A Brooklyn federal judge has ruled against a motion to drop the charges against the New York governor’s former aide, who is accused of acting as an agent of the Chinese regime, saying prosecutors had presented sufficient allegations that she knowingly used her position to advance Beijing’s interests.
On May 5, U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan issued an order denying a motion to dismiss the superseding indictment against Linda Sun, a former deputy chief of staff to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, and her husband, Chris Hu.
Sun, who also worked under former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was initially charged in September last year with violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), visa fraud, bringing in illegal immigrants, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Hu was charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, bank fraud, and misuse of means of identification….