Former State Dept Employee Admitted Receiving Tens of Thousands of Dollars in Benefits From Two Chinese Agents in Exchange for Internal State Dept. Documents
Candace Marie Claiborne, a former employee of the U.S. Department of State
pleaded guilty today to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, by lying to law enforcement and background investigators
to hiding her extensive contacts with, and gifts from, agents of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), in exchange for providing them with internal documents from the U.S. State Department.
**She was arrested on March 28, 2017, following a law enforcement investigation.
Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers stated,
"Candace Marie Claiborne traded her integrity and non-public information of the United States government in exchange for cash and other gifts from foreign agents she knew worked for the Chinese intelligence service”
"She withheld information and lied repeatedly about these contacts."
U.S. Attorney Liu said,
"Claiborne broke the public trust when she accepted gifts and money from foreign officials, and then lied about it to State Department background investigators,”
"The United States will continue to seek to hold accountable those who abuse their positions of trust.”
Assistant Director McNamara stated,
"“Candace Claiborne was entrusted with Top Secret information when she purposefully misled federal investigators about her repeated interactions with foreign contacts which violated her oath of office as a State Department employee"
“The FBI will continue to investigate individuals who fail to report foreign contacts, which is a key indicator of potential insider threats posed by those in positions of public trust.”
GOOD because we All have evidence of many Other traitors in high held positions who were Supposed to stand for Justice!
Deputy Assistant Secretary Colón stated,
“Our close working relationship with the FBI and the Department of Justice resulted in the conviction of Candace Claiborne who violated the public trust and damaged our national security"
Diplomatic Security will continue working with our law enforcement partners to vigorously defend the interests and security of the United States of America."
That is Good to know because. . .
The Plea Documents show,
Claiborne, 63, began working as an Office Management Specialist for the Department of State in 1999. She served overseas at a number of posts, including embassies and consulates in Baghdad, Iraq, Khartoum, Sudan, and Beijing and Shanghai, China.
As a condition of her employment, Claiborne maintained a TOP SECRET security clearance.
Claiborne also was required to report any contacts with persons suspected of affiliation with a foreign intelligence agency as well as any gifts she received from foreign sources over a certain amount.
Despite such a requirement, Claiborne failed to report repeated contacts with two agents of the People’s Republic of China Intelligence Service, even though these agents provided tens of thousands of dollars in gifts and benefits to Claiborne and her family over five years. (well, that must have been a nice sum for someone in a department that brags they can do almost anything and Never get fired!)
Looks like the fam got in on some of these Perks and Bonuses too!
- Some of these gifts and benefits were provided directly to Claiborne, while others were provided to a close family member of Claiborne’s.
I guess the American Dream Really IS still alive and well. . .That is IF you're an elitist and IF you are Obama and Bernie with the chance to have more than just One vacation home after just having "community organizing" and politician on your resume! Appears to pay pretty well!
Pleas document shows. . .In exchange for these gifts and benefits,
- Claiborne provided copies of internal documents from the State Department on topics ranging from U.S. economic strategies to visits by dignitaries between the two countries.
Claiborne noted in her journal that she could,
“Generate 20k in 1 year” working with one of the PRC agents. That same agent at one point tasked her with providing internal U.S. Government analyses on a U.S.-Sino Strategic Economic Dialogue that had just concluded.
Claiborne, who confided to a co-conspirator that the PRC agents were “spies,” willfully misled State Department background investigators and FBI investigators about her contacts with those agents
After the State Department and FBI investigators contacted her, Claiborne also instructed her co-conspirators to delete evidence connecting her to the PRC agents
According to Justice dot gov,
Judge Moss scheduled sentencing for July 9, 2019. Claiborne, of Washington, D.C., was ordered detained pending sentencing, but will self-surrender for said detention on June 5, 2019. The statutory maximum penalty for a person convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States is five years in prison. The maximum statutory sentences are prescribed by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes. The sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the court after considering the advisory Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The FBI’s Washington Field Office is leading the investigation into this matter. The case was prosecuted by Thomas A. Gillice and investigated by John L. Hill, both Assistant U.S. Attorneys in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, and Deputy Chief Julie A. Edelstein and Trial Attorney Evan N. Turgeon of the National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section.
Do you suppose this is prepping the general public to see what goes on Right under their noses with the people they are entrusting to Rule over them and they are Supposed to be dishing out justice? How Just are these people whose salaries are paid off our hard earned forced taxes?
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Sources,
This was addressed by Investment Watch 2 years ago.
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