Missouri Republican Sen. Eric Schmidt said on Tuesday that he “will not be apologizing to China anytime soon” and began filing a lawsuit worth about $50 billion against him in retaliation for suing China while he was president. Missouri Attorney General.

“It’s completely ridiculous. They’re just angry that we exposed their lies and deception,” he told “The Ingraham Angle.”

“Missouri was ordered to pay $24 billion, and they didn’t like it,” Schmidt continued. “They spread COVID-19 into the world. We sued them and we won.”

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Missouri Republican Senator Eric Schmitt is interviewed by reporters after attending a Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 7 (Samuel Colum/Getty Images)

The Wuhan Municipal People’s Government, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Wuhan Institute of Virology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences are suing Schmidt, who sued China several years ago, seeking compensation of approximately $50 billion. COVID-19 pandemic.

The lawsuit, originally obtained by Fox News Digital, accuses Schmidt, FBI Co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey and the state of Missouri of acting to “damage the reputation of China, Wuhan and related research facilities.”Malicious and unreasonable litigationFabricate a large amount of false information and spread stigmatization and discriminatory slander. “

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Security personnel stand guard outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology as members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of COVID-19 visit the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China, on February 3, 2021. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)

Schmidt dismissed the incident as “sour grapes,” while explaining that his team was working to translate the legal documents served to him.

“I’m not going to apologize as quickly as you might think,” he said.

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Schmidt sues the People’s Republic of China In early 2020, while serving as Missouri Attorney General, he met with the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, various Chinese government ministries, the Chinese Communist Party, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

At the time, he accused the Chinese government of concealing information about COVID-19 and failing to control the outbreak.

Fox News’ Alex Miller contributed to this report.