Threat to Our Food Supply: Chinese Nationals Caught Smuggling Agroterrorism Fungus Into America

Two people from China have been accused of bringing a harmful fungus into the U.S., which could hurt our food and people’s health. This fungus could be used as a weapon against our food supply, which could harm our economy and people’s lives. One of these people has connections to the Chinese government and works at a university in Michigan. There’s a debate about whether to restart a program aimed at stopping spying by China in U.S. universities.

Two Chinese nationals have been charged with smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen into the United States. And this pathogen is considered a serious threat to our food supply and thus our national security. Fox’s David Spunt is here with all the details. David, this is terrifying. Laurie, it really is quite an interesting story. According to the Justice Department, one of them worked at a laboratory connected to the University of Michigan. The FBI arrested 33-year-old Yu-Kwing Jun for allegedly smuggling in a fungus called fusarium graminarium, which could be used as an agro-terrorism weapon. The gases from the fungus could cause liver damage, vomiting, and reproductive defects in humans and livestock.

DOJ officials say Jun has direct ties to the Chinese Communist Party, and she works at the University of Michigan, and her boyfriend is connected to a university back in China. FBI Director Kash Patel in an exclusive statement to Digital says, this case is a sobering reminder that the Chinese Communist Party continues to deploy operatives and researchers to infiltrate our institutions and target our food supply and act that could cripple our economy and endanger American lives. Smuggling a known agro-terrorism agent into the U.S. is not just a violation of law, it’s a direct threat to national security.

I commend the FBI Detroit Division and our partners at CPB for stopping this biological threat before it could do real damage. Now, senior DOJ leaders, Laura, are debating whether to bring back the so-called China Initiative, a controversial program during the Bill Barr Justice Department that aimed to stop Chinese espionage that began in American universities. The DOJ, under Merrick Garland, got rid of the name after groups came forward and complained it was insensitive, but I’m told the current Attorney General Pam Bondi and her team want to focus on China, though it’s unclear if they’ll bring the China Initiative name back.

So once again, we have another threat from China here against the country. We have them in the electrical systems, we have them in the water systems, all per Christopher Wray, and now they’re saying a direct threat to the food supply. These are two people they say that they arrested, but how many have gone unarrested, unchecked? We know there’s about a million that have slipped across the border and they’re staying on property owned by the Chinese right next to our bases. No one wants to say a word about it. It seems pretty obvious.

Whatever big event we’re coming up on here, it’s going to be blamed on China because they’re all over the place and no one’s doing a thing to get them out. Join me on the livestreams where I talk about this in greater detail, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 9 p.m. Eastern, right here on Taboo 7-7. Much love. [tr:trw].