WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is following up on the Committee’s subpoena to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for documents, communications, and intelligence reports in DHS’s custody related to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s connections to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). DHS has not complied with the subpoena, and Chairman Comer is now releasing partial DHS internal communications obtained from a whistleblower, revealing concerns among DHS officials about the CCP targeting politicians, including Governor Walz. Chairman Comer reiterates the Committee’s demand for documents and requests a transcribed interview with Jacob Marx, Senior Advisor of the Department’s Office of Legislative Affairs.

“Because of DHS’s lack of compliance with the Committee’s legal subpoena and unwillingness to cooperate in good faith, the Committee is releasing a small portion of the Department’s internal communications it received from a whistleblower. The information shows DHS officials with subject matter expertise discussing, on the same day Vice President Kamala Harris selected Governor Walz as her running mate, the CCP’s targeting of Governor Walz,” wrote Chairman Comer. “The Committee is releasing the message as an example of communications within DHS’s possession in which DHS officials express concern about the CCP targeting politicians and their influence operations at the state and local levels—and specifically, concerns...

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