U.S. officials to announce China-related enforcement on Monday

FILE PHOTO: Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker speaks to state and local law enforcement on efforts to combat violent crime and the opioid crisis in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., November 14, 2018. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will make an enforcement announcement relating to China at 4:30 p.m. EST on Monday, an official told Reuters.

The Justice Department web page where the announcement will be shown live said that Whitaker would join others “to announce national security related criminal charges.”

Reporting by Lisa Lambert and David Shepardson; editing by David Alexander and Diane Craft

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