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- John Kerry's wife benefits from an investment of 'at least $1 million' in a hedge fund that specializes in investments with Chinese government-controlled funds
- His wife Teresa Heinz is the widow of wealthy late senator John Heinz and heiress to the Heinz family fortune, estimated to be worth more than $750million
- The investment was revealed in Kerry's filing with the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) in March
- Kerry's filing says neither he nor his wife 'exercise authority over the trust
- In his senior government role as Biden's climate change envoy, Kerry regularly meets with Chinese diplomats and leaders
- He is in the delicate position of negotiating with the industrial superpower to cut deals on reducing carbon emissions
- Kerry's 2021 filing says neither he nor his wife 'exercise authority over the trust', 'have any control over the management of the trust investments', and neither are trustees"
- George W. Bush's former chief White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter told DailyMail.com the investments could pose an ethical problem for Kerry
- He said if the Chinese government tried to exert influence through his family's investments, Kerry would have to stand down from climate change negotiations
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