US sues casino mogul Steve Wynn to compel him to register as an agent of China
by Dominic Rushe and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#5ZBM6)
Justice department says Wynn lobbied the Trump administration for China to protect his business interests in Macau
The US Department of Justice on Tuesday sued Steve Wynn, the billionaire former casino mogul and senior Republican fund raiser, to compel him to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act as an agent of China.
The department said Wynn, 80, had contacted then-US president Donald Trump and members of his Republican administration in 2017 to convey China's request to cancel the visa of or otherwise remove a Chinese businessperson who had sought political asylum in the United States.
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