Did China and Cuba fund US socialists? Florida’s attorney general demands answers
Florida’s attorney general has issued an investigative subpoena to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) to determine whether the group accepted money or other support from the Chinese and Cuban governments. Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the move in a video posted on social media on Tuesday, saying his office wanted to establish whether the organisation “accepted contributions or support from foreign sources of concern, including the regimes in Cuba and China”, and whether its...
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