Hertel Signed NDA to Negotiate $175 million for chinese Company

• While serving as a State Senator, Hertel signed a Non-Disclosure Agreement in order to negotiate $175 million in taxpayer-funding to Chinese electric vehicle battery maker Gotion.

• Gotion is funded by the Chinese government and the proposed location is near Camp Grayling, a critical military training facility.

• Only the legislators who signed the NDAs knew who was getting the money, leaving the majority of legislators in the dark about what they were voting on.

• Leon Panetta, former Director of the CIA under President Barack Obama, warned that the Michigan Gotion plant could be used for Chinese espionage.

• To further hide their negotiations with Gotion, Hertel and other politicians used codewords in their electronic correspondence, revealed in a story by The Detroit News.

• Five Green Township trustees were recalled over their vote to approve the Gotion EV factory.