AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Elaine Chao held Chinese Communist Party-linked appointments while serving in two U.S. Cabinet posts, investigation finds
Former Labor and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao received at least four positions from Chinese Communist Party-affiliated organizations, some overlapping with her years in the U.S. Cabinet, raising serious questions about undisclosed foreign ties. Chinese government officials appointed Chao to multiple advisory and honorary roles within arms of the CCP's United Front Work Department starting in […] The post Elaine Chao held Chinese Communist Party-linked appointments while serving in two U.S. Cabinet posts, investigation finds appeared first on American Almanac .
Former Labor and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao received at least four positions from Chinese Communist Party-affiliated organizations, some overlapping with her years in the U.S. Cabinet, raising serious questions about undisclosed foreign ties. Chinese government officials appointed Chao to multiple advisory and honorary roles within arms of the CCP's United Front Work Department starting in 2008, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported after translating Chinese government and state media records. The positions span both her tenure as Secretary of Labor under George W. Bush and her service as Secretary of Transportation during Donald Trump's first term. Chao's spokesman denied she ever held a foreign government position or…Open