Senator Urges Newsweek to Reconsider Relationship With Contributor Who’s a Registered Agent for China

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations on Capitol Hill on Sept. 28, 2021. Patrick Semansky-Pool/Getty Images

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has warned Newsweek magazine that one of its contributors is registered as a foreign agent of the Chinese regime.

In a Jan. 3 letter, Scott said Vipp Jaswal agreed to receive $210,000 in advance from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to find social media influencers willing to endorse the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.