US EditionTrump pardons ex-NYPD officer who was convicted of helping China stalk an expat
Michael McMahon was convicted for espionage and conspiracy in a scheme tied to China’s Operation Fox Hunt and pardoned after lobbying by Trump allies.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump pardoned Michael McMahon, former New York police officer.
- Convicted in 2023, Michael McMahon was sentenced to 18 months in April after being found guilty of acting as an unregistered agent of China, interstate stalking, and conspiracy.
- The Justice Department framed the case as tied to Operation Fox Hunt, describing it as part of China’s campaign to control citizens abroad, while Lawrence Lustberg, McMahon's lawyer, said the pardon `corrects a horrible injustice`.
- Critics say the pardon follows a pattern, with observers noting Donald Trump's pardons raise questions of political loyalty and influence peddling after last month's pardon of Changpeng Zhao.
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Trump pardons ex-NYPD cop convicted of acting as agent of China
President Trump pardoned a former NYPD cop convicted in federal court of acting as an agent of China, though he had two GOP lawmakers in his corner, proclaiming his innocence. A federal jury found Michael McMahon, a retired NYPD sergeant turned private investigator, guilty of acting as a foreign agent and interstate stalking after a two-week trial in June 2023. The jury acquitted him on a count of conspiracy to act as a foreign agent. According …
Trump pardons police officer who stalked family on behalf of Chinese government
President Donald Trump has approved another controversial pardon for a former New York Police Department (NYPD) officer who his own administration sentenced just months ago.The New York Times reported Friday that 57-year-old former NYPD officer Michael McMahon has been pardoned after serving roughly...
Trump Pardons Ex-Police Sergeant Convicted of Acting as CCP Agent
President Donald Trump has pardoned Michael McMahon, a former NYPD sergeant who, in April, had been sentenced 18 months in a Chinese transnational repression case, a White House official has confirmed. McMahon and two Chinese men were convicted in 2023 of targeting a Chinese man living in New Jersey to pressure him into returning to China. This case was one of several related to the Chinese communist regime’s “Operation Fox Hunt”—a campaign in w…
Trump approves pardon for former NYPD officer convicted in Chinese government scheme
President Donald Trump has approved a pardon for Michael McMahon, the White House said Friday, a retired New York City police officer who was convicted in 2023 for his role in stalking a New Jersey family on behalf of the Chinese government.
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