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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Massage Parlor Owner Peddling Access to Trump Has Ties to Chinese Government-Linked Groups
The Cindy Yang caper takes another turn.
Li Yang, the Florida massage parlor entrepreneur who created and operated a business that sold Chinese business executives access to President Donald Trump and his family at Mar-a-Lago, has yet another intriguing line of work. She is an officer of two groups with ties to Chinas Communist government. And she founded a Miami-based nonprofit that promotes economic and cultural exchange between China and the West in coordination with senior Chinese leaders in the United States, according to a profile of Yang posted on a Chinese social media platform.
After Mother Jones on Saturday revealed that Yang, who goes by Cindy, had been peddling entrée to the Trump family, the Trump White House, and assorted GOP powerbrokers, national security experts noted that this situation could pose a threat, presenting opportunities for espionage or blackmail targeting the president and his inner circle. They expressed concern the Yangs efforts to broker interactions with Trump and his clan could be exploited by Chinese intelligence. Guess who else has 100% known about this from the beginning? tweeted Susan Hennessey, a Brookings Institution fellow who previously worked as a National Security Agency lawyer. Chinese intelligence services. Samantha Vinograd, a CNN national security analyst who worked for the National Security Council during the Obama administration, noted: Our intel community has said China poses one of the most significant counterintelligence challengesmy money is on the Chinese Govt having at least picked up on [Yangs] access if they didnt direct it.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/03/the-massage-parlor-owner-peddling-access-to-trump-has-ties-to-chinese-government-linked-groups-cindy-yang/
Li Yang, the Florida massage parlor entrepreneur who created and operated a business that sold Chinese business executives access to President Donald Trump and his family at Mar-a-Lago, has yet another intriguing line of work. She is an officer of two groups with ties to Chinas Communist government. And she founded a Miami-based nonprofit that promotes economic and cultural exchange between China and the West in coordination with senior Chinese leaders in the United States, according to a profile of Yang posted on a Chinese social media platform.
After Mother Jones on Saturday revealed that Yang, who goes by Cindy, had been peddling entrée to the Trump family, the Trump White House, and assorted GOP powerbrokers, national security experts noted that this situation could pose a threat, presenting opportunities for espionage or blackmail targeting the president and his inner circle. They expressed concern the Yangs efforts to broker interactions with Trump and his clan could be exploited by Chinese intelligence. Guess who else has 100% known about this from the beginning? tweeted Susan Hennessey, a Brookings Institution fellow who previously worked as a National Security Agency lawyer. Chinese intelligence services. Samantha Vinograd, a CNN national security analyst who worked for the National Security Council during the Obama administration, noted: Our intel community has said China poses one of the most significant counterintelligence challengesmy money is on the Chinese Govt having at least picked up on [Yangs] access if they didnt direct it.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/03/the-massage-parlor-owner-peddling-access-to-trump-has-ties-to-chinese-government-linked-groups-cindy-yang/
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The Massage Parlor Owner Peddling Access to Trump Has Ties to Chinese Government-Linked Groups (Original Post)
demmiblue
Mar 2019
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demmiblue
(36,903 posts)1. In light of the Cindy Yang saga, it's worth reupping this story by my colleagues @russchoma & @AndyK
PatSeg
(47,649 posts)2. That dawned on me immediately
when I first heard about Yang and Mar-a-lago.
dlk
(11,582 posts)3. Could Trump Be Involved in Trafficking?
Given Trumps connections w/Li Yang, Jeffrey Epstein & Trump Models, it might be worthwhile for the House to add potential trafficking to their list of investigations.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,047 posts)4. Manafort, China, tRump: from the Steele dossier:
Suggestion from source close to TRUMP and MANAFORT that Republican campaign team happy to have Russia as media bogeyman to mask more extensive corrupt business ties to China and other emerging countries.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211906102