California mayor to plead guilty to being PRC agent - Taipei Times

‘PERSONAL MISTAKES’:

Eileen Wang has agreed to plead guilty to the felony, which comes with a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison

AP, LOS ANGELES

A southern California mayor has agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government and has resigned from her city position, officials said on Monday.Eileen Wang (王愛琳), mayor of Arcadia, was charged last month with one count of acting in the US as an illegal agent of a foreign government. She was accused of doing the bidding of Chinese officials, such as sharing articles favorable to Beijing, without prior notification to the US government as required by law.The 58-year-old was elected in November 2022 to a five-person city council, from which the mayor is selected on a rotating basis.

Eileen Wang speaks at City Hall in Arcadia, California, on April 16 last year.