US journalist pleads guilty to acting as an illegal agent for China
Pauken admitted taking about $100,000 to gather intelligence and send reports to handlers linked to China’s Ministry of State Security.
- On Thursday, American journalist Thomas Weir Pauken II pleaded guilty in District Court to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government, facing up to 10 years in prison with sentencing scheduled for Sept. 1.
- Court documents reveal Pauken worked under the "direction and control" of Chinese Ministry of State Security officials since 2019, with agent "Cathy" directing him to gather intelligence on American targets for $100,000.
- Seeking to "influence policy and be read by Xi Jinping," Pauken attempted to recruit a Trump administration job seeker, providing a SIM card and proposing a $10,000 bonus for weekly reports.
- Defense lawyer Charles Burnham stated Pauken "has accepted responsibility for working as an agent of the People's Republic of China without first completing certain required Government forms," claiming he intended to promote peaceful relations.
- This conviction is the latest in a series of federal prosecutions targeting alleged Chinese influence operations, as Roman Rozhavsky, assistant director of the FBI's Counterintelligence and Espionage Division, warned the Communist Party actively attempts to undermine American democratic institutions.
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U.S. journalist Pauken II, arrested in February, pleaded guilty in court to work as an undercover agent in the service of China
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