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Arcadia mayor to plead guilty to acting as Chinese agent

newsMay 11, 2026441,596

Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang resigned Monday and agreed to plead guilty after the Justice Department announced she promoted Chinese government propaganda while acting as an agent. Federal prosecutors charged her with one felony count of acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government, and she faces up to 10 years in prison. Wang was elected Arcadia mayor in 2022; Arcadia is an Los Angeles-area city of about 56,000 residents. The case matters because a local elected official admitting to unregistered foreign influence raises concerns about covert foreign messaging and trust in municipal government.

Igor Sushko
@igorsushko.bsky.social

🚨 BREAKING: Eileen Wang, mayor of Arcadia in Los Angeles turned out to be a Chinese spy. She pled guilty to acting as an illegal foreign agent for China.

10614h ago
RepugnantCon 168

So, like any given day at Mar a lago

Transitional Fossil154

now find the illegal foreign agents in the Krasnov administration. rife with them.

Democracy Manifest ☘️124

Oh no what’s she gonna do give us High Speed Rail against our will?

Dr Mitch Planko (MD-DS)116

And..... The President of the United States is a Russian asset.

Can't Deny Fraud90

Arcadia is in Los Angeles County, but so are 88 other cities. It's important to note it is not part of the city of Los Angeles. Nevertheless, this is a big story.

3dlanyard.bsky.social87

China did a mayor. Russia did a president.

The Upside Down68

Yes but this regime is also working for another government…

Jedi Master Wise67

We have Klan members in the White House so this is the norm. Elected officials bought and paid for by foreign governments. Russia owns the majority of Congress Supreme Court and executive branch

Carolyn50

Don’t we have a foreign agent as president?

justbond.bsky.social40

So she gets the death penalty?, oh wait, trump will make her secretary of foreign affairs 🤣

Mark O'Connell27

Hello! A foreign agaent isn't a spy. A foreign agent is more like a lobbyist for a foreign government. Being charged with being an illegal foreign agent probably means she didn't register her position with the feds.

Clifford20

Do you really trust the DOJ?

RocNYBob19

The mayor of a city of fewer than 60,000 people is considered a high-value asset by the Chinese government? Are they seeing intel on the mall or the arboretum?

Lex19

Oh no, China now knows all the secrets of Arcadia😬

Jessica Crabbit (she/her)18

I don't consider Facebook, Instagram or X to be reliable news sources. I'll wait.

The Captain14

Is the evidence legit or is it totally made up?

Poor Pirate Propagandist12

Arcadia seems like a weird place to have a spy 🤣

West Ovarian12

Now do the executive branch.

Socratesmmxv8

Her husband was arrested in 2025 for similar charges. This is pretty wild. I mean, it was a good plan. Nobody trusts the American government anyway. So it's not hard for someone like this to influence people in America. Most people are idiots and misinformation is rampant.

md0v0bm.bsky.social7

Remember when Russia paid influencers, including its believed Tucker Carlson who had one of the largest followings at the time, to spread propaganda and nothing happened to anybody? www.npr.org/2024/09/05/n...

EthanObama7

Mayor of Arcadia in Los Angeles? Shouldn't that say mayor of Arcadia in California?

Rick of this Shit6

What does a Chinese spy even report back....... "We don't need to do anything, Trump is fucking it all up by himself"

pillsbury6

trump needed some bargaining chips for his upcoming China trip huh? I wonder how long Kash has known?

Ciudad De Escanaba6

I wonder if she was tied to any of this? www.propublica.org/article/chin...

Phil5

Ok Now let’s do Trump being a pedophile

alientech.bsky.social5

The Chinese are amateurs, only managed to get some mayor to promote their propaganda. The Russians and Israelis are the masters, they got the president of the US to be their agent and serve their interests.

ellenlovesrich.bsky.social5

I believe the charge involved acting as a foreign agent … She was promoting pro China propaganda in publications …

Ngiculela4

Under current administration rules, this qualifies her to replace Pamela Jo as Attorney Gen. or Gabbard as DNI when he cans her eventually. Congrats Eileen!

PatriciaJane4

Arcadia is where that couple lives who had 21 children, mostly with surrogates. They, too, are Chinese. I can't help but wonder if there's a connection.

vineyardstone.bsky.social4

There is one in Woodbridge, CT I know of and no one believes me. Worse she works at Yale.

russellmania50.bsky.social3

I blame the parties….they are responsible for putting forward qualified candidates. We can see, nationally, how they do a poor job.

ZFLTG3

Forget the mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines. She deserves no less than 20 years, stripped of her citizenship and she and her entire family should be deported .

Andrea 🦋🇺🇸💙3

Michael Flynn was found to be a foreign agent. He’s still hanging out at the WH with Dementia DonOLD!

#0peration Red House3

An illegal foreign agent is merely someone who hasn't registered as a foreign agent.

Mike Traynor, a know-It-all3

When will Trump be indicted for being an illegal foreign agent? I mean, if they can indict Comey for the seashell '8647' pic, surely there's enough on Trump for an indictment too?

Bilecky3

Shouldn’t trump also register as a foreign agent? 😊

dragonlance69.bsky.social3

Now we need trumps cabinet to do the same

qakl.bsky.social3

Now, root out all others in our government acting in any capacity on behalf OF ANY OTHER FOREIGN NATIONS!

pckldprk.bsky.social2

I’m assuming she’s being. Blackmailed by the DoJ on some other crap and she took the rap for this. Can’t trust the DoJ, they are as honest as the Chinese and Russians.

themindfulnomad.bsky.social2

Next do the U.S. president.

bixtram.bsky.social2

Also sub-contracted to Putin and Trump.

Raised by Voles2

I suppose she'll be on the plane with Trump when he heads over to see Xi.

Hiyo (this is an ANTI-ICE account!!) Fuck ICE2

No, Eileen Wang is not accurately described as a "Chinese spy." Federal prosecutors charged her with acting as an unregistered foreign agent for China by running a website that spread pro-Beijing propaganda from 2020-2022, and she agreed to plead guilty to this felony on May 11, 2026.

jadamrussell.bsky.social2

Sure. We know Trump and everyone connected to him are unethical and willing to trade their own mothers for a slice of attention. But this is bad. Really bad. Too bad to dismiss. Ten year jail sentence should be a lifetime sentence with no release unlike Jonathon Pollard.

Will J2

When will MAGAt Fascist trump pardon her...?

Forbes
@forbes.com

Federal prosecutors expect Wang to plead guilty to charges of acting as an agent for China when she operated a Chinese community news website.

3613h ago
Science or Bust41

The current federal prosecutors? From the same government that deports legal residents and citizens? The same one that said the murder of Pretti and Good were self defense? That regime? Don’t believe a word they say.

healinghands65.bsky.social16

If it’s federal prosecutors under Trump, ANY prosecution is suspect and most likely politically motivated

Murderbot 23877643115

I’m not sure why we’re prosecuting such small potatoes, when Donald Trump is an agent of Russia.

gobeavs87.bsky.social13

Benny Johnson took Russian money.

Tumbleweed13

Yet, we still have a POTUS acting as an Agent for Russia - or actually anyone willing to pay.

bigdaddylipscomb2.bsky.social11

This case has far-reaching consequences for ALL Chinese Americans. Because we have a prejudiced Administration, they will push the narrative that all Chinese Americans are agents of China and discriminate against them in other aspects of American life.

David William Sheridan8

That's nothing. I know of a president who's a Russian agent.

3chessies.bsky.social8

Let’s not pick the big juicy fruit! Just pluck a grape or two. Seems everyone in Washington is an agent for foreign governments

booknerdshoegirl.bsky.social8

Now do Trump and Kushner and any number of current (republican) members of this administration and Congress and AIPAC. Then we can talk.

Oldsmobile Delta 886

So they ran a website nobody went to? Who cares, most of congress is taking money from corporations and foreign governments like Israel 💯🤮

j-c11.bsky.social5

How is it that this picture looks nothing like her?

Marly Marie5

What about all our current Russian assets here?

darthstar.bsky.social5

Federal prosecutors haven't exactly been on a winning streak.

JaxBBax2

This is so funny. A Trump "do as I say not we do" moment. Pick a country. Russia, Saudi Arabia, Israel, ...

Vectrid2

once China gets LGBT rights I WILL be an agent for them and I'll do it for cheap. I hope America gets destroyed. Kill the troops. Embargos against America. Sanctions against America. Food and fuel shortages for America. Millions of starving Americans. No vaccinations in America.

cayman007.bsky.social2

And yet Krasnov still haunts golf courses.

hero-protagonist.bsky.social2

So she gets arrested, but TikTok is okay?

Jay2

Ok 😐 Take a gander at right wing podcasters and YouTubers... They're all Russian planted saboteurs posing as propagandists.

Tommy K2

If only we prosecuted politicians for acting as agents for the Israeli government

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