The U.S. states of Missouri and Mississippi are suing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), holding the CCP government responsible for the plague caused by the New Coronavirus and seeking financial compensation for the deaths, suffering and economic losses suffered by those caused by the plague. (fotolia)
Two Republican states in the United States are still actively pursuing lawsuits against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), holding it responsible for the global New Coronavirus outbreak and seeking large claims against it. One of the states has already issued subpoenas to the CCP and several of its ministries, among others.
It has been more than a year since the world was ravaged by the New Coronavirus, an epidemic that has infected more than 33 million people and killed nearly 600,000 in the U.S. The U.S. remains trapped in an epidemic-linked recession.
The former Trump administration has been accusing the Chinese Communist Party of being the cause of the epidemic and said it would be held accountable, but the Biden administration has said it is unlikely to punish the Chinese Communist Party over the epidemic. Other legal experts say the cases face obstacles because foreign governments often have sovereign immunity.
In the face of these factors, Mississippi and Missouri have not given up on pursuing the CCP in any way, and are aggressively pursuing litigation in a variety of ways.
Mississippi issued subpoenas to several Chinese Communist Party ministries and the Wuhan Virus Institute
Fox News reported that Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said in a statement this week that “Mississippi families and businesses deserve financial compensation because of the malicious and dangerous (spreading of the outbreak) actions of the Chinese (Communist Party of China).” “The lawsuit is currently in the judicial process and we look forward to justice for the people of Mississippi.”
Local Mississippi media outlet WLBT reported that the Southern District Court of Mississippi issued subpoenas to the Communist Party of China and several Chinese Communist Party ministries on Dec. 9, as well as to the Wuhan Virus Institute, from which the virus is known to have emanated.
According to reports, the subpoenas were issued to: the People’s Republic of China, the Communist Party of China (CPC), the CPC National Health Commission, the CPC Ministry of Emergency Management, the CPC Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Hubei Provincial Government and the Wuhan Municipal Government. According to court records, the court also issued subpoenas to the Wuhan Institute of Virus Research and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
By law, these entities are supposed to have 21 days to respond after receiving the subpoenas, and if they do not respond, the district court notified them that “judgment by default will be entered against you to seek relief in the complaint.”
Missouri: Act on lawsuit as soon as possible
Missouri was the first state to file a lawsuit against the Chinese Communist Party last April, holding it responsible for the global spread of the outbreak and seeking damages for the “enormous loss of life, human suffering and economic disruption” caused by the virus.
The lawsuit says the pandemic resulted from “egregious deception, concealment, malfeasance and inaction by the Chinese Communist authorities.”
“In the critical weeks of the initial outbreak, the CCP authorities deceived the public, suppressed critical information, arrested whistleblowers, denied human-to-human transmission in the face of mounting evidence, (CCP) sabotaged critical medical research, exposed millions of people to the virus, and even stockpiled medical personal protective equipment, leading to a preventable global pandemic that could have been avoided. global pandemic that could have been prevented.” The lawsuit also says.
In addition to holding the Chinese Communist Party responsible for the largest possible financial settlement, Missouri officials say the state is seeking to formally hold the Chinese government accountable for its actions in exacerbating the virus outbreak and to find out more about how the Chinese government handled the virus and the truth about its origins.
A year after launching the lawsuit, Missouri says it is still actively pursuing the case. This week, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s office told Fox News, “We are currently looking at other ways to serve subpoenas and take action on this case as soon as possible.” “The attorney general’s office remains committed to holding the Chinese (Communist) government accountable for the outbreak.”
Schmidt has said that “our allegations are very specific. We are confident in the presentation of the facts, the longevity of the litigation and the ability of our legal team.”
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As a result of the tragic epidemic, there has been much talk of global recourse to the Chinese Communist Party. Numerous countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Italy, Spain and Brazil, have formed a consensus to hold the CCP accountable.
In March of last year, the U.S. states of Florida, Texas, Nevada and California launched at least seven lawsuits against the Chinese Communist government.
To circumvent restrictions in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), the defendants in the Missouri and Mississippi lawsuits include the Chinese Communist Party. Because the FSIA restricts Americans from suing foreign governments, these officials said they would not be hindered by the FSIA if they sued the Chinese Communist Party, which controls the government.
And the U.S. Congress is also working to clear the way for recovery from the CCP. On April 17 of last year, U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-CA) and Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-CA) introduced a bill that would amend the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to strip the Chinese Communist Party of its judicial immunity from the plague and allow Americans to sue the Chinese Communist Party in federal court to seek compensation for death, injury and economic harm caused by the new coronavirus.
In early April, senior Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Banks (R-Okla.) called on the Biden administration to take action to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for the New Coronavirus outbreak, demanding huge economic losses and taking it to the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
Banks sent a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken asking why he has not yet “committed to punishing China for what it has done in the outbreak.
Banks said last year that compensation from the Chinese Communist Party could take many forms, including forcing Beijing to forgive some or all of the U.S. government’s obligations to the U.S. Treasury, imposing punitive tariffs on Chinese goods, and requiring the Chinese Communist Party to withdraw its investments from the U.S. state retirement fund.
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