TENS of thousands of Chinese spies have been secretly operating in the US for 50 years and are now “ready to destroy” the country, a billionaire has claimed.
Guo Wengui, who is in self-imposed exile in the US after reportedly falling out with the Chinese government – made the astonishing claims in a recent interview.
Guo – who fled his home country two years ago after what he said was a business dispute with relatives of a retired top Communist Party official – reportedly said he “knows the Chinese spy system very, very well”.
According to the Washington Free Beacon, he said: “Before 2012, cumulatively China had around 10,000 to 20,000 agents working in the United States.
“These agents had been sent to work in the US over a 50-year period of time, and they were working in a defensive mode.”
But that year, China decided to send another 5,000 agents to their rival country, Guo said – after a huge injection of cash from the government to fund espionage.
The businessman also claimed the agents had been switched to “offensive” operations at around that time.
He said: “By offensive [operations], I mean to be ready to destroy the US in...
If President Trump's nominee for FBI director is confirmed by the Senate, the Democratic National Committee could face an investigation into its interactions with the Ukrainian government.
During his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Christopher Wray signaled a willingness to investigate allegations that the DNC worked with the Ukrainian government to impede Trump's presidential campaign in 2016.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., read an excerpt from Politico's January investigation into the matter during his allotted time to question Wray. "Donald Trump wasn't the only presidential candidate whose campaign was boosted by officials of a former Soviet bloc country," Graham quoted from the report.
Politico's investigation asserted that Ukrainian government officials "helped Clinton's allies research damaging information on Trump and his advisers."
The report, published before Trump's inauguration earlier this year, also cited ...
