Rubio Fires Officer Over Hidden Relationship with Daughter of CCP Official

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While the State Department declined to detail the internal investigation, officials confirmed that Choi’s failure to report the relationship violated long-standing security protocols designed to protect against coercion or compromise by foreign entities.

Foreign service officers are required to immediately disclose any “close and continuing contact” with foreign nationals who may have ties to hostile governments

Choi reportedly told the undercover journalist that his girlfriend’s father was either a provincial or federal education minister within the CCP structure, adding, “She could have been a spy — I don’t even know. ”