Posted on 09/14/2024 4:32:10 AM PDT by Libloather
It’s Ms. Sun goes to Washington.
The alleged Chinese spy who infiltrated the New York governor’s office was able to get into the White House — while under federal investigation, The Post has learned.
Linda Sun’s tour of the Executive Mansion came just two months before the FBI raided her gaudy $3.5 million Long Island home as they wrapped up their case into her alleged work for Beijing.
The May visit was facilitated by Sun’s former boss Queens Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), the congresswoman’s office confirmed Friday.
Sun — a former high-ranking aide for Gov. Kathy Hochul and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo — gushed about the jaunt to Washington DC in an emoji-filled Facebook post several days later.
“Tour of the White House [check emoji], See our favorite Congresswoman [check emoji], Tour of the Capitol with our favorite Congresswoman [check emoji],” Sun wrote in the May 10, 2024 missive, obtained by The Post.
Her trip to the nation’s capital also included one other notable stop — a visit to the International Spy museum, the post said.
One of the photos included in the post shows a card from the museum labeled “undercover mission.”
But at the time of the visit, Sun’s purported cover was about to be blown. A source confirmed that the former political operative was actively under investigation at the time.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
justice.gov
Linda Sun Former High-Ranking NY State Govt Employee Charged
As an Undisclosed Agent of China and the Chinese Communist Party
Husband and co-defendant Chris Hu charged with money laundering
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York
Defendant Engaged in Political Activities in the Interests of the CCP and With Her Co-Defendant Husband Conspired to Launder the Proceeds of Their Unlawful Activities
BROOKLYN, NY – Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, an indictment was unsealed charging Linda Sun with violating and conspiring to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act, visa fraud, alien smuggling, and money laundering conspiracy. Sun is alleged to have acted on behalf of the government of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”) and the Chinese Communist Party (the “CCP”).
Sun’s husband and co-defendant Chris Hu was also charged with money laundering conspiracy, as well as conspiracy to commit bank fraud and misuse of means of identification.
Sun and Hu were arrested this morning and are scheduled to be arraigned later today before United States Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo. Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Matthew G. Olsen, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s National Security Division, Christie M. Curtis, Acting Assistant Director in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI), and Thomas M. Fattorusso, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announced the prosecution.
“As alleged, while appearing to serve the people of New York as Deputy Chief of Staff within the New York State Executive Chamber, the defendant and her husband actually worked to further the interests of the Chinese government and the CCP,” stated United States Attorney Breon Peace. “The illicit scheme enriched the defendant’s family to the tune of millions of dollars. Our Office will act decisively to prosecute those who serve as undisclosed agents of a foreign government.”
Mr. Peace expressed his appreciation to the Department of Justice’s National Security Division, the New York State Office of the Inspector General, the New York State Police and the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) for their work on the case. He also thanked the New York State Executive Chamber for its cooperation with the investigation.
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I’m not able to get fired up about a tour of the White House. It may have been a “friend of a congressman tour”, but it’s not like she met with administration staff to work out details of a Georgia RICO case a la Fanni Willis’ boy toy.
wiki
Linda Sun served as the deputy chief diversity officer in the administration of New York state governor Andrew Cuomo (2018–2020), and deputy chief of staff to his successor, governor Kathy Hochul (2021–2022).
Sun was born in Nanjing then moved from China to the United States with her parents at the age of five, and later became a naturalized U.S. citizen. She received an undergraduate degree in political science from Barnard College in 2006,[5] and in 2009 earned a master’s degree in education from Columbia University.
In 2012 the Cuomo administration hired Sun as its director of Asian American affairs and Queens regional representative. She was then appointed director of external affairs for Empire State Development, which handles economic development across the state.
Prior to becoming deputy chief of staff for the Hochul administration, she also worked briefly for the New York State Department of Financial Services.
She left Hochul’s executive chamber after roughly 15 months, moving on to a position at the New York State Department of Labor in November 2022 then worked as a campaign manager for Austin Cheng, a Democrat who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in New York’s 3rd congressional district.
Sun’s husband Chris Hu (born in China c. 1984), operated a Queens-based seafood business and wine store, as well as a financial consulting firm, was charged with money laundering conspiracy, as well as conspiracy to commit bank fraud and misuse of means of identification.
FBI acting assistant director said Hu “facilitated the transfer of millions of dollars in kickbacks
for the couple’s personal gain,” while Sun “wielded her position of influence” in the Governor’s office.......
wiki
On September 3, 2024, in the federal court in Brooklyn, New York, after being arrested at her Long Island home, Sun was charged by the United States Attorney’s office with eight criminal counts—including conspiring to act as an illegal foreign agent, visa fraud, and conspiring to launder money—related to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in exchange for millions of dollars as well as all-expenses-paid travel to China; tickets to top shows, concerts and sporting events (including VIP suite access for at least one such event); employment in China for Sun’s cousin; and home deliveries of Nanjing-style salted ducks prepared by a Chinese government official’s personal chef.
According to the unsealed 65-page indictment, federal prosecutors have alleged that Sun and Hu used this money to buy several luxury cars (including a 2024 Ferrari Roma, 2024 Range Rover/L460, and a 2022 Mercedes GLB250W4) as well as a 5-bedroom home in Manhasset, Long Island worth between US$3.6 million and US$4.1 million and a condominium in Honolulu worth between US$1.9 million and US$2.1 million, but never reported these benefits she received from China as is required of New York state government employees, nor registered as a foreign agent.
The prosecutors also alleged that Sun, at the direction of Chinese consul general Huang Ping, used her position to change both Cuomo’s and Hochul’s “messaging regarding issues of importance to the PRC and the CCP” and helped minimize interactions between the governor’s office and representatives from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, provided unauthorized invitation letters from the governor’s office to make it easier for Chinese government officials to travel to the United States and meet with state officials in New York, and sought to arrange a high-level visit to China for a New York state official.
Additionally, Sun is alleged to have urged state officials to not publicly address the persecution of China’s Uyghur minority.
I wanna know did the FBI used tactic gear like machine guns and such to arrest her and as they did with Roger Stone and the J6 granny?
......hah...not likely.....
bkmk
There is some evidence that a Marxist communist has penetrated all the way to the Vice President’s residence
Yes , a Canadian Raised Indian Communist with a foreign Marxist Father and Indian Mother
who selected a Minn CCP Agent in the Minn Gov office as her VP .
Are we scared now about who these two are loyal to yet ?
Why isnt she behind bars yet ?
Why hasnt the Gop removed her from any Committees and blocked her security access ?
Now we know who is running the WH .
ASAP
It’s almost as though every Democrat politician has their own Red Chinese service spy with them everywhere they go.
Did she stick a microphone under a table?
any mention of unpaid income tax?
According to the 65-page indictment, prosecutors allege that Sun and Hu used spy payoffs
<><>to buy several luxury cars
<><>(including a 2024 Ferrari Roma, 2024 Range Rover/L460, and a 2022 Mercedes GLB250W4)
<><>a 5-bedroom home in Manhasset, LI worth between US$3.6 and US$4.1 million
<><>and a condominium in Honolulu worth between US$1.9 and US$2.1 million.
They never reported these benefits received from China as is required of
NY state government employees, nor did they register as foreign agents.
“..They never reported these benefits received from China as is required of
NY state government employees, nor did they register as foreign agents....”
Did they report this income to the IRS and pay income taxes on it? LOL.... Most likely not. Meanwhile, we low-life peon Americans that make up the great “unwashed masses” are on the hook for anything over $600. Dunno about the rest of America, but I’m pretty much fed up with the BS and these foreigners being here.
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