A federal judge ruled in favor on Friday from Missouri In the lawsuit of $ 24 billion of the State against the Chinese Communist Party that accused of hoarding protective supplies during the Coronavirus Pandemia.
“This is a milestone victory for Missouri and the United States in the struggle to keep China responsible for unleashed Covid-19 The world, “” Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said in a statement.
“China refused to appear before the court, but that does not mean that they get away with causing undisturbed suffering and economic destruction. We are planning to collect every cent by grabbing Chinese assets, including Missouri Farmland.”
Bailey’s office said that the judgment was six times larger than the previous greatest judgment in the history of the state.
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“This is a milestone victory for Missouri and the United States in the struggle to keep China responsible for unleash COVID-19 in the world,” “ Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said in a statement. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
Judge Stephen Limbaugh said in his decision that the court finds that Missouri has provided evidence to the court to establish the liability of each suspect to Missouri under Count IV of the claimant’s complaint.
The Volks Republic of China, the Communist Party of China, the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China, the Ministry of Emergency Management of the People’s Republic of China, the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, the Volksregering van Huubei Province in the Act.
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Epidemic control employees wear PPE while walking on the street through a closed store near a community with residents under health monitoring for COVID-19 December 4, 2022, in Beijing, China. (Kevin Frayer/Getty images)
Bailey also wrote on X Friday: “Hey China, you owe Missouri $ 24 billion. I have just won a judgment in court. Pay – or we are starting to grab assets and agricultural land.”
The ruling comes five years after the former Attorney General Eric Schmitt China has sued “the production, purchase and export of critical medical equipment, including PPE, during the pandemic,” wrote the Bailey office.
A Court of Appeal pronounced In favor of Missouri in January, as a result of which a lower decision of the court was set aside that threw the lawsuit away.
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The Court of Appeal, however, ruled that the lawsuit must be limited to accusations of hoarding delivery after the court case previously accused China of hiding information about the origin of the pandemic.
