Former Government Worker Charged With Giving Top-Secret Info to China

The Justice Department announced Thursday that it had arrested and charged a former US government employee for sharing top-secret information with a Chinese government agent.

The criminal complaint states that Kevin Mallory has been charged with delivering defense information to aid a foreign government and making false statements to investigators. The Justice Department said Mallory could face a life sentence if convicted . . .

The criminal complaint says Mallory met with a Chinese national in Shanghai during March and April 2017 who “represented himself” as working for a think tank the FBI has said is intertwined with Chinese intelligence. Mallory consented to an interview with FBI agents in late May, where he told them about a communication device the Chinese national had provided him with. He allowed the FBI to examine the device, and the Justice Department said the FBI found classified information on it, including a document marked top-secret. (Read more from “Former Government Worker Charged With Giving Top-Secret Info to China” HERE)

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