Just last week, Law Enforcement Today reported on 33 members of Congress with who were listed as advisory board members for an organization called the Humpty Dumpty Institute (HDI), some of them claiming they were unknowing members of that organization.
HDI has ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and a number of globalists.
Last month, an exclusive report was published by National File (NF) regarding HDI, a nonprofit which was once run by Mark Epstein, the brother of notorious sexual deviate Jeffrey Epstein.
Aside from ties to communist China and members of Congress, HDI is also tied to the United Nations and the US State Department.
The list of House members tied to HDI is a who’s who of Democratic Party leadership, including Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), the chair of the House Jan. 6 inquisition committee Bennie Thompson (D-MS), and Hank (Guam is gonna tip over) Johnson (D-GA).
Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, also former head of the House Freedom Caucus, was listed on the organization’s Congressional Advisory Board for years, however has since distanced himself from the organization, as noted during an interview with radio host Stew Peters.
While the revelations revealed last month flew pretty much under the radar for nearly a month, the Washington Examiner, as we cited in our report, wrote about HDI’s partnership with the Taihe Institute, a China-based think tank headed by a number of CCP and PLA members, as well as globalists who claim to have so-called “research centers” operating within the U.S. Breitbart also reported on the same findings detailed by the Examiner piece.
The senior fellows serving at the Taihe Institute is a who’s who of men tied to the Chinese Communist Party and the country’s military.
As we previously reported (and we will include that report below), the list of House members also includes seven Republican House members sitting on the HDI’s advisory board, with some of those listed having since distanced themselves from the group, including Andy Harris (R-WA) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL).
The Examiner reached out to a number of Democratic House members listed on the advisory panel, including Waters, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WA), none of whom returned requests for comment.
As we noted in our previous report, Green was somehow removed from HDI’s listing of advisory board members sometime last week, however his office didn’t return a request for comment seeking information if “he had resigned” from his board position.
NF said that it appears HDI organized meetings between the Taihe Institute leadership and members of Congress in the recent past.
There are a number of tweets published by HDI Director Al Khalafalla showing various members of congress and Biden’s cabinet (including US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power) apparently meeting with HDI and Taihe.
At UN with UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson and Congressman Bennie Thompson , Chair of Homeland Security Committee of US House of Representatives. The meeting was on 15.04.2015 and it was about UN Peace and Security in Africa. pic.twitter.com/YuR9IgimTa
— Dr. Al Khalafalla -د. الصادق خلف الله (@AlKhalafalla) December 27, 2021
With HE Marcia Fudge , then the Leader of Congressional Black Caucus , currently , The US Secretary of Housing and Urban Planning. pic.twitter.com/i2Zl49DJGr
— Dr. Al Khalafalla -د. الصادق خلف الله (@AlKhalafalla) December 23, 2021
Ambassdor Samantha Power , the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, is a passionate advocate for Aftica since her days when she was the US Ambassador to UN. pic.twitter.com/fkzV6ApFuG
— Dr. Al Khalafalla -د. الصادق خلف الله (@AlKhalafalla) December 22, 2021
مقدما رئيس لجنة الأمن الداخلي بالكونغرس بيني ثومبسون في احتفال.
Introducing Congressman Benne Thompson , the Chair of the Homeland Security Committee at an event. pic.twitter.com/8l8ntcFOVY— Dr. Al Khalafalla -د. الصادق خلف الله (@AlKhalafalla) October 17, 2021
One photograph noted by NF showed Taihe Institute Chairman Binge Ping, former HDI Director and Taihe Fellow Ruby “Yuyung” Wang, Khalafalla, HDI Director Joseph Merante, along with Wasserman Schultz and Johnson.
There is also video documentation of Ping and Wang standing alongside Khalafalla and Merante at a Chinese military-style ceremony where participants placed baskets of flowers at a statute of Communist Chairman Mao Zedong, at what looks to be the birthplace of Mao in the Hunan Province of China, NF wrote.
As initially reported by NF, and subsequently by the Examiner and Breitbart, HDI worked with the Taihe Institute in August 2017 on their first annual “Taihe Civilizations Forum.”
Leadership from HDI was present at all of the Taihe Institute’s forums, with the exception of one held this year.
The events have featured what only can be described as unusual questions about the future, memorialized in a bizarre promotional video produced for the annual event in 2018, which asked questions such as:
“What kind of individual rights can we grant to human-like robots in the future? Will artificial intelligence replace human labor? Will human thought be captured in the future? What does it mean to be human in the future? Can I live forever?”
Missing from reports in the Examiner and Breitbart, according to NF was the fact that HDI was once run by Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, Mark.
Moreover, in the early days of the organization, HDI leadership was partying hard with the one and only Ghislaine Maxwell, identified as Jeffrey Epstein’s “pimp” who is currently on trial related to a number of sexual crimes.
Some were also seen attending events with Maxwell at the United Nations, one of them including HDI Director Amir Dossal.
Mark Epstein also appears to be directly tied to the PLA-linked Taihe Institute, with a photograph taken from someone named Cosmo DeNicola’s Twitter account showing HDI’s top leadership photographed alongside Epstein, HDI Chairman Bing Ping and Wang.
For our original report, we invite you to:
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WASHINGTON, DC- Another day, another story about Chinese influence over American politicians. This time, Breitbart is reporting that 33 members of Congress are currently listed on the “congressional advisory board” of an organization linked with a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) think tank, citing a Washington Examiner report.
The Examiner reports that organization, the strangely-named Humpty Dumpty Institute (HDI) bragged about it’s partnership with the Taihe Institute, a China-based think tank which employs a number of current and former members of the CCP and the People’s Liberation Army as senior fellows.
In August, the Taihe Institute was one of three think tanks associated with China behind a report which referred to the United States as a “failed country” for our response to the COIVD pandemic, while pushing the false narrative that a military base in Maryland was behind the leak of the virus.
The list identified by the Examiner shows seven House Republicans and 26 Democrats sit on the advisory board, which “informally advises on programming and CAB [Change Advisory Board] members are active in HDI’s domestic and international activities,” the website says.
Breitbart reports that HDI has maintained a partnership with Taihe since 2017. HDI worked with Taihe on their first annual Taihe Civilizations Forum held in August of that year. HDI’s CEO was present for all of Taihe Institute’s forums, with the exception of the one held this year.
The Examiner reported:
HDI CEO Joseph Merante, a former career U.S. foreign service officer, spoke at the Taihe Institute’s annual Beijing-based Taihe Civilization Forum every year between 2017 and 2020.
During his talk at the 2017 Taihe Civilizations Forum, Merante urged China to improve its “cultural soft power” and worldwide influence by making better use of cultural and artistic exchanges.
And in his 2018 talk, Merante highlighted the HDI’s cooperation with Chinese businesses such as the video game developer Perfect world.
Upon learning HDI was tied to the Taihe Institute, a number of Republican House members condemned HDI, with at least some being unaware they were listed on HD’s advisory board, including Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD).
Harris told the Examiner:
“It comes as a complete surprise to me that I am listed as a member. I was never notified by the Institute that I was named to the “Advisory Board,” and I have had no interaction with the Institute at all since 2019, when I traveled on one sponsored trip to the Port of Antwerp as a member of the Ports Caucus.”
Furthermore, another Republican, Gus Bilirakis (FL) submitted his resignation from the board in a letter addressed to HDI:
“It is particularly abhorrent to me to be associated with an organization that has ties to a government widely known to actively support infanticide, engage in forced sterilization, exploit slave labor, and persecute religious minorities and political dissidents.
“Therefore I renounce any participation in HDI’s Congressional Advisory Board and seek the removal of my name from any promotional materials, documents, letterhead, and website references of your organization.
“Additionally, I implore you to reconsider your associations with the CP and to rethink what this connection has to your stated humanitarian mission.”
Breitbart noted that no Democrat member of Congress listed on HDI’s advisory board have yet spoken out against the organization after the Examiner’s blockbuster report. The Examiner did note that Texas Rep. Al Green (D) was removed from the website sometime between last Monday and Tuesday.
Among Democrats listed on HDI’s advisory board are some rather prominent House liberals, including Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL), Mad Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Mark Pocan (D-WI).
The strangely-named Humpty Dumpty Institute (HDI) received its name in 1998, with their mission defined as “putting the pieces back together,” speaking of broken international relations while also finding solutions to humanitarian problems. Those problems apparently do not include China’s human rights abuses of Muslim Uyghurs.
HDI says they have hosted over 550 members of Congress and staffers for summits with senior United Nations officials, while also organizing Congressional delegations to over 30 countries.
There is, however, no evidence HDI ever sponsored congressional travel to China. Republican members also noted they hadn’t discussed any matters related to China with the group.
Last Sunday, HDI issued a statement in which they claimed not to have accepted any funds from either the Taihe Institute or any Chinese Government entity. The group also said they had collaborated with the government of Taiwan on humanitarian projects in Vietnam and Sri Lanka, and had organized cultural programs in Taiwan.
While HDI also claims it hadn’t operated any program inside China, that doesn’t seem to match up with a January 2015 statement, in which they announced a Chinese video game developer, Perfect World, would represent HDI’s Higher Education Alliance program in Chinese universities, a five-year deal struck between the two groups.
Meanwhile, two other Republicans contacted by the Washington Examiner said they would maintain their affiliation with the group.
Rep. August Pfluger of Texas said, “After the Biden administration botched the Afghanistan withdrawal, I was pleased to work with any group willing to help confront the crisis. I am taking HDI at their word, and they have denied working with the CCP. If new information comes to light, I will reevaluate my position on the board.”
One other Republican board member, Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska said the HDI’s press release “satisfied” him that everything was legitimate via a statement issued by his office:
“The congressman was not aware of any reported relationship with the Taihe Institute when he joined. HDI has confirmed they have spoken on cultural diplomacy and the need for dialogue at conferences organized by Taihe but they have never accepted funding from Taihe or the PRC. Rep. Bacon is satisfied with their explanation.”
Earlier this year, we warned about Chinese ties abounding among many individuals nominated by Biden for administration posts. For more on that, we invite you to:
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WASHINGTON, DC- What could possibly go wrong? President Trump warned about Biden’s ties to the Chinese, yet somehow “80 million” people “voted” for him. Well, we are about to find out exactly how much we’re going to be compromised. We warned you.
Bill Burns, Biden’s pick to head the CIA has been president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, which has enjoyed a decade-long relationship with the China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF), the National Pulse has reported. The foundation dates back to at least 2009.
CUSEF is part of the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front, which seeks to “co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition” while encouraging other foreign interest to “adopt positions supportive of Beijing’s preferred policies.”
CUSEF has sponsored trips for CCP officials to speak at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the outlet reports.
For example, in 2009 CUSEF brought in the former mayor of Shanghai who also served as vice-chairman of the CCP’s Political Consultative Conference for a keynote speech, a trip that was paid for by CUSEF.
Moreover two years later, the founder of CUSEF Tung Chee-hwa spoke at a Carnegie event. He chairs the so-called “highest-ranking entity” which oversees China’s United Front.
The South China Morning Post reported that the Carnegie Endowment received “money from” CUSEF, and the two organizations often worked together on projects seeking to facilitate U.S.-China collaboration.
The two organizations also collaborated in 2012 on a project that sought to investigate the “views of the public and elites in five distinct categories—government, business, academia, the military and the media—regarding a number of national security issues, among them the nature of American and Chinese power both worldwide and in Asia to how each nation viewed each other.”
A collaboration was also developed with the China Strategic Culture Promotion Association (CSCPA), the leader of which is a former Chinese Navy officer who pushes a “strong” Chinese military.
The report, numbering 62 pages included a bevy of “recommendations for U.S. and Chinese policymakers, including the recommendation to ‘emphasize cooperation over competition’ and to ‘prevent the Taiwan issue from derailing broader cooperation.’”
As we said, what could possibly go wrong?
CUSEF produced a quarterly journal entitled “China-US Focus.” A number of Carnegie Endowment leaders have contributed to the publication, including a number under Burns’ leadership, who have contributed at least six articles to the publication together with Chinese Communist Party officials and People’s Liberation Army leaders.
That isn’t the only connection between the Carnegie Endowment and the CCP; introducing the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center, based in Beijing. A number of those associated with the institute have worked at the Chinese government-funded university as “guiding scholars.”
In addition, two of the senior fellows have significant, explicit ties to the CCP, including a man named Tong Zhao, who worked for the Office of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality, and Yan Xuetong, a member of the Consultation Committee of China’s Ministry of Commerce.
Not to be outdone, Tsinghua University is CCP leader Xi Jinping’s alma mater. It has a “clear connection” to the Chinese “state administration for technology and industry in discussions on what they can do to hep the national security,’ said former Senior Intelligence Officer and State Department official Nicholas Eftimiades.
That school was responsible in part for cyberattacks against the United States government and partners with such “news” outlets such as CNN and the New York Times for its “Marxist journalism” program, the Pulse said.
In addition, the center has hosted a number of American lawmakers as part of its desire to boost U.S.-China collaboration.
Those officials include former House Speaker Paul Ryan, former Secretary of State and US Senator John Kerry, and Elaine Chao, President Trump’s former transportation secretary and wife of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. How weird is that?
Biden’s “China problem” has a lot of conservatives and Republicans concerned. And unfortunately it doesn’t stop with Burns.
The National Pulse is also reporting that Biden’s pick for Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission delivered a keynote at the American Chamber of Commerce in China’s 2016 business conference held in Beijing.
Gary Gensler spoke at the group’s 2016 Asia Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce (APCAC) Business Conference.
A press release publicizing the event read:
“The theme of this year’s conference addresses China’s shift toward a new stage of economic development. Discussion topics will cover the wide rang of challenges and opportunities that are affecting US business in Asia, the future of Asia as a financial hub, China’s regional engagement, the “One Belt, One Road” initiative and the regional trading environment.”
The conference also included speakers from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), including the Ministry of Commerce’s Trade Representative, high-level leadership from state-run universities, think tanks and media outlets. American interests included corporations such as PepsiCo which were trying to access Chinese markets and…wait for it…DLA Piper, the firm where the husband of vice president Kamala Harris works. Another coincidence!
And the connections to Democrats don’t end there. Former Ambassador to China Max Baucus, a former United States Senator who was appointed by Barack Obama now consults for Chinese government-linked firms.
Baucus, who leveraged his ambassadorship into that arrangement, also gave an “off the record” keynote which identified the “environment and opportunities for US businesses operating throughout the Asia Pacific.”
Gensler meanwhile spoke at a luncheon which was entitled “China and the Global Economy: Slowing Growth, Increased Volatility and Implications for American Business.”
A group called AmCham China is a pro-Chinese Communist Party lobbying group, the leadership of which is comprised of American companies—investment banking firms, law firms, technology companies and so on—all invested in getting market access and outsourcing American jobs to China.
AmCham says:
“As a primary pillar in our pursuit of improving the business environment and helping American companies succeed in China, AmCham China’s advocacy efforts address a wide scope of industry needs and extend from the central government to the local municipality levels. AmCham China advocates on behalf of our members ‘evolving needs in the ever-changing China business landscape through a host of central and subnational government engagement efforts, large events such as the Annual Appreciation Dinner, and ongoing policy analysis and recommendations.”
Meanwhile, AmChan’s chairman has praised Huawei, a company which has collaborated with the Chinese military for years and was labeled a national security threat by President Trump and his administration.
The company’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party has raised concerns not only in the United States, but also in the UK and Sweden, which banned the use of the company’s equipment in their 5G networks. It is believed that Huawei uses its technology as a spying tool on consumers and governments.
Gensler is a typical Washington swamp creature of the type President Trump spent four years trying to eradicate from government.
He was Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under Obama, Chief Financial Officer of Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 presidential campaign, and led Biden’s Federal Reserve, Banking and Securities Regulators Transition Team efforts, the Pulse reported.
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