California Mayor to Plead Guilty to Acting as Chinese Agent

Arcadia city council member Eileen Wang attends the Asian Hall of Fame 2023 induction ceremony at Biltmore Los Angeles in Los Angeles on Oct. 21, 2023. Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesThe mayor of Arcadia, California, has agreed to plead guilty to operating as an emissary to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the Justice Department announced on Monday, and, after being charged with secretly carrying out the directives of a foreign government, resigned from her position.Wang was expected to make her initial appearance Monday afternoon before a judge at the U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles and to formally enter her guilty plea in the weeks ahead.