CCP Diplomat Tried to Lobby US Lawmakers to Deflect Blame for Causing US Fentanyl Crisis

The Chinese regime’s top diplomat has been reaching out to members on the House Intelligence Committee to deflect responsibility for the flow of illicit fentanyl into the United States, according to a GOP lawmaker.

Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), a member of the Doctors Caucus and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, is among many lawmakers who have voiced alarm about how Chinese traffickers are sending fentanyl precursors to Mexico for cartels to convert to the end product and send across the border.

Chinese ambassador Qin Gang has recently reached out to Wenstrup to meet with him, the Congressman told “Capitol Report,” a program on The Epoch Times’ sister media, NTD.

The topic came up on Sept. 23 at the “Commitment for America” event in Pennsylvania, where House Republicans, led by Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), unveiled their legislative roadmap if they take control of the House. One of their promises was to implement strict oversight into China’s role in the influx of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 100 times more potent than morphine.

Qin at the meeting was defensive about the fentanyl issue, insisting that Beijing was “getting blamed for the fentanyl surge in the United States of America,” Wenstrup said.

“He said, ‘we’re just selling legal products.’ And I said, ‘Yeah, but those legal products combined are making fentanyl, and you’re doing nothing to make sure they don’t fall into the wrong hands,’” the congressman said.

Customs and Border Protection officers seized approximately 47,000 rainbow-colored fentanyl pills, 186,000 blue fentanyl pills, and 6.5 pounds of meth hidden in a floor compartment of a vehicle, at the Nogales port of entry on Sept. 3, 2022. (CBP)

A majority of illicit fentanyl and related substances trafficked into the United States are originally sourced from China, contributing to the

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