'LAWMAKERS PRESS DOJ TO INVESTIGATE TIANANMEN SQUARE MUSEUM VANDALISM, CHINA TIES'

Washington, July 9 -- Rep. Chris Smith issued the following press release:

Two House lawmakers are calling on the federal government to step in following reported vandalism of a California museum.

Reps. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), co-chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), and John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chair of the House Select Committee on China, sent a letter (https://chrissmith.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Letter_to_DOJ_on_TNR_FINAL.pdf) on Wednesday to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche calling on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the recent vandalism of the June Fourth Massacre Memorial Museum in El Monte, Calif., as a potential act of transnational repression involving the Chinese Communist Party (C...