https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-rights/u-s-lawmakers-complain-trump-has-taken-no-meaningful-action-on-abuse-of-china-muslims-idUSKCN1QL26M“This issue is bigger than just China. It is about demonstrating to strongmen globally that the world will hold them accountable for their actions,” the lawmakers wrote in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The group is led by Eliot Engel, Democratic chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and includes Republican ranking member Representative Ted Yoho.
Pompeo wrote to the committee on Sept. 28 saying his department was looking into a request for sanctions on those responsible for abuses and for controls on exports of technology that facilitates mass detentions and surveillance of ethnic minorities in western China’s Xinjiang region, the letter said.
Erik Prince is definitely cashing out on this deal. Wonder how much money was sloshed around to let this pass over pesky norms in the agencies.
