Topic: Restitution

Senator Marsha Blackburn introduced the Stop COVID Act, which would allow U.S. citizens to sue the Chinese Communist Party for damages related to the pandemic. The legislation is modeled after the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, similar to laws used by families of 9/11 victims. If passed, the bill would enable the seizure of Chinese assets within the United States to provide restitution to plaintiffs.

A German soldier who stole a bicycle in the Dutch city of Nijkerk during the closing days of World War II has reportedly returned to pay for the crime 64 years later. The hosts jokingly remark that this act of restitution means the war is finally over.