The U.S. Department of Justice on May 17 filed a civil lawsuit seeking to compel Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn to register as an agent for the Chinese regime.
The department alleged that Wynn lobbied then-President Donald Trump and his administration in 2017 on behalf of China, and Sun Lijun, a former vice minister of China’s ministry of public security.
Wynn engaged in the alleged influence efforts “out of a desire to protect his business interests in Macau,” where Wynn’s company operated casinos, the department said.
In the complaint, the department alleged that in 2017 Wynn conveyed to Trump and administration officials Sun’s request to remove from the country a Chinese national who sought political asylum in the United States….