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May 12 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
Eileen Wang, mayor of Arcadia, California, signed a federal plea admitting she acted as an agent of the Chinese government.

She signed it in Mandarin, the language she understands best.

She kept showing up to council meetings for six weeks.

She resigned today.🧵 Eileen Wang, mayor of Arcadia, California, in an event photograph wearing a City of Arcadia councilmember badge, next to the signature page of her federal plea agreement showing her handwritten signature dated March 30, 2026 admitting she acted as an illegal agent of the Chinese government. Headline reads "Thank You Leader." The charge: one count of acting as an illegal agent of the People's Republic of China. Maximum sentence, 10 years.

Wang signed the plea March 30. It was filed under seal April 1. Unsealed at 9:00 a.m. today.

She resigned hours later.
Apr 28 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
The federal government just indicted a citizen for a beach photo. The charges use a legal standard the Supreme Court ruled insufficient in 2023. Nobody is talking about this. Here's what the document actually says. Image
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Image Today, James Comey was indicted in the Eastern District of North Carolina on two federal counts. This is his second indictment. The first was thrown out after a judge ruled the prosecutor was unlawfully appointed. Case No. 4:26-cr-00016-FL-RN. Filed 04/28/26. Image