Prosecutors say Linda Sun used her New York state job to do Chinese officials’ bidding.
Opening statements are expected Wednesday morning in the trial of Linda Sun, a former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul accused of working as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government. Sun and her husband, Chris Hu, are on trial in federal court in Brooklyn.
Prosecutors say Sun used her job as an aide to Hochul and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to do the bidding of Chinese officials. Sun at one point surreptitiously added a Chinese official to a private conference call about New York’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, according to prosecutors. She also blocked state officials from meeting with Taiwanese representatives and adjusted messaging by the governor's office to align with China’s foreign policy, prosecutors said. Prosecutors say Sun and Hu in return received lavish kickbacks, allegedly evidenced by their $3.6 million mansion in Manhasset, Long Island, $1.9 million Hawaii condo, 2024 Ferrari Roma, and deliveries of Nanjing salted ducks — prepared by a Chinese official’s personal chef — to her parents’ home.Sun’s defense attorney, Jarrod Schaeffer, wrote in a court filing seeking to dismiss the case that it is “fueled by ample imagination but unmoored from the essential elements of the offenses charged.”Bronx man charged with murdering ex-girlfriend at her Upper Manhattan buildingCouncil expects to override Mayor Adams veto, avoid rent hike for housing voucher usersGothamist is a website about New York City news, arts, events and food, brought to you by New York Public Radio.
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