NEW YORK (AP) — A former aide to two New York governors went on trial Wednesday on charges she sold her influence to the Chinese government and illegally profited from the state’s bulk purchase of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Linda Sun and her husband, Chris Hu, last year during a U.S. crackdown on alleged Chinese secret agents. They were in June as part of the government’s efforts to root out pandemic fraud.

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