How dumb is Hochul?
She didnt know there was a Chinese spy working in her office?
The spy was living in a $3.5 million dollar home and driving around in several luxury cars.
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).
Hochul’s employee Linda Sun was Charged As an 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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Hochul and Cuomo were totally ignorant of top aides’s Communist activities.
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, and in 2009 earned a master’s degree in education from Columbia University.
Prior to her positions with Cuomo and Hochul, Sun began her career in public service in New York state’s legislative branch in 2009, holding a variety of positions, including chief of staff to an assemblywoman, Grace Meng, who is now a U.S. representative.
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.