The FBI has confirmed that Eileen Wang, the recently resigned mayor of Arcadia, California, formally has been accused of acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China.
A statement from FBI chief Kash Patel noted she “admitted to acting as a foreign agent from at least 2020 through 2022 – promoting PRC propaganda in the U.S. and acting at PRC’s direction to promote their interests.”
The announcement said she’s agreed to leave her city office and plead guilty,.
🚨 Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang in California has been charged with acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China in the United States.
Mayor Wang admitted to acting as a foreign agent from at least 2020 through 2022 – promoting PRC propaganda in the U.S. and acting…
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) May 11, 2026
Arcadia, California Mayor Eileen Wang just agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal foreign agent and promoting Chinese propaganda
This is THE SAME woman in Los Angeles county who has been pushing for noncitizens to be able to vote
Make sense yet?
“Arcadia Mayor Eileen… pic.twitter.com/1qNhof6it4
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) May 12, 2026
🚨CASE UPDATE from @FBILosAngeles: Arcadia, California, Mayor Federally Charged with Acting as Illegal Agent of the People’s Republic of China
Eileen Wang has been charged in federal court with acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). From late 2020… pic.twitter.com/xespi8DizV
— FBI (@FBI) May 11, 2026
Wang, 58, was elected to a five-person city council in 2022, and the mayor is chosen among those members on a rotating basis.
City manager Dominic Lazzaretto explained, “We want to be clear: this investigation concerns individual conduct, and the charges are for conduct that ceased after Ms. Wang was sworn into office in December 2022.”
Her lawyers, Jason Liang and Brian Sun, released a statement saying, “She apologizes and is sorry for the mistakes she has made in her personal life. Her love and devotion for the Arcadia community have not changed and did not waver.”
Her planned plea agreement explains Wang and a colleague, Yaoning “Mike” Sun, worked on behalf of government officials for China during 2020 to 2022 to promoting pro-Communist propaganda.
A published report explained Wang and Sun operated the news website U.S. News Center which was aimed at Chinese people in America and they were told by the Communist government to publicize various government ideologies.
One statement was a denial of government genocide against the Uyghurs, despite the fact multiple nations have condemned Beijing’s policies of genocide against that people group.
