To: Brumar89 who wrote (1035245 ) 10/26/2017 2:48:48 PM From: Brumar89 Respond to of 1574494 Sessions threatened to quit over White House pressure to return Chinese dissident By Bill Gertz - - Wednesday, October 25, 2017 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. Justice Department spokesman Wyn Hornbuckle declined to comment when asked about the resignation threat. Department officials, however, said Mr. Sessions confronted a senior Chinese security official, Guo Shengkun , this month during a meeting at the Justice Department on Chinese hacking operations against the dissident. The resignation threat is part of a bitter internal political battle within the Trump administration over Mr. Guo. China has been pressuring the Trump White House on the matter since earlier this year, using American business leaders with interests in China to lobby the U.S. government.washingtontimes.com