Members of Congress have dished out large campaign payments for over a decade to a Chinese-owned newspaper the Department of Justice forced to register as a foreign agent, records show.
Campaigns for eight Democratic and Republican politicians have paid over $41,500 combined between 2011 and 2023 for advertisements in Sing Tao U.S., according to campaign finance disclosures reviewed by the Washington Examiner. The newspaper is a subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based Sing Tao News Corporation and reported itself as a foreign agent in 2021 that is involved in"political activity," DOJ filings under the Foreign Agents Registration Act show.
"It's a large law firm, and so they designate someone to work with us. They think those amounts are correct. And they are listed as newspaper advertisements, but they may be more accurate to be listed as a nonfederal committee," Eshoo said, later adding the payments were"for ads" though may have for some reason gone through the San Mateo, California, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus.
The Washington Examiner could not confirm with the campaign which specific payments in the FEC database it was referring to in 2020 and 2022. However, the campaign did send $450 in July 2022 to the caucus for a"newspaper ad," which Fagin initially said corresponded to one Sing Tao-linked payment before saying her email records contrarily indicated a $300 payment, according to filings.
Another lawmaker who paid Sing Tao is Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , whose campaign steered it $442 in May for"print advertising," campaign finance disclosures show. Her campaign previously paid it $5,000 combined between 2020 and 2022 for various matters, including"vaccination ads," general"advertising," and an"advertising expense."
The campaign for Rep. Grace Meng , who has come under fire from Republicans for being allegedly linked to a CCP operative, paid Sing Tao $1,000 in November 2022 for a"print advertisement" after previous payments of more than $12,300 combined for"advertising" between 2012 and 2020, according to disclosures.
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