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US Lawmakers Urge Magnitsky Sanctions on Chinese Officials Over Pandemic Response

US Lawmakers Urge Magnitsky Sanctions on Chinese Officials Over Pandemic Response
U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting at The Venetian Las Vegas in Nevada April 6, 2019. Ethan Miller/Getty Images
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
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Three Republican congressmen have called on the Trump administration to impose Magnitsky sanctions on Chinese officials for human rights abuses relating to the regime’s coverup of the CCP virus outbreak.

Reps. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), and Lance Gooden (R-Texas), in a May 18 letter (pdf), urged Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to sanction seven Chinese officials under the Global Magnitsky Act.
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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