Trump took a lot of heat for calling it the ‘Chinavirus,’ but at least one federal judge sees China as culpable for damages—a lot of them.
It could be decades before we finally figure out the extent of the ways America and the world were crippled by the Wuhan Wheezer. But one judge has affixed a particularly LARGE figure to the damages… and the State AG is not waiting for them to pay up.
It began as a lawsuit in 2020 by then-Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt. Cases like this one are not quick to resolve, especially when trying to move them forward in the middle of a pandemic.
The judgment was not quick to come, but it has… with the federal judge ruling in Missouri’s favor—to the tune of $24 billion.
The specific complaint concerned the well-documented case of China quietly buying up much of the global supply of Personal Protective Gear while keeping quiet about the true nature and extent of the illness that had already begun spreading from Wuhan, China.
A federal judge on Friday ruled in favor of Missouri in the state’s $24 billion lawsuit against China’s Communist Party, which accused it of hoarding protective supplies during the coronavirus pandemic.
“This is a landmark victory for Missouri and the United States in the fight to hold China accountable for unleashing COVID-19 on the world,” Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said in a statement.
“China refused to show up to court, but that doesn’t mean they get away with causing untold suffering and economic devastation. We intend to collect every penny by seizing Chinese-owned assets, including Missouri farmland” (FoxNews.
China may have blown off the lawsuit and refused to attend the hearings, but that does not allow them to ignore the ruling. Even if they disagree with the judge and refuse to pay, Missouri has other options to get the restitution the court has ordered China to pay.
As mentioned in the response of the AG who put the suit in motion
And of current AG, Andrew Bailey himself:
Missouri’s AG has been busy lately investigating the relevance of Joe Biden’s mental state in orders and pardons that impact Missouri at the State level, asking DOGE to investigate a $5 billion green energy scam.
It’s almost as if he’s taking the pace that Trump’s second administration keeps as a personal challenge.
Cross-Posted with Clash Daily
