“By her own admission, Eileen Wang secretly served the interests of the Chinese government,” officials say. She was elected mayor of Arcadia in 2022 and has resigned.
Prosecutors said that Wang and Yaoning “Mike” Sun promoted “pro-PRC propaganda” in the U.S. through a website titled “U.S. News Center.” PRC refers to the People’s Republic of China.
Sun pleaded guilty in October to one count of acting as a foreign agent and is serving a four-year prison sentence, the U.S. attorney’s office said.
Wang’s plea agreement says she admits she acted as an agent of China’s government and did not notify the U.S. attorney general as required.
The agreement says Wang and Sun “received and executed directives from PRC government officials to post pro-PRC content on the website” and sometimes sought permission from Chinese government officials to post content.
So reading the comments i learned that i could travel to the US. Register myself as a Swiss agent. Buy a 9 mm with a silencer and a suit and just start gathering information?
This timeline is wild.
Weirdly the silencer/suppressor part foils your plan. You have to Form 1 that with the ATF and its a no-go in California unless you’re law enforcement or a licensed Armorer for Hollywood.
Thanks, that leaves 49 states where i also need to fill out Form 1.
The Californians seem to have prepared ;)
I saw this same story on TikTok earlier today, after a friend sent me the link. I left a comment along the lines of “Oh no, not Chinese propaganda! Everyone knows you’re only allowed to use the news to push American and Israeli propaganda!”
It was quickly removed for a Community Guideline violation. The irony would be funny if it didn’t inspire so much existential nihilism.
B-but … she resigned! How can she be in jail if she resigned? Resigning absolves politicians of any and all crimes!
How high was the Dow?
She’s not Israeli.
Wait until y’all figure out what your president is doing
I think most of us know
Arcadia in the news. I’m only surprised it wasn’t Gardena instead.
^ This guy knows their LA Asian cities.
Only didn’t happen in Alhambra or Monterrey Park because they’re incorporated in LA City, haha.
Tcool now do Israel
Meanwhile all the Russian agents are working in the White House and Congress.
pretty much, chinese still seen as the boogeyman of the gop. besides trump, there is TULSI GABBARD, MOSCOW mitch, CLARENCE THOMAS who is a collectible for harlan crow. Most if it not all of the fox talking heads are funded by putin some form or another(Murdoch being the middle man).
Mossad
based
Not based. She’s a piece of shit.
Why? Because she reported actual facts about a rival of the US?
No, it’s because she’s a foreign agent in our government. Is it too hard to ask for our leaders to serve America and not foreign countries?
Remember kids- Tankies, like fascists, aren’t people! Punch 'em!
If there’s one thing liberals and fascists agree on, it’s that communists aren’t human.
Tankies aren’t commies. Try again.
Uh huh. Well, the Trump administration is officially designating anyone with “anti-Christian,” “anti-capitalism” or “anti-American” views as a terrorist. Do you fit any of those? Then you’ll put put in the concentration camp right along side of me unless we fucking together and you stop punching left.
Tankies aren’t “left”
Answer the question: “anti-Christian,” “anti-capitalism” or “anti-American” - do you fit any of those?
Because you’ll die in a camp right beside me unless we work together. When the US starts rounding up dissidents into camps, US enemies are going to be the only ones that might help us. Europe won’t dare disagree with daddy.
You’re not a commie, despite what you claim. You’re just a fascist that likes the Chinese and Russian flavors instead of American. No one wants you, or likes you. Please go away.
So what are the chances she was actually an agent for the Chinese Government? Slightly better than 0? Actually 0?
She… she plead guilty.
So… 1, 0.99, very high likelihood.
This isn’t like an accused street criminal getting basically conned into pleading guilty because the cops planted evidence and got a false witness to make a false testimony.
This is a person who would not be targeted by that kind of thing and can afford good lawyers.
She was the mayor.
Over 90% of criminal cases in the US end in a guilty plea bargain. She could have plead guilty to avoid the possible ten years in prison, not because she actual is an official agent of the Chinese government. A mayor of a city like Arcadia can’t necessarily afford good enough lawyers to avoid charges.
I’m sorry, what did she do that is considered illegal? Is that not free speech?
Unless the “propaganda” was making death threats, there’s nothing illegal about intentionally spreading foreign propaganda, is there?
she acted as an agent of China’s government and did not notify the U.S. attorney general as required.
The crime is not the speech. And propaganda, even foreign propaganda, is not illegal. The crime is being an unregistered foreign agent.
If you do work for a foreign government in the United States, you have to register as such with the US government.
And especially you have to disclose it if you work for the US government at the same time. It’s very basic conflict of interest stuff.
And just for clarity’s sake, I have contracts with local governments, and in the process of initially getting and subsequently renewing them, I fill out a bunch of forms about whether or not I have relationships (paraphrasing) with numerous countries, Iran, Belarus, Russia. Oddly enough, no China.
This being said, I don’t know for sure, but I’m curious if not only was it a lie by omission, but she knowingly submitted false statements via these forms or similar.
This is why Tim Pool got in trouble last year when it was revealed that most of his income was from Russia - The money or his statements weren’t illegal, but he never registered, even though he should’ve known. He only got away with it because he is in fact dumber than what most people realize; He genuinely seems like he didn’t know he was in fact paid by the russian state.
And white. He got away with it because he’s white.
No he got away with it because fascist and establishing a guilty mind requires proving a mind.
Would still take her over a Republican
I mean, I’m not saying I agree but I get where you’re coming from!
