LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – In the month of June, Attorney General Dana Nessel published press releases over matters in six different states.
However, the Democrat AG has released her comments on the high-profile cases involving Chinese nationals smuggling biological material into the country using the University of Michigan laboratories.
Nessel silent on Michigan’s growing China problem.
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Nessel has addressed issues from coast to coast in June, chiming in on President Donald Trump using the National Guard to quell riots in Los Angeles to a court case in New York about the termination of the Jobs Corps. Just 70 miles from her office involving an international story about Chinese nationals and the University of Michigan, Nessel has not made any official statement.
Three Chinese nationals with ties to the University of Michigan were charged with federal crimes in June. The U.S. Attorney announced Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, were charged June 3 for trying to smuggle what it called a “dangerous biological pathogen” into the country for their work at the University of Michigan labs. On June 9, Chengxuan Han was charged with smuggling goods into the U.S. and making false statements. Han was invited as a visiting scholar at U-M and had previously mailed biological materials to the University of Michigan labs.
FBI Director Kash Patel called one of the biological materials smuggled into the U.S. “a dangerous biological pathogen.” U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon called the case involving Jian and Liu, “of the gravest national security concerns.”
Nessel, the state’s highest ranking law enforcement official, has not put out a press release on the issue.
Nessel issues statement on Minnesota lawmaker shootings.
Michigan’s AG did issue a press release on June 14 condemning the shootings of two Minnesota legislators over the weekend. Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman was shot and killed and Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman was shot and injured.
Nessel stated her department was not aware of any emergent danger in Michigan related to these shootings. Law enforcement took suspect Vance Boelter into custody on Sunday.
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In addition, Nessel’s office issued a June 13 press release on a case out of Massachusetts where a judge blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order that would prohibit non-citizens from registering to vote and disallow ballots received after Election Day.
Nessel’s numerous press releases.
On June 13, Nessel’s office also filed a legal brief in support of a case in New York over Job Corps, which the Trump administration has shut down.
On June 10, Nessel’s office put out a press release about 23andMe and its proposed sale of personal genetic information in a bankruptcy case in Missouri.
The day before on June 9, Nessel issued a press release on her supporting a lawsuit in Maryland opposing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives over plans to distribute Forced Reset Triggers, a gun conversion device.
Also on June 9, Nessel put out a press release criticizing Trump for using the National Guard to combat riots in California.