China's consul general in New York leaves U.S. following scandal

diplomatic repercussions tonight in the wake of the spying scandal in which a former Aid to Governors hokel and cromo was charged with acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government political reporter Marsha Kramer explains well Linda son walked out of federal court after being charged with working for the Chinese as an illegal foreign agent she had already experienced the wrath of governor hokel who immediately fired her after her treachery was discovered but hoko wasn't done she also asked the state department to expel the Chinese Diplomat who worked with sun but it seems the conso

general had already left the country I also requested the state department to take appropriate action in response to the dangerous and outrageous actions taken by the People's Republic of China and they are involved it was just the latest development in a Sor Saga of alleged Espionage an indictment charging son with doing the Chinese Republic's bidding including charges sunblocked representatives of the Taiwanese government from access to highlevel New York officials change messaging of New York officials on issues of importance to the Communist party and even Forge hok signature on a letter inviting Chinese officials to New

York which they use to get visas these actions taken by Linda's son were an absolute betrayal of the trust of two administrations in state government lying and misleading to our these administrations breaking our ethics rules and even forging my signature on documents but more importantly than that that this is a betrayal of New Yorkers and of the American people the governor noted she was interviewed about the case by the FBI they asked me one question I'm not able to talk about it but it had to do with identifying whether or not something was my signature

doesn't want to talk about it right there but political reporter Marsha Kramer joins me now do we see a scenario where the governor is called to testify in the case well you know it's a little bit early to discuss that because although Linda's son and her husband were charged with very serious crimes they did enter pleas of not guilty so the question really becomes whether her lawers will try to negotiate any kind of a plea deal to avoid a trial it's really too early it's probably months away yeah what about the Chinese government do we

imagine them being you know hauled into court or well you know there's a lot of saber rattling that are go is going on right now from one end of the country to the other because this happened and although Governor uh hok has asked the state department for invest a people from Albany to Washington are also looking for an investigation to find out just exactly what the Chinese government has been doing not only in New York but in other places around the country yeah how could this happen so all right we'll stay on it Mara thank

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