A former California mayor has come clean about a bevy of allegations accusing her of being a foreign agent.
And now that she’s pleaded guilty, they’re not exactly allegations anymore.
Eileen Li Wang — a Democrat — formally admitted to being a foreign agent for China who was helping spread Beijing’s propaganda stateside, according to Fox News.
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Wang, the former mayor of Arcadia, California, pleaded guilty to acting as an agent of a foreign government without notifying U.S. authorities.
Penalties for such a felony offense are stiff — a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison, three years of supervised release, a $250,000 fine, and a $100 “special assessment fee.”
Wang appeared in federal court on Friday, where she had actually turned down a translator, and proceeded with the hearing in English.
Interestingly, before accepting the guilty plea, the judge put Wang under oath and peppered her with questions
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