00:00A sitting American mayor has agreed to plead guilty to secretly working as a spy for communist China
00:05in what federal prosecutors describe as a direct operation
00:09to spread Beijing's propaganda through official U.S. government channels.
00:14Eileen Wang, the mayor of a California city,
00:17has been charged with acting as a foreign agent without registering.
00:21A federal felony offense.
00:23Prosecutors allege she worked with Chinese intelligence handlers
00:26to influence local government decisions.
00:30Gather information on members of her community.
00:32And actively spread propaganda aligned with Beijing's interests while holding elected office.
00:38This is not an isolated incident.
00:41It is the latest in a growing series of Chinese intelligence operations exposed on U.S. soil.
00:47The FBI has warned Congress that China is running the most aggressive espionage campaign in American history,
00:54targeting politicians, universities, military facilities,
00:58and technology companies across all 50 states.
01:01states.
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