{"id":2343684,"date":"2024-09-19T22:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T02:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andy-ogles-and-house-republicans-press-intelligence-community-on-malign-ccp-influence-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T22:39:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T02:39:57","slug":"andy-ogles-and-house-republicans-press-intelligence-community-on-malign-ccp-influence-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andy-ogles-and-house-republicans-press-intelligence-community-on-malign-ccp-influence-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Ogles and House Republicans press intelligence community on \u2018malign\u2019 CCP influence &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fandy-ogles-and-house-republicans-press-intelligence-community-on-malign-ccp-influence-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2343684&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Andy Ogles, along with several\u200b House Republicans, is urging the \u2062U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-intel-chairman-to-hold-classified-briefings-for-republicans-on-fisa\/\" title=\"House Intel chair to host classified GOP briefings on FISA.\">intelligence \u2063community<\/a> to provide clarity on the alleged corrupt activities and wealth of leaders within the \u200dChinese Communist Party (CCP). In a letter addressed to Avril D. Haines, the Director of National Intelligence, the\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amtrak-expects-to-temporarily-slash-service-over-biden-vaccine-mandate\/\" title=\"Amtrak Expects to Temporarily Slash Service over Biden Vaccine Mandate\">lawmakers expressed frustration<\/a> over the intelligence community&#8217;s failure to complete a report on \u200bthis topic, which was requested by Congress over a \u200byear ago. Ogles criticized the delay, stating it is unacceptable, and emphasized the importance of the report in shedding light on the corrupt practices of the CCP. Co-signers of the letter included Reps. Pat \u200cFallon, Barry Moore,\u2062 John Rose, Diana Harshbarger, and Clay Higgins. They argue that understanding the wealth of Chinese leaders\u2014which includes an investigation suggesting President Xi Jinping\u2062 may\u200c have hidden wealth exceeding $707 million\u2014could raise\u200d significant questions about the integrity of the Chinese leadership, especially \u200bin light of their low official salaries.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Andy Ogles and House Republicans press intelligence community on &lsquo;malign&rsquo; CCP influence<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1764915\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash;<\/strong> Rep.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3153207\/andy-ogles-introduces-bill-cut-fees-veterans-affairs-home-loans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andy Ogles<\/a>&nbsp;(R-TN) is leading a group of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House Republicans<\/a> in a letter calling for the intelligence community to give answers regarding the Chinese Communist Party&rsquo;s &ldquo;wealth and corrupt activities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In the letter directed at Director of National Intelligence Chairwoman Avril D. Haines and shared with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, the lawmakers say the intelligence community is eight months late after Congress gave it a year to complete a report on China&rsquo;s top leaders&rsquo;s wealth.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is beyond unacceptable that Director Haines has failed to produce a completed report regarding the corruption of the genocidal CCP,&rdquo; Ogles told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;Nearly 21 months later, members of Congress are still awaiting information that would undermine Communist China&rsquo;s evil regime. Why is the director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fncs-carlson-if-youre-looking-for-election-rigging-look-no-further-than-media-treatment-of-hunter-biden-saga\/\" title=\"FNC&#039;s Carlson: &#039;If You&#039;re Looking for Election Rigging, Look No Further&#039; Than Media Treatment of Hunter Biden Saga\">national intelligence<\/a> unable to comply with a simple congressional request? It is a great concern to me and several of my colleagues that we have yet to receive an update on a critically important delayed report from our intelligence community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Pat Fallon (R-TX), Barry Moore (R-AL), John Rose (R-TN), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), and Clay Higgins (R-LA) co-signed the letter.<\/p>\n<p>The letter argues that there&rsquo;s benefit to a more in-depth analysis of Chinese leaders&rsquo;s wealth given the information revealed already. A <em>Bloomberg News<\/em> investigation estimated Chinese President Xi Jinping&rsquo;s hidden wealth to be just over $707 million despite a public salary of $22,256 a year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The eventual publishing of this report will likely reveal that numerous top Chinese Communist Party officials are bona fide billionaires, with wealth stored around the world,&rdquo; the letter says. &ldquo;The report may also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wow-elizabeth-warren-jumps-into-the-gamestock-controversy-and-begs-sec-to-investigate-reddit-and-social-media\/\" title=\"Wow! Elizabeth Warren Jumps into the GameStock Controversy and Begs SEC to Investigate Reddit and Social Media\">raise questions<\/a> within China as to how people like Xi Jinping &mdash; who rakes in an annualized salary on par with D.C. House interns &mdash; could have amassed huge sums of cash, given that leadership salaries are largely nominal and intended to demonstrate sacrifice and solidarity with the Chinese working class.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>An investigation could also reveal how the leaders are delivering for China&rsquo;s people given they face a &ldquo;persistent collapse in consumer confidence, with consumer confidence contributing to less than half of all economic growth,&rdquo; the letter says.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The credibility of the Chinese Communist Party as an institution reflecting the interests of the Chinese people and the ability to burnish economic success is waning, and while the Chinese economy remains in doldrums, the United States must take the opportunity to highlight the hypocrisy of the CCP&rsquo;s leadership,&rdquo; the letter continued.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The letter gives the Office of the Director of National Intelligence two weeks to respond to the letter &ldquo;detailing to us the progress the IC has made thus far in compiling this report, as well as how much longer the IC anticipates a finished product will take.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A <em>European Journal of Political Economy<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0176268024000612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>study<\/a> of officials found guilty of corruption in China from 2012 to 2021 showed the amount of &ldquo;corruption is positively associated with education, administrative level of the official, and years of membership in the Communist Party.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1764915\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1764915\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Ogles and House Republicans urge intelligence community to address &#8216;malign&#8217; CCP influence EXCLUSIVE \u2014 Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) is spearheading a coalition of House Republicans in a letter demanding that the intelligence community provide information about the Chinese Communist Party&#8217;s &#8220;wealth and corrupt activities.&#8221; The correspondence, addressed to Director of National Intelligence Chairwoman Avril D. Haines and shared with the Washington Examiner, criticizes the intelligence community for being eight months overdue on a report concerning the wealth of China&#8217;s top leaders, which Congress had allowed a year for completion. &#8220;It is completely unacceptable that Director Haines has not delivered a finished report on the corruption within the genocidal CCP,&#8221; Ogles stated to the Washington Examiner. &#8220;After nearly 21 months, Congress members are still waiting for information that could challenge Communist China\u2019s nefarious regime. Why is it so difficult for the director of national intelligence to fulfill this straightforward congressional request? It raises significant concerns among me and my colleagues that we have yet to receive an update on this crucially delayed report from our intelligence agencies.&#8221; Co-signers of the letter include Reps. Pat Fallon (R-TX), Barry Moore (R-AL), John Rose (R-TN), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), and Clay Higgins (R-LA). The letter emphasizes that an in-depth examination of Chinese leaders&#8217; wealth would be beneficial given existing revelations; for instance, Bloomberg News estimated President Xi Jinping&#8217;s concealed wealth at over $707 million despite his official salary being only $22,256 annually. &#8220;The eventual release of this report will likely uncover that many high-ranking officials in the Chinese Communist Party are genuine billionaires with assets hidden globally,&#8221; it states. Additionally, it suggests that such findings may provoke questions within China regarding how individuals like Xi Jinping\u2014who earns an annual salary comparable to D.C. House interns\u2014could accumulate vast fortunes when leadership salaries are primarily symbolic and meant to reflect sacrifice alongside solidarity with ordinary workers in China. An investigation might also shed light on how these leaders are serving their citizens amid ongoing declines in consumer confidence\u2014a factor contributing less than half towards economic growth\u2014as noted in the letter: &#8220;The credibility of the Chinese Communist Party as an institution representing its people&#8217;s interests is diminishing; while China&#8217;s economy struggles, it&#8217;s essential for America to expose CCP leadership&#8217;s hypocrisy.&#8221; The letter requests a response from the Office of Director of National Intelligence within two weeks detailing progress made on compiling this report as well as estimates on when it will be completed. A study published in European Journal of Political Economy examining officials convicted of corruption between 2012 and 2021 found correlations between corruption levels and factors such as education level, administrative rank, and duration of membership in the Communist Party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2343685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Andy-Ogles.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36962,41280,32920,41281,32076],"class_list":["post-2343684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-andy-ogles","tag-ccp-influence","tag-house-republicans","tag-intelligence-community","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Andy-Ogles.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2343685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}