A former deputy chief of staff to Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has been charged with being an agent of the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party.
Linda Sun was charged with violating and conspiring to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act, visa fraud, alien smuggling, and money laundering conspiracy, according to a Department of Justice news release.
Chris Hu, Sun’s husband, is charged with money laundering conspiracy, as well as conspiracy to commit bank fraud and misuse of means of identification. Sun and Hu were to appear in federal court on Tuesday.

“As alleged, while appearing to serve the people of New York as Deputy Chief of Staff with …