An American journalist and political commentator who spent more than a decade living in China is facing a federal charge in the United States accusing him of acting as an unregistered agent for the Chinese government, according to court filings and an FBI affidavit.
Thomas Pauken II, who wrote under the pseudonym Tom McGregor while working with several Chinese state media outlets, allegedly prepared confidential reports for a Chinese intelligence-linked contact who told him the material was being passed to Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to an affidavit filed by FBI Special Agent Timothy Healy and first reported by POLITICO.
