Missouri’s attorney general is threatening to seize Chinese assets across the U.S. to collect $24.5 billion awarded in a lawsuit against China stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Missouri’s AG won after Chinese representatives didn’t respond to the federal lawsuit. It’s unclear whether the state will see the penalty paid out.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey won a $24 billion judgment against China for the country’s part in exacerbating the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. “This is a landmark victory for Missouri and the United States in the fight to hold China accountable for unleashing COVID-19 on the world,

The judgment was issued in a case brought by the Missouri attorney general. The Chinese government did not respond to the claims in court.

A US federal court has ruled in favour of Missouri, awarding the state a $24 billion judgment against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over the alleged hoarding of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Senior U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh said in a 32-page order Friday that defendants hoarded PPE and misled the world about the dangers and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic to