Linda Sun, a former aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY), was charged earlier this week with accepting bribes from companies selling personal protective equipment during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
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“The Director and I are absolutely committed to cleaning up the plague of public corruption. We are also committed to weeding out CCP scheming and illicit influence campaigns,” Bongino said. “Corrupt public officials are on notice, this case is not even the beginning of the beginning. You know who you are. So do we.”
Bongino said the FBI is “in the results business” and promised more results will “materialize.” This echoed the statement from Christopher Raia, assistant director of the FBI’s New York field office. Raia similarly promised, “The FBI will never tolerate any public official who abuses their position to profit at the expense of others, especially when their objectives align with foreign agendas.”
“During a global pandemic, Linda Sun allegedly leveraged her authority within the New York State government to secretly steer contracts to selective PPE vendors in exchange for millions of dollars in kickbacks to her and her husband,” Raia announced earlier this week.
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Hochul has condemned Sun’s actions. The governor is running for reelection in 2026.
