US journalist pleads guilty to acting as illegal agent for China
The Justice Department says an American journalist has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government. Thomas Pauken II was arrested in February after arriving in Washington from China. According to the affidavit, he met with someone …
The Justice Department says an American journalist has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government. Thomas Pauken II was arrested in February after arriving in Washington from China. According to the affidavit, he met with someone …
WASHINGTON (AP) An American journalist who has lived in China since 2010 and worked for several state media organizations there pleaded guilty in a U.S. court Thursday to acting as an illegal agent f…
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