WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) announced he has been sued and targeted (https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Scan12-11-2025-150619.pdf) by Communist China in a $50 Billion lawfare campaign. A first-of-its-kind lawsuit, filed by the People's Government of Wuhan Municipality, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology, targets Schmitt and the State of Missouri for standing up against China in 2020 for unleashing and worsening the COVID-19 pandemic by hoarding personal protective equipment. As Missouri Attorney General, Senator Schmitt filed and won lawsuit (https://mediaassets.kshb.com/NWT/uploads/prc-...