CCP Weaponizes US Courts to Silence Critics, Harm American Interests, Congress Hears

WASHINGTON—The Chinese Communist Party has been exploiting the U.S. courts to censor critics and advance its own interests at the expense of the United States, experts told a congressional panel on July 22. The regime’s scheme, also called legal warfare or lawfare, includes using third parties to file lawsuits against the regime’s targets and burdening them with heavy legal fees, as well as gaming U.S. laws to shield Chinese bad actors from consequences, the panel members said. “Beijing works to shape U.S. laws and regulations and their implementation, in many cases via U.S. entities that have been co-opted by dependence on or resources from [China],” said Emily de La Bruyère, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies....