House Oversight investigating Walz over 'longstanding connections' to China

EXCLUSIVE: The House Oversight Committee is investigating Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and his alleged "longstanding connections" to China and CCP-linked entities, Fox News Digital has learned.

Fox News Digital exclusively obtained a letter that House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., penned to FBI Director Christopher Wray, notifying the bureau of the committee’s investigation into Walz.

"The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is conducting a government-wide investigation into the Chinese Communist Party’s political warfare operations against America and the response from federal agencies," he wrote. "Vice President Kamala Harris recently announced her vice presidential running mate, Timothy Walz, the current governor of Minnesota."

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Comer said that the committee had been briefed by the FBI on April 22 and July 17 — both briefings occurred before Walz was named Harris’ running mate.

However, Comer said that FBI briefers told the committee that the bureau’s Foreign Influence Task Force "investigates exactly the kind of activity that has since come to light about Governor Walz."

Comer is now seeking information about the Chinese entities and officials Walz has "engaged and partnered with," as well as any "warnings or advice the FBI may have given to Governor Walz about U.S. political figures being targeted by or recruited for CCP influence operations."

Comer said Walz has "longstanding connections to CCP-connected entities and officials that make him susceptible" to the CCP’s strategy of "elite capture," which seeks to co-opt influential figures in elite