Inside the Ring: Sessions Threatened to Quit Over Chinese Dissident
			

	

		

							

							
	


		

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BY:  Bill Gertz				
				
October 26, 2017 10:09 am
Attorney
 General Jeff Sessions went to the mat recently against pro-China 
officials within the Trump administration to prevent the forcible return
 of a dissident businessman to China.
According to a person familiar with the issue, Mr. Sessions 
told administration officials during a meeting this spring that he would
 resign before agreeing to send back Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, who
 Beijing says is wanted on corruption charges but who has become a major
 political thorn in the side of the Chinese Communist Party leadership.
Mr. Sessions made the resignation threat in the face of 
pressure from officials at the White House and State Department, who 
themselves have been the targets of an intense influence operation by 
China seeking the return of Mr. Guo, a real estate mogul who in January 
began revealing secrets on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook about what he 
says is widespread corruption among Chinese leaders.