American Journalist Sentenced to 2 Years for Acting as Agent for China
He admitted acting as an unregistered agent and will serve three years of supervised release after prison, prosecutors said.
- On Tuesday, Thomas Pauken II, an American journalist, was sentenced to two years in prison for acting as an unregistered agent for the Chinese government while living in Beijing.
- Prosecutors charged that Pauken accepted $100,000 over seven years to write reports on U.S.-Chinese relations that were conveyed to Chinese leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping.
- FBI agents arrested Pauken in Washington last winter after he attempted to recruit a Trump administration official for a Chinese handler, despite a 2025 FBI warning.
- Judge Leonie Brinkema ordered Pauken to undergo three years of supervised release with no overseas travel, while acknowledging the 'very unfortunate' situation affecting his family.
- Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg stated the Justice Department remains committed to holding accountable anyone who aids Chinese espionage efforts.
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Washington, Sep 2 (EFE).- A U.S. citizen who worked for years for Chinese state media was sentenced to two years in prison for acting in the U.S. as an agent of the Chinese government without notifying the authorities. Thomas Weir Pauken II, 51, will also have to serve three years of supervised freedom, during the [...] The U.S. entry sentenced the U.S. to two years in prison on charges of being an agent for China was first published in HolaNews.
US Journalist Gets 2 Years for Chinese Espionage Work
A federal judge sentenced American journalist Thomas Pauken II to two years in prison for acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government, a case prosecutors say involved years of paid espionage work directed by Beijing's Ministry of State Security. Pauken, 50, stood before Judge Leonie Brinkema on Tuesday and admitted he had funneled […] The post American journalist gets two years in prison for serving as a Chinese intelligence agent …
US political commentator sentenced to two years in prison for working as Chinese agent
Thomas Pauken II, a journalist and political commentator originally from the United States, was sentenced to prison on Tuesday after it was discovered he acted as “an agent of a foreign government” while in the country. Pauken has lived in China since 2010, working for several state media organizations in the communist country. He was arrested in February after arriving in Washington, D.C., from China, and was planning to meet with a person who…
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