Sen. Cotton Calls on AG Garland to Investigate Schools Allegedly Linked to Communist China

‘Undisclosed and unmonitored financial relationships between U.S. academia and the CCP are glaring national security risks,’ Sen. Tom Cotton said.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 25, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Pool/Getty Images

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) has asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate schools that may have ties with China’s communist regime amid concerns over Chinese infiltration into the U.S. education system.

In a letter dated Aug. 5 to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Cotton and seven GOP senators said that universities’ failure to disclose their financial ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) could threaten U.S. national security.