Chinese Spy Bragged Hochul Was ‘Obedient,’ Coached Her on Pro-CCP Talking Points for Post-COVID Video

A former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), who has been accused of being a covert Chinese agent, boasted in text messages that her boss was "much more obedient" than her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo.

 The comments, part of the evidence presented at Linda Sun's corruption trial, were made during a discussion aimed at convincing Cuomo, the governor at the time, to film a speech commemorating the Lunar New Year.

Sun indicated to a Chinese official that she could get the then-Lt. Gov. to do it instead.

“She (Hochul) is much more obedient than the governor (Cuomo),” Sun allegedly said in one message, according to the New York Post, adding in another, "The deputy governor listens to me more than the governor does.”

This is a terrible look for Hochul.

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What is particularly shocking here is not just how brazenly Sun boasts that she has Hochul by the puppet strings. But it's the subject matter. It's pure propaganda, and Hochul, according to a Chinese spy, is a willing dupe.

What's so bad about this? Surely a Lunar New Year message is nothing nefarious. No ulterior motive. Right?

Right, Ms. Hochul? Unfortunately, wrong. 

The Post writes that the Chinese officials seeking to get Cuomo to record the message, which Hochul ultimately did, "was part of a broader effort to have public figures tape China-friendly clips as the world recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic."

Sun, in another message, said she could "make sure" Hochul used some of the Chinese official's "talking points" in the video.

“Can you share with me some talking points of things you want her to mention? I can make sure to include it in her (Hochul's) remarks,” she said.

China unleashed hell on the world with the pandemic, and Hochul was out there trying to provide favorable messaging for the CCP. She was clearly compromised.

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik (NY-21), who is running for Governor of New York in 2026, posted the video that Hochul recorded at the behest of the alleged Chinese spy.

“Not only is Kathy Hochul the most corrupt and Worst Governor in America, but she’s also the most compromised," Stefanik told the National Review. "It turns out Compromised Kathy bent the knee to her own Communist aide even before she bent the knee to New York City’s Socialist mayor-elect."

These text messages are just further evidence of how easily Sun controlled Hochul. Previous reporting on this trial showed evidence that the covert Chinese agent forged Hochul's signature on flattering letters inviting dignitaries from China's Henan province to meet with Cuomo in 2018.

The Chinese delegation was invited to meet with state officials and promote investment opportunities in New York State.

Sun has also been accused of influencing pandemic-era discussions by secretly placing a consulate official on a phone call in 2020 at the height of COVID, preventing Cuomo from meeting with officials from Taiwan, and even getting Hochul to omit mention of the Uyghurs, a repressed Muslim minority, in the same Lunar New Year speech.

That must have been one of those talking points they wanted to make sure wasn't in there.

Hochul's aide was initially charged with violating and conspiring to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act, visa fraud, alien smuggling, and money laundering conspiracy. She and her husband were hit with more charges in June of 2025, contending they helped steer lucrative contracts to Chinese companies to sell masks and ventilators to the New York government during the pandemic.

China unleashes the pandemic. They infiltrate Hochul's office and get contracts to sell masks and ventilators. Then they get her to talk about them in a positive light. This should be a far greater scandal than it has been thus far.

For Sun, meanwhile, she reaped other benefits while selling out the New York State government to her CCP handlers.

As RedState's Managing Editor, Jennifer Van Laar, reported upon Sun's arrest in September of 2024, controlling Hochul seemed to be a lucrative venture for her and her husband. The couple was allegedly accepting massive bribes totaling millions, then laundering the money and using the scheme's benefits to buy luxury vehicles and million-dollar properties.

Multiple million-dollar homes. Luxury cars, one built by Ferrari. Rolex watches and other gaudy jewelry that were found inside a $4 million Long Island mansion that Sun and her husband were living in when they were arrested.

Living it up, pushing Chinese propaganda while countless Americans die during the pandemic. Allegedly.

Sun held several prominent roles under Cuomo before becoming Hochul's Deputy Chief of Staff. She controlled Hochul's office. She controlled Hochul's pen. She controlled what came out of her mouth. And she did it on China's behalf.

Sun was fired from the state government in 2023 after initial allegations surfaced.