Moolenaar Asks FBI Director About CCP-Owned Industrial Sites in America Being Used For Spying

Congressman John Moolenaar is asking FBI Director Christopher Wray to answer questions about espionage efforts by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In a letter sent to Wray, Moolenaar references Wray’s appearance on “60 Minutes” on October 22, where the Director said the FBI is aware of the CCP's efforts to purchase land to spy on America.

In the letter, Moolenaar asks Wray a series of questions related to Chinese nationals and the Gotion facility that has been proposed in Green Charter Township in Mecosta County. Those questions are:

1.)   If Gotion Inc. builds a facility in Michigan, can you and the Bureau ensure it will not be used for espionage?

2.)   The Gotion site in Michigan is 100 miles from Camp Grayling, where the Michigan National Guard has trained members of Taiwan’s military. Can you guarantee that none of the 20-50 Chinese nationals Gotion will bring to its Michigan site will spy or be coerced into spying on Camp Grayling?

3.)   The State Department oversees issuing work visas to Chinese nationals for the purpose of working in the United States. Do you and the FBI trust the State Department’s vetting process of Chinese nationals? What improvements should be made to this process?

4.)   Do you believe the State Department’s vetting process can guarantee that no one who is admitted to the United States on a work visa will be a spy for the CCP?

5.)   Has the FBI arrested Chinese nationals for espionage who were in the United States on a work visa approved by the State Department?

In September, the Wall Street Journal reported there have been 100 attempts by Chinese nationals to access U.S. military bases.

Moolenaar is a member of The Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. Moolenaar’s full letter to Director Wray can be found here.