Eileen Li Wang, the former mayor of Arcadia, California, has pleaded guilty to acting as a foreign agent.
Earlier this month, Wang was charged in federal court with “acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)” according to a Department of Justice press release. On Friday, he formally pleaded guilty to the charge, which comes with a “statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison.”
A former mayor pleaded guilty Friday to acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government.
Eileen Li Wang, the former mayor of Arcadia, California, allegedly acted “at the direction and control” of Chinese government officials between 2020 and 2022, without notifying U.S.… pic.twitter.com/5YPhndd0vf
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 29, 2026
“By her own admission, Eileen Wang secretly served the interests of the Chinese government. Let this serve as a clear warning: Individuals who act on behalf of foreign governments to influence our democracy will be identified, investigated, and brought to justice. Protecting the rule of law and the transparency of our democratic process remains at the core of the FBI’s mission, and we will continue working alongside our partners to safeguard the integrity of our elections and keep hostile actors from undermining the voices of the American people,” Assistant Director Roman Rozhavsky of the FBI’s Counterintelligence and Espionage Division said in a statement.
In her plea agreement, Wang and Yaoning “Mike” Sun “worked at the direction and control of PRC government officials and coordinated with U.S.-based individuals to promote the PRC’s interests by, among other things, promoting pro-PRC propaganda in the United States. Sun is serving a four-year federal prison sentence after he pleaded guilty in October 2025 to acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government.”
This behavior reportedly took place when Wang was part of the Arcadia City Council in 2022. The mayor of Arcadia is chosen through a rotating system from this council.
Wang will be sentenced on October 6.
X users weighed in:
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You’ve got to be kidding me. If anything qualifies for the death penalty…
— Common Since (@CommonSince46) May 30, 2026
Between Chinese & Muslim demands, people had better wake the f up already!
America is being taken over, RIGHT NOW!— ChiDago (@MikeChellino1) May 29, 2026
This is exactly why no one should be elected or appointed to a position of power that is not a U.S. citizen.
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