美国司法部(Justice Department)周一宣布，加州阿卡迪亚市市长艾琳·王(Eileen Wang)被控为中国充当非法外国代理人。
司法部说，王同意认罪。
从2020年底开始，王和“迈克”孙一起运营了一个名为“美国新闻中心”的网站，“据称是当地华裔社区的新闻来源”
美国司法部在一份认罪协议中表示，王和孙“接受并执行中华人民共和国政府官员的指示，在网站上发布亲中华人民共和国的内容，有时还寻求中华人民共和国政府官员的批准，以传播其他亲中华人民共和国的内容。”
在2021年11月的一个例子中，王想要传播一篇关于中国和俄罗斯大使的文章，要求美国人尊重中华人民共和国的“民主权利”。
“这就是外交部想要传达的信息，”她说。
在她的认罪协议中，她承认没有通知司法部长她在为中华人民共和国工作。
“当选美国公职的个人应该只为他们所代表的美国人民行事，”国家安全助理司法部长约翰·a·艾森伯格说。“令人深感担忧的是，一个以前接受并执行中国政府官员指令的人现在完全处于公众信任的地位，尤其是因为他与外国政府的关系从未被披露过。”
California mayor charged with acting as illegal agent for China
Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, California, has been charged with acting as an illegal foreign agent for China, the Justice Department announced on Monday.
Wang agreed to plead guilty, the Justice Department said.
Starting in late 2020 Wang and Yaoning "Mike" Sun worked together to operate a website called U.S. News Center that "purported to be a news source for the local Chinese-American community."
The Justice Department said in a plea agreement that Wang and Sun "received and executed directives from PRC (People's Republic of China) government officials to post pro-PRC content on the website, and sometimes sought approval from PRC government officials to circulate other pro-PRC content."
In one instance in November 2021, Wang wanted to circulate an article about the Chinese and Russian ambassador asking for Americans to respect the PRC's "democratic rights."
"This is what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wants to send," she said.
In her plea agreement she admitted to not notifying the attorney general that she was working for the PRC.
"Individuals elected to public office in the United States should act only for the people of the United States that they represent," said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg. "It is deeply concerning that someone who previously received and executed directives from PRC government officials is now in a position of public trust at all, but particularly so because that relationship with that foreign government had never been disclosed."
