FBI arrests five in U.S. accused of trying to coerce political dissenters to return to China

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Well, it looks like the FBI might actually be doing their jobs, at least sometimes.  It's quite simple to set the FBI straight: Civilian oversight and approval of all cases.  The courts were supposed to do that, but the Fibbies figured out a way around the courts when necessary, as any cop of questionable character will.  Therefore you have to have in-house oversight and approval before it makes it to the courts.  Then hold people accountable to both their facts and their signatures of approval.  Accountability includes jail time, not just a transfer.

FBI arrests five in U.S. accused of trying to coerce political dissenters to return to China

The FBI arrested five people in three states Wednesday, accusing them of taking part in a campaign to "harass, stalk, and coerce" Chinese people in the U.S., including political dissidents, to return to China.

Federal prosecutors said the five, plus three others in China, were part of an international operation called "Fox Hunt," described by the Chinese as an anti-corruption campaign that seeks to locate fugitives.

But John Demers, assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department's National Security Division, said, "In many instances, the hunted are opponents of Chinese Communist Party Chairman Xi — political rivals, dissidents, and critics."

The five arrested Wednesday, including a former New York City police officer working as a private detective, were accused of trying to force a New Jersey man — listed in court documents only as John Doe-1 — to return to China. At one point, the charges said, representatives of the Chinese government brought the man's elderly father, against his will, to the U.S..

Court documents said those charged also photographed and sent harassing messages to the man's daughter and put a note on this door that said, "If you are willing to go back to mainland and spend 10 years in prison, your wife and children will be all right. That's the end of this matter!" They also threatened to harm his family members still living in China, the charges said.

"It's outrageous to think that China thinks it can come to our shores, conduct illegal operations, and bend people here in the United States to their will," said FBI Director Christopher Wray.

One of the men was arrested in New Jersey, two in New York, and two in California, said Seth DuCharme, the acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District in New York. He said the charges, of illegally acting as agents of a foreign government and traveling interstate for stalking, were the first of their kind for an allegation of this nature.

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I feel like the FBI announced this the day after Tony Bobulinski went public with the Biden family's treason so they could distract from their failure to pursue it even though they've had Hunter Biden's laptop for a year. It contains much of the same evidence and corroborates Bobulinkski's evidence. It's hard to take the FBI serious these days after their involvement in multiple coup attempts against Trump.