1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

Oppose FBI nominee Kash Patel. In his disclosures, Patel has disclosed that he has shares in of a Cayman Islands holding company, Elite Depot Ltd. Elite Depot Ltd is tied to a Chinese corporation that the Senate and even a pro-Trump report have accused of “slave labor.” Patel says he won’t divest these shares. Elite Depot Ltd includes directors of the Chinese retail giant Shein, which has been investigated and excoriated by the Senate and Sec of State Rubio. A Senate committee found that Shein was evading import taxes. The Senate report also connected Shein to Uyghur genocide. The Pro-Trump group America First Policy Institute released a report accusing Shein of slave labor and exploiting Uyghurs and other minorities The FBI director should not be earning millions from a US importer than benefits from slave labor and that potentially has ties to the CCP. Last year, Rubio asked the SEC to block Shein’s IPO because of the lack of transparency and suspicions that Shein is controlled by the CCP. Therefore, Patel must not be confirmed. He has not been transparent in his disclosures, and should not be invested in a corporation with such close ties to China and CCP.