But now that President Donald Trump’s administration is leading the charge, a top Clinton-era official is going to jail for treason.
Former State Department employee Candace Claiborne, hired under former President Bill Clinton, was sentenced on Tuesday to 40 months in prison and smacked with a $40,000 fine.
Claiborne is also required to serve 36 months of supervised release and will sit down for an interview with the FBI as well as cooperate for a video with the State Department when she gets out of prison.
While working under former President Barack Obama, Claiborne admitted to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government, concealing contact with foreign spies, obstructing an official proceeding, and making false statements to the FBI.
Claiborne, a 60-year-old veteran State Department employee, possessed a Top Secret security clearance and concealed her extensive contacts with Chinese intelligence agents.
Chinese spies lavished Claiborne with thousands of dollars in gifts as part of a pay-for-play scheme.
In addition to cash payments, Chinese spies also paid Claiborne with vacations, an apartment, Apple electronics, and tuition to a Chinese fashion school.
Prosecutors said she also tried to hide evidence of her crimes from investigators after Trump took office.
U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss called Claiborne’s crime “a truly grave offense, a betrayal of her employer and a betrayal of her country” before sentencing her in a Washington D.C. courtroom.
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