50 Lawmakers Demand Answers from AG Garland Over CCP-Linked Marijuana Farms

‘In some cases, the grow operators were also engaged in human trafficking, forced labor, drug trafficking, and violent crime,’ the lawmakers wrote.

Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) speaks to The House Oversight and Reform Committee following testimony about gun violence in Washington on June 8, 2022. Jason Andrew/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

A bipartisan group of 50 senators and House members is requesting that Attorney General Merrick Garland provide information on illegal marijuana cultivation operations in the United States that are tied to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

The lawmakers, led by Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.), Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), sent a letter to Mr. Garland on Feb. 2, expressing their concerns.