALIVE WHEN
BLINKEN WAS NOMINATED FOR
SECRETARY OF STATE AND
ATTEMPTED TO INTEREST
REPUBLICAN SENATORS.
WE DIDN’T GET VERY FAR.
28 REPUBLICANS VOTED TO
CONFIRM BLINKEN, AND TRIED
TO RAISE ISSUE WHEN
PRESIDENT OF U-PENN WAS
NOMINATED AS AMBASSADOR TO
GERMANY.
DAVID: PETER, DID NO SENATOR
DURING CONFIRMATION HEARING
ASKING BLINKEN ABOUT THE
CHINESE DONATIONS.
>> THEY DO NOT, WE TRIED.
THERE WAS DISINTEREST.
IT WAS A BIG LUG FEST.
DAVID: IS IT FAIR TO ASSUME
THAT SOME OF THAT MONEY WAS
SOMEHOW AFFILIATED WITH THE
CCP, RULING COMMUNIST PARTY
IN CHINA?
>> VERY LATEST THAT
ORIGINATES FROM CHINA IS NOT
SOMEHOW CONTROLLED BY LINKED
TO THE PARTY.
BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
THERE IS A SINGLE 14 MILLION
DOLLAR GIFT THAT ARRIVED IN
2018, THEY NEVER IDENTIFIED
WHO IT IS, THEY CAN DO SO
NOW, U-PENN HAS A NEW
PRESIDENT, THE BORED OF
TRUSTEES SHOULD MAKE SURE
SHE DISCLOSES THIS
INFORMATION IT IS IN THE
PUBLIC’S INTERESTING
SOMETHING THAT PUBLIC SHOULD
HAVE HAD.
DAVID: THE CCP DOES NOT GIVE
MONEY AWAY FOR NOTHING.
WHAT DID THEY THINK THEY
WOULD BE GETTING FOR THIS
MONEY THEY WERE DONATING TO
THE INSTITUTE?
>> WE COULD SPECULATE.
FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
IN WAITING IT WAS A PLACE TO
HANG OUT, COLLECT FAT
SALARIES AND PUT OUT AN
OCCASIONAL POLICY POLL
PAPER, FOR THE CCP LOOKS TO
BE ONE STOP SHOPPING.
DAVID: WITH DOCUMENT SCANDAL
FRONT AND CENTER, YOU SEEM
PRESSIENT IN ASKING THE
QUESTIONS ABOUT CHINA AND
BLINKEN.
THE DOCUMENTS, GOES WITHOUT
SAYING THAT MONEY BUYS
INFLUENCE, YOU CAN GET INTO
PLACES THAT YOU CAN’T
ORDINARILY GET INTO, DO YOU
THINK THAT ANYONE FROM THE
CHINESE DONORS, WERE ABLE TO
GET INTO THE CENTER, AND
MIGHT HAVE HAD ACCESS TO THE
DOCUMENTS WHILE THERE?
>> WELL, I DON’T KNOW ABOUT
THAT.
BUT I KNOW THAT AT BIDEN’S
HOUSE IN DELAWARE, HUNTER
USED IT AS A CRASH PAD FOR
HIM AND HIS FRIENDS, THERE
ARE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT
NATIONAL SECURITY.
I THINK WE’RE A LONG WAY
FROM THE TRUTH.
I AM GLAD HOUSE COMMITTEE IS
LOOKING INTO THIS.
DAVID: WELL, I’M GLAD YOU
EXIST, NATIONAL LEGAL AND
POLICY CENTER, WHO WOULD
HAVE GUESSED WORK THAT YOU
WERE DOING 4 YEARS AGO WOULD
BE SO PURPOSE TO IMPORTANT