GAO: With China dialogues, WH violated law

GAO: With China dialogues, WH violated law

It’s not every day that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports that the Executive Office of the President violated federal law, but that’s the conclusion the GAO released in a report this month, after reviewing bilateral talks with the Chinese government hosted by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).

The White House Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) argued during the GAO investigation (but before the report was published) that the law does not constitutionally apply to the OSTP's diplomatic activities.

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