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Former Senator Sells Out To Chinese Telecom. Shame on Joe Lieberman!
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January 17, 2019
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4:44Now PlayingFormer Senator Joe Lieberman was against Chinese company ZET, until he started getting paid by them. Ana Kasparian, Brett Erlich, and Ben Mankiewicz break it down on The Young Turks. JOIN TYT
"Joseph Lieberman, the former Connecticut senator and Democratic vice presidential candidate, is working for a company he once called a national security threat.
In November, Lieberman registered as a lobbyist for ZTE, a Chinese telecom giant with close links to the country’s government.
The ex-senator told Politico that, despite his registration, he wouldn’t actually be lobbying for the firm. Rather, he hoped to “raise the level of trust in ZTE.” Lieberman certainly should understand the trust deficit the company faces. In 2010, he signed a letter saying ZTE and another Chinese telecom company, Huawei, could threaten American national security."*
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