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Former U.S. official’s work for Chinese client stirs concern over disclosure loopholes

Former U.S. official’s work for Chinese client stirs concern over disclosure loopholes

Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch wrote a letter to a senior Defense Department official last July on behalf of SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd, asking that her client be removed from a list of Chinese military companies. Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images When a Chinese drone company came under U.S. government scrutiny over its alleged ties to China’s military, the company turned to one of America’s pre-eminent lawyers: Loretta Lynch, a former attorney general in the Obama administration. Lynch, who ran the U.S. Department of Justice from 2015 to 2017 and is now a partner at the Paul, Weiss law firm, wrote a letter to a senior Defense Department official last July on behalf of SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd, asking that her client be removed from a list of Chinese military companies. Advocating for foreign clients is legal and U.S. law includes a public disclosure exemption for lawyers. But the letter, seen by Reuters, is an example of what transparency advocates and some members of Congress — dozens of whom have supported bills to change rules — say are gaps in the …