Quite telling now to a case involving millions of dollars gifts and gumi dock us officials charging linda son of former aide to New york governors cathy how cool with acting as an agent of the chinese government son is charged with a number of crimes including visa fraud and money laundering her husband has also been charged korea has mean joins us
Now glory great to have you with some of these charges tied to a time when she was working in the governor’s office and include restricting access to taiwanese government officials changing messages related to the people’s party i’m pushing for a trip for the governor to china my bring boggles what more can you tell us
absolutely juliet as a fascinating case any of these charges turn out to be true this basically amounts to the successful infiltration by a chinese government agent at the highest levels of new york’s government not only did it happen under the current governor cathy hopeful but also under the pre
Tvs governor andrew cuomo this one on of for at least a decade as linda son the woman who has been charge watch not just in the executive chamber but also in other state agency is now linda son and her husband chris who were charge just a short while ago and prosecutors say that they about
benefited themselves they took gifts they enrich themselves and their family benefited their friends all in exchange for favors that ultimately benefited the chinese communist party and the chinese government at one point linda son and her husband accepted tickets to a special events
They helped french travel they supplied letters of invitation from the governor allowing officials from the chinese government to travel here to the united states without the governorship knowledge at one point in exchange for all of this access and this influence julia she was sent
Specially prepared chinese assaulted dog to the home of her parents the dog was prepared by the promotional chef of a chinese government party official now according to the documents
She also used for posting government when andrew cuomo was governor to urge him to publicly thank chinese officials for a donation of medical equipment that they made at the height of the pandemic not only that cuomo go want to thank them during the public briefing but he also issued a tweet
We writing on their names and praising them in public now linda son and her husband appeared in court just a short while as i said they are declared themselves and not guilty and they are lawyers have said that this is all the result of aggressive investigations by the federal prosecutors we did go.
a response from hopefuls office who noted that as soon as they notice at the suspicious activity they flagged into the proper officials and that her employment was terminated in march twenty twenty three after they discovered evidence of misconduct they remedial he reported
her actions to law enforcement and have since been assisting with the investigation now julia whether or not these charges turn out to be true we will find out as the investigation and trial process develops but one thing is clear if of the accusations are true it’s certainly amounts to just a brave
an infiltration of say government here in the united states and not just for one governor but to governors throughout the span of ten years which raises serious questions not just about how the governor’s office hires it’s people but also about whether or not the communist party might have more agents.
there are working on their behalf julia yes it certainly er colorful array of charges let’s call it that my think brings and will be the perfect word if indeed.