Recent Reports Show Kelly Accepting Campaign Donations From Huawei, Hiring Same Intel Firm as Weinstein
Washington, D.C – D.C. Darling Mark Kelly might want to start thinking twice about the company he keeps. According to recent reports, Mark Kelly is linked to Harvey Weinstein, a convicted sexual predator, and Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications company that’s been caught spying and does business with the Iranian regime. Kelly’s pledge to not accept corporate donations coupled with his already cozy ties to Communist China certainly make his campaign contribution from a Huawei lobbyist quite suspicious. If that wasn’t enough, Mark Kelly also did business with the same intelligence firm that Harvey Weinstein used to smear his sexual assault victims.
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National Review: Senator Mark Kelly Accepted Donation from Huawei Lobbyist
“…it is surprising that Kelly would accept a $1,000 donation from […] a registered lobbyist on behalf of Huawei, per OpenSecrets. While the junior senator from Arizona may be able to rake in the campaign contributions from individual lobbyists and other major corporate donors all the while keeping progressives pleased with his PAC pledge, it’s less clear if he’ll be able to justify taking money from lobbyists for foreign corporations explicitly opposed — and even suspected of committing crimes — by the government for which Kelly works.
“This is not the first time that Kelly’s relationship with Chinese entities has come into question.
“World View Enterprises, a space-exploration company co-founded by Kelly, has accepted investment money from Tencent Holdings, a Chinese firm that owns the messaging app WeChat and is known for its close ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Kelly reportedly played a key role in securing Tencent’s investment, and his campaign accepted $5,000 in contributions from David Wallerstein, Tencent’s chief exploration officer. The senator continues to have a stake in World View to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars.”
“The campaigns for President Joe Biden and Sen. Mark Kelly (D., Ariz.) hired the private intelligence firm that Harvey Weinstein’s legal team tapped to investigate and smear a woman who accused the disgraced Hollywood mogul of sexual assault. […]
“Kelly’s campaign paid K2 more than $314,000 for ‘security’ in four installments from December to March of this year, the records show […]
“Organizations like the New York Times have cut ties with lawyers who worked for Weinstein to smear his victims. The paper terminated its relationship with Weinstein lawyer and top Democratic lawyer David Boies in November 2017 following revelations that he hired another company, Black Cube, to spy on Weinstein accusers.”
Statement from NRSC Spokeswoman Katharine Cooksey: “It’s just another day for Mark Kelly if he’s cozying up to Communist China. After courting communist Chinese-backed money for his company, he’s taken to accepting campaign cash from a lobbyist for Huawei, the communist Chinese-backed telecom company. From the man who said attending Chinese government-run conferences are ‘absolute highlights of my life,’ we expect nothing less. Mark Kelly claims he works for Arizonans, but all he does is find ways to benefit his communist pals.”
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