A report on the wealth and corrupt activities of senior Chinese Communist Party officials could generate leverage over Beijing.
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New Trump administration officials have the opportunity to spearhead the release of a powerful tool to confront the Chinese Communist Party: a report that would expose the corrupt practices of its senior members. Despite orders from Congress the Biden administration failed to release the report.
In 2022, Congress tasked the Director of National Intelligence and State Department to produce a report on the wealth and corrupt practices of senior Chinese Communist Party officials in the National Defense Authorization Act, but the Biden administration officials failed to publicly release that report by the deadline established by lawmakers.
