And in today's press release, an FBI official said, quote, "Wang Ying Jiang's arrest for allegedly acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government makes clear how far China's authoritarian regime will go to advance its goals." For viewers learning about China's transnational repression for the first time, how far is the CCP willing to go to achieve its goals?

Well, to be frank, we've never seen anything like this in, in, in modern history.

I mean, even Russia in its most powerful days in the Soviet Union didn't go after people abroad the way China does.

Um, China has gone after tens of thousands of people overseas.

Uh, you know, blackmailing family members at home, you know, uh, acting financially against them, all to try and extend Beijing's or the CCP's, let's call it repression, globally.

So i- it really is quite an extraordinary effort involving hundreds of thousands of people globally.

Under President Trump's leadership, this FBI is hunting national security threats wherever they hide and putting them in cuffs." What kind of threat do these operations pose to US national security and sovereignty?

Well, it certainly poses a threat to both.

And in today's press release, an FBI official said, quote, "Wang Ying Jiang's arrest for allegedly acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government makes clear how far China's authoritarian regime will go to advance its goals." For viewers learning about China's transnational repression for the first time, how far is the CCP willing to go to achieve its goals?

Well, to be frank, we've never seen anything like this in, in, in modern history.

I mean, even Russia in its most powerful days in the Soviet Union didn't go after people abroad the way China does.

Um, China has gone after tens of thousands of people overseas, uh, you know, blackmailing family members at home, you know, uh, acting financially against them, all to try and extend Beijing's or the CCP's, let's call it repression, globally.

So i- it really is quite an extraordinary effort involving hundreds of thousands of people globally.

Under President Trump's leadership, this FBI is hunting national security threats wherever they hide and putting them in cuffs." What kind of threat do these operations pose to US national security and sovereignty?

Well, it certainly poses a threat to both.

I mean, on the sovereignty issue, you know, uh, and we, we've seen in, in Eric Swalwell and Fang Fang and, you know, and I believe Wang in a number of cases where the CCP has tried to infiltrate American political figures at lower levels with the understanding and expectation that they would grow into positions, that they would be powerful in the United States and can influence US policy.