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Donald Trump’s FBI director, Kash Patel, is investigating his business relationships, including a group owned by Shein, a Chinese fast fashion retailer, accused of using forced labor.
PATEL said that according to the British business record in the form of a financial disclosure, Elite Depot, a Cayman Islands group that owns Shein, has $ 1 million to $ 5 million worth of stocks. The steak was the largest asset in Patel’s release.
Human rights organizations and US lawmakers, including Trump’s Secretary of State, former Florida Republican Republican Republican Marco Rubio, accused Shein forced labor in China. Shein previously said in Financial Times that there was a “zero -free policy” regarding forced labor.
Patel, who is simply served as Deputy Director of the National Intelligence Service at the first Trump administration, is no longer working in an elite warehouse. But in his open form, he said he would maintain his limited stocks. Two days after the Senate Confirmation Hearing, the first trench of inventory on February 1.
“The coming FBI is a fashion consultant at the Shadowy Cayman Holding Company, which is connected to the Chinese Communist Slave Labor Manufacturer, and has a $ 5 million fee. . . WTF ”Connecticut’s Democratic Senator Chris Murphy wrote on Friday’s social media platform X.
Patel is one of the most controversial candidates of the Trump administration. Remained to Trump’s loyalty, he defended the top priority Qanon conspiracy theory and threatened retaliation against the president’s opponents in the government and the media.
He vowed to close the FBI’s Washington headquarters, saying, “On the first day, he reopened as the ‘Deep Haeju Museum’, and he promised to take root in the US law enforcement agency.
PATEL is also a board member of Trump Media & Technology Group and operates the president’s truth social platform.
PATEL criticized Shein’s rival Temu as a sculpture published in the US media while working in Elite Depot. In an article in the Washington Times, PATEL insisted that TEMU is a “much larger threat” in the United States than Tiktok, a short -term video app owned by a Chinese company bytedance.
On Thursday, the Senate Judicial Commission delayed the vote on whether to send to the Senate to confirm the nomination of the entire Senate of Patel, according to the Democratic Party’s objection.
Patel spokesman said, “I went on top, including” many meetings with Senators, revealing and reporting all sources of income and testifying for six hours before the judiciary panel. “
The spokesman added, “The Senate has evaluated all potential conflicts and concerns.” PATEL added that it would be promptly confirmed by the Senator and expected to vote on the committee on Thursday.
When confirmed, the PATEL will succeed in Beijing’s vocal critic, Christopher Wray. China repeatedly refused to participate in spies.
WRAY, which was appointed by Trump in 2017 and will serve for 10 years, went down ahead of the president’s inauguration last month.
Shein has funded the lobby campaign in the Western capital, including Washington and London, because he fought against the political and regulatory backlash against environmental records and supply chain practices.
The fashion group will be listed in London a few weeks after being rejected by the US regulatory agency. Last year, last year, Rubio urged the UK to investigate whether shein used forced labor, and pointed out that “we did not meet our listing requirements due to concerns about non -ethical and irresponsible business practices.”
On Friday, Trump revised the administrative order to restore the duty of less than $ 800 and the exemption of a wide range of customs checks when entering the United States. Reprive will help shein.
Shein was challenged by TEMU, a copycat platform that directly deliveres cheap products to US consumers. These groups are submerged in a bitter fight against Chinese suppliers and US legal battles.
Patel said he was imported from EPOCH TIMES, an anti -CCP publication in partnership with the anti -system group Falun Gong.
Additional report of Ryan Mcmorrow in Beijing
