Kathy Hochul joins a growing list of prominent Democrats plausibly compromised by the Chinese Communist Party, up to and including Joe Biden and Tim Walz.
The Chinese have compromised the Democrat Party in ways Democrats dream the Russians have infiltrated Republicans.
Two indictments this week shook the nation, revealing the lengths to which foreign adversaries have gone to compromise the integrity of the American political system. One indictment, however, was not like the other. In fact, one was far worse in just about every way imaginable.
The Russian interference effort to buy off a couple of oblivious influencers pales in comparison to Chinese operations that are targeting elected leaders who are actually in office.
An indictment unsealed this week revealed the far more devastating details of a foreign rival compromising one of the most powerful governorships in the country. On Tuesday, the former deputy chief of staff for New York Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul was charged with a laundry list of offences, including crimes under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Federal prosecutors say Linda Sun, whose 14 years in the state government also included time under Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was actually working on behalf of the Chinese government. Sun was charged along with her husband, Chris Hu, for myriad financial crimes compromising the governor’s office in the nation’s fourth most populous state.
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., became an emblem of Chinese influence within the Democrat Party four years ago when news surfaced of a close and likely intimate relationship with a since-vanished Chinses spy named Christine Fang. The California lawmaker was kicked off the House Intelligence Committee last year when former Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., briefly became speaker.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who died last September and served on the Senate Intelligence Committee, had previously employed a driver for 20 years whose cover was blown as a Chinese agent in 2018.
The Democrats’ new vice presidential nominee, meanwhile, maintains a bizarre fascination with China that includes an estimated 30 visits, some of which were paid for by the Beijing government. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz even got married on the fifth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, leading Republicans to investigate his ties to the Chinese government.