The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on April 27, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
An American journalist, the son of a Texas Republican politician, has been charged with acting as a Chinese agent, court records show.
Thomas Pauken II, who has lived in China for more than a decade and worked for multiple Chinese state media outlets, was allegedly paid at least $100,000 for working with an individual within the Ministry of State Security, which is tasked with espionage operations, according to an unsealed affidavit.
