Cash Patel, Donald Trump’s candidate for the FBI director, has been scrutinized because of his commercial relations, including the shares contract in a group that owns Shin, the fast Chinese retail stores accused of using forced work.

Patel stated in the financial disclosure model that it carries shares of $ 1 million -5 million dollars in Elite Depot, a group of Kayman Islands, according to business records in the United Kingdom, owned by Sheen. The class was the largest assets in the disclosure of Patel.

American human rights groups and American legislators, including Republican Marco Rubio, former Senate Member of Florida who is now Foreign Minister Trump, Shin was accused of using forced work In its operations in China. Shene previously told the Financial Times that it had a “policy that carries zero” regarding forced work.

PatelWho briefly worked as the Acting Vice Director of National Intelligence in the Trump Administration, no longer works in Elite Depot. But in the form of disclosure, he said he would keep restricted shares. A first segment of the shares applied on February 1, two days after the Senate confirmation session.

“The next FBI director worked for a period of 8 months as a fashion consultant for the Dark Holding Company connected to the Chinese Slave Party manufacturing company in the Communist Party, and he gets up to $ 5 million in fees. Connecticut, on the social media platform x on Friday.

Patel is one of the most controversial candidates in the Trump administration. He is seen as a loyal to Trump, and has defended the theories of the extremist conspiracy of the law and threatened revenge against the opponents of the Maga Movement in the government and the media.

He pledged to close the headquarters of the FBI in Washington “on the first day and reopened the next day as a museum for the” deep state “, which he pledged to get out of American law enforcement agencies.

Patel is also a board member of the Trump Group of Media and Technology, which runs the head of the social podium.

While working for Elite Depot, Patel Temu, a shein competitor, criticized the opinion articles published in the American media. In one article in the Washington Times, Patel claimed that Timo was “a much greater threat to the United States than Tijook, which is the famous short video application owned by a Chinese company Biotans.

Rush Dushi, a former China National Security Council official in Biden, wrote that X is that Patel’s relations are with Shin If it is a “truly shock”, especially amid reports that the FBI will reduce its focus on the effects of the Chinese government’s influence in the United States.

When he was asked about the criticism of Duchi, Patel’s spokesperson highlighted a comment in the candidate’s confirmation session in which he said that the priorities of national security “will include espionage CCP (the Chinese Communist Party), which spreads these five years across our country.”

The spokesperson rejected the criticism coming from the Biden administration, saying it “left the CCP balloon to fly across America.” “This allows CCP to buy American agricultural lands. This allowed CCP Fentanyl to kill America’s youth. Give me a break.”

On Thursday, the Senate Judicial Committee launched a vote on whether Patel’s nomination will be sent to the full Senate for confirmation, after objections from the Democrats.

A Patel spokesman said that he “went further,” including “countless meetings with members of the Senate, revealing and reporting all sources of income” and testimony for six hours before the Judicial Committee.

The spokesman said: “The Senate has evaluated all the conflicts and potential concerns,” adding that Patel is looking forward to the vote of a committee on Thursday and for sure quickly by the Senate.

If confirmed, Patel will succeed Christopher Ray, who was a Voice critic of BeijingHe accused her of extensive spy operations. China has repeatedly denied engaging in spying against the United States.

Ray, who was appointed by Trump in 2017 and was scheduled to work for a decade, Stem Before the opening of the president last month.

Shen has plowed the money in the pressure campaign in Western capitals, including Washington and London, where she sought to fight against a A political and organizational reaction During its environmental record and supply chain practices.

Fashion collection You seek the list in London In the coming weeks after the American organizers rejected it. Last year, Rubio urged the United Kingdom to investigate whether Shane had used forced labor, indicating her failure to meet the requirements of American inclusion “because of concerns about her unethical and irresponsible commercial practices.”

Friday, Trump Amended an executive order To re -exemption from customs tariffs and wide customs checks for charges of less than $ 800 in value upon entering the United States. It will help Rarver Shein.

Shein has been challenged by TEMU, which is a low -cost copying platform from China directly to American consumers. The groups were imprisoned in a bitter battle for suppliers in China as well as legal battles in the United States.

In his financial disclosure, Patel also said that he had received income from The Epoch Times, a Falun Gong, a group of dissident.

Additional reports by Ryan McKino in Beijing