"A federal jury found Michael McMahon, a retired NYPD sergeant turned private investigator, guilty of acting as a foreign agent and interstate stalking after a two-week trial in June 2023. The jury acquitted him on a count of conspiracy to act as a foreign agent. According to prosecutors, McMahon was a critical member of a Chinese campaign to intimidate dissident Xu Jin, a former Wuhan city official, and his family, with the end goal of pressuring Xu into returning to China."
"The sentenced was commuted on Friday after Trump pardoned McMahon, following a campaign to spring the cop run by his wife, veteran As the World Turns actress Martha Byrne, and Reps. Mike Lawler (R-Westchester) and Pete Sessions (R-Texas). Martha Byrne arrives at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's 50th Anniversary Gala at The Beverly Hilton hotel on January 7, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Images) WE ARE BEYOND GRATEFUL!!! Byrne, who has written a book about her husband's case, wrote on X."
Michael McMahon, a retired NYPD sergeant turned private investigator, was convicted in federal court of acting as a foreign agent and interstate stalking after a two-week trial in June 2023 and was acquitted on a conspiracy count. Prosecutors accused McMahon of participating in a Chinese campaign to intimidate dissident Xu Jin and his family to coerce Xu's return to China. McMahon received an 18-month sentence in April despite prosecutors seeking seven years. President Trump pardoned and commuted McMahon's sentence after a campaign led by his wife Martha Byrne and congressional supporters including Reps. Mike Lawler and Pete Sessions, who had filed letters asserting his innocence.
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