Judicial Watch Sues for Records on Tim Walz’s Connections to Chinese Communist Party

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for records regarding Minnesota governor and 2024 Democrat vice presidential candidate Tim Walz’s connections to the Chinese Communist Party (Judicial Watch Inc. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (No. 1:25-cv-00625)).

Judicial Watch sued after Homeland Security failed to respond to an October 29, 2024, FOIA request for:

All documents and communications in the DHS Microsoft Teams group chat “NST NFT Bi-Weekly Sync” from July 1, 2024, to present, including all accompanying, uploaded, or imbedded attachments and documents, referring or relating to Minnesota Governor Timothy J. Walz (or the office and/or staff of Governor Walz) 

All Intelligence Information Reports and Regional Intelligence Notes (including these documents that have been titled or categorized differently) from November 1, 2023, to present related to Minnesota Governor Timothy J. Walz (or the office and/or staff of Governor Walz).

 All requests for assistance or referrals to other federal agencies regarding Minnesota Governor Timothy J. Walz

On October 29, 2024, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said a Homeland Security whistleblower told the committee that Walz was a “target” of the Chinese Communist Party as “someone they can get to DC.” The whistleblower also disclosed “that officials from DHS’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have been involved in the Department’s investigative and/or intelligence work connected with the CCP, the state of Minnesota, and Governor Walz,”

“Quite simply, there is a massive cover-up of what the Deep State knows about Tim Walz’s connections Chinese Communist Party,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “Secretary Noem should quickly release any records in response to Judicial Watch’s lawsuit.”

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