Eileen Wang, 58, mayor of Arcadia, agreed to plead guilty over the felony count brought by the justice department<\/p>\n
Eileen Wang, the mayor of a southern California city, resigned suddenly on Monday after the US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced she had been charged with acting as an illegal foreign agent of China.<\/p>\n
Wang, 58, agreed to plead guilty to the felony count and could face a sentence of 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n
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