The Middle East Institute plans to settle a lawsuit alleging the think tank obtained a pandemic relief loan under the Paycheck Protection Program for which it was not actually eligible.
The scrutiny exemplifies the tensions between Democrats’ push to quickly build out clean energy manufacturing in the U.S. and increasing skepticism of China and firms tied to it.
The Delaware-based firm’s website gives no indication of who's behind the firm, which was incorporated in February, according to a Delaware state records search.
The Tour has tapped a Covington & Burling team that includes Rob Kelner, Brian Smith, Lanny Breuer and Angelle Baugh to spearhead its response to the spate of congressional inquiries into the deal.