James Comer Releases Information on Tim Walz's Alleged Ties With China After DHS' "Unwillingness to Cooperate in Good Faith"

The Republican-led House Oversight Committee released on Tuesday information from an alleged whistleblower about what it claims to be information regarding Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz's ties with the Chinese government, part of an investigation in launched months ago.

Committee chairman James Comer authorized the release of a screenshot it says comes from an internal communication board at the Department of Homeland Security, where a user claims that Walz being nominated as vice president "feeds into what prc (for the People's Republic of China) has been doing here with him and local gov."

"It's seriously a line of the intel. Target someone who is perceived they can get to DC," the message adds. The committee's publication doesn't specify who sent the message or where, claiming it is releasing the message due to "DHS' lack of compliance with our legal subpoena and unwillingness to cooperate in good faith."

"A whistleblower has provided further information to the Committee that indicates officials from DHS's Office of Intelligence and Analysis and Homeland Security Investigations have been involved in the Department's investigative and/or intelligence work connected with the CCP, the state of Minnesota, and Governor Walz," the message adds. It doesn't specify whether it will release more information if the department continues refusing to comply with its subpoena.

Walz's alleged ties with China went back under the spotlight this week after the Daily Mail reported that he had a "secret fling" with the daughter of a top Chinese official while teaching in the country in 1989.

The piece features a claim by Jenna Wang, who said the Minnesota governor "showered her with gifts and seduced her at his poky staff accommodation at No.1 High School in Foshan, Guangdong Province." It adds that Walz and Wang could "not risk holding hands or showing affection in public because Wang's dad was a high-ranking figure in the Chinese Communist Party who could disown her for fraternizing with a westerner."

However, they kept seeing each other "behind closed doors," leading Wang to "dream about marriage and a new life in the United States." "We were deeply in love and I wanted to marry him and start a family. When it didn't happen, I felt very unhappy and sad. Tim's behavior was very selfish," Wang told the outlet.

She went on to detail how she believed they would start a new life in the U.S., even resigning from her job and sending Walz a passport photo and personal information. However, the relationship reportedly began to sour as a result of "clumsy, romantic gestures in public" from Walz. They then collided after Walz said she was more interested in the passport than the relationship, eventually leading to a breakup.