OAN Staff James Meyers
9:25 AM – Wednesday, November 27, 2024
The Chinese government has released three Americans with harsh sentences for alleged spying and drug-trafficking, just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take back the White House.
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The release was announced by the outgoing Biden administration and it’s still up in the air whether it was part of a broader deal with Beijing or merely a diplomatic move after Trump threatened a new 10% tariff against China over the country’s fentanyl exports on Monday.
Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung each received significant support among prominent Americans who said their charges by China were false.
Swidan, a Texas businessman, was sentenced to death for suspicious drug offenses after his 2012 arrest and among…
