The Latest Breaking News from Michael McMahon

Questions arise over strikingly similar signatures by Trump on recent pardons

Seemingly identical signatures appeared on clemency orders, which White House blamed on technical error

The Guardian - US · Nov 15, 2025

Trump pardons ex-NYPD cop convicted of helping China stalk an expat

Michael McMahon's lawyer said the pardon ‘corrects a horrible injustice’

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2025

Ex-NYPD officer sentenced to 18 months after conviction for helping China stalk an expat

A former New York police sergeant has been sentenced to 18 months in prison in a U.S. case about China’s pursuit of critics abroad

The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025

Retired NYPD cop guilty in Chinese government plot to pressure dissident into returning to China

A former NYPD cop turned private investigator and two Chinese citizens were found guilty Wednesday in a landmark case taking aim at the Chinese government’s illegal efforts to extort dissidents living overseas.

Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023

Three men including ex-NYPD officer convicted of harassing Chinese exile

Prosecutors say ‘Operation Fox Hunt’ is a Beijing effort to pressure Chinese nationals in the US to return home to face charges

The Guardian - US · Jun 20, 2023

3 men convicted in US trial that scrutinized China’s ‘Operation Fox Hunt’ repatriation campaign

Three men have been convicted of various charges in a trial showcasing U.S. claims that China has engineered pressure campaigns on American soil to bully expatriates into returning home

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2023

US jury to weigh case prosecutors call part of China's 'Operation Fox Hunt' repatriation effort

Jurors are expected to start deliberating Thursday in the criminal trial of three men accused of trying to scare a former Chinese official into returning to his homeland

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023

Chinese ex-official's wife says alleged repatriation pressure turned her life in US 'upside-down'

The wife of a former Chinese official has told a U.S. court about finding an ominous note on the couple's New Jersey front door

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023

Trial opens for 3 charged with aiding Chinese campaign to pressure expats into returning home

An American sleuth and two Chinese men are facing jurors in the first trial to come out of U.S. claims that China’s government has tried to harass, intimidate and arm-twist dissidents and others abroad into returning home

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023

Chinese agent or private eye? Ex-NY cop's 'Fox Hunt' trial kicks off

A former New York City police sergeant charged with acting as an illegal Chinese agent for allegedly intimidating a U.S.-based fugitive from China went on trial on Wednesday and argued he did not know that country's government was behind a private surveillance job he took.

Reuters · May 31, 2023