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Riley Moore: “The Chinese go in, they don't have a permit to mine, and…”

Featuring: Riley Moore, Republican | U.S. House West Virginia, District 2

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Rep. Moore Joins 'The Faulkner Focus' To Discuss His Meeting at The White House

Published | Video Starts at 01:08

One of the things I think people that will find extremely shocking from this report is that the Fulani militants, these Islamic militants we've been talking about, they're getting paid by the Chinese who are operating illegal mining operations in Nigeria. So The Chinese go in, they don't have a permit to mine, and they will bribe people in that state to be able to mine. And then the protection money is then paid to the Fulani militants who then use that money to then go murder and martyr Christians within Nigeria. (01:08–01:16)

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Asserts that Chinese entities are mining without permits and bribing officials in Nigeria.

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