ICYMI: Steel Family Corruption On Full Display At GOP Convention

Jun

2024

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ICYMI: Steel Family Corruption On Full Display At GOP Convention

Garden Grove, CA — Last weekend, the California Republican Party held its Spring convention, where Congressmember Michelle Steel was recognized for twice co-sponsoring the Life at Conception Act, which would institute a federal ban all abortions without exception and ban reproductive care treatments such as IVF. But what was also on full display was Michelle’s spouse and former business partner Shawn Steel also being recognized. Here’s a quick refresher on the Steel family’s criminal enterprise:

“Report links Shawn Steel with Chinese efforts to influence Trump administration”

- Orange County Register 6/24/20

“Seal Beach attorney Shawn Steel, a Republican National Committee member and husband of Orange County Board of Supervisors Chair Michelle Steel, was linked in a Wall Street Journal report with an effort by Chinese foreign nationals to influence the Trump administration.”

“Shawn Steel’s wife, Supervisor Michelle Steel, who is registered as chief financial officer at her husband’s law firm, is running against Rouda for [congress]”

“Political Donors Linked to China Won Access to Trump, GOP”

“Hundreds of thousands of dollars in political donations opened doors in Washington for Chinese nationals with high-level ties”

-The Wall Street Journal 6/23/2020

“As guests of a Republican official named Shawn Steel, Chinese nationals, including a man working for China’s central government, attended an invitation-only gathering in May 2017 where GOP leaders discussed campaign strategies and other issues.”

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California’s 45th is a Congressional District representing portions of Orange and Los Angeles Counties in Southern California. A majority-minority district, the District has the second largest AAPI population (36.97%) of any Congressional District, and the largest Vietnamese community in the country. President Biden won the current district lines by +6 points and it has a +6 point Democratic registration advantage. It includes all or part of the Cities of Garden Grove, Westminster, Cerritos, Buena Park, Placentia, Hawaiian Gardens, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Artesia, Los Alamitos, La Palma, Brea, Lakewood, and Fullerton, as well as the unincorporated community of Rossmoor. The DCCC has listed it as a “District In Play.”

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