‘I Thought I Was Helping’: ‘Journalist’ Who Told Chinese Officials American ‘Secrets’ Learns His Fate * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff

US political commentator sentenced to two years in prison for working as Chinese agent

Thomas Pauken II, a journalist and political commentator originally from the United States, was sentenced to prison on Tuesday after it was discovered he acted as “an agent of a foreign government” while in the country.  Pauken has lived in China since 2010, working for several state media organizations in the communist country. He was arrested in February after arriving in Washington, D.C., from China, and was planning to meet with a person who…

US journalist jailed for 2 years for working as a Chinese agent

Thomas Weir Pauken II, who was arrested in February, had worked for state media in Beijing and pleaded guilty to spying for China.

US Journalist Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Acting as Chinese Agent

Albert V. Bryan U.S. courthouse in Alexandria, Va., on May 29, 2026. (Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times)

American sentenced to 2 years for working as Chinese intelligence asset

Thomas W. Pauken II believed “he wasn’t betraying America — he was preventing World War III,” his attorney said.

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‘I thought I was helping’: ‘Journalist’ who told Chinese officials American ‘secrets’ learns his fate * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff

'Now I realize I could've caused even more damage, including war'