It’s Ms. Sun goes to Washington.
The alleged Chinese spy who infiltrated the New York governor’s office was able to get into the White House — while under federal investigation, The Post has learned.
Linda Sun’s tour of the Executive Mansion came just two months before the FBI raided her gaudy $3.5 million Long Island home as they wrapped up their case into her alleged work for Beijing.
The May visit was facilitated by Sun’s former boss Queens Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), the congresswoman’s office confirmed Friday.
Sun — a former high-ranking aide for Gov. Kathy Hochul and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo — gushed about the jaunt to Washington DC in an emoji-filled Facebook post several days later.
“Tour of the White House [check emoji], See our favorite Congresswoman [check emoji], Tour of the Capitol with our favorite Congresswoman [check emoji],” Sun wrote in the May 10, 2024 missive, obtained by The Post.
Her trip to the nation’s capital also included one other notable stop — a visit to the International Spy museum, the post said.
One of the photos included in the post shows a card from the museum labeled “undercover mission.”
But at the time of the visit, Sun’s purported cover was about to be blown. A source confirmed that the former political operative was actively under investigation at the time.
Last week, Sun, 41, and her husband, Christopher Hu, 40, were slapped with sprawling charges of violating and conspiring to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act, visa fraud, alien smuggling and money laundering conspiracy. They have pleaded not guilty.
Brooklyn federal prosecutors allege Sun used her position under Hochul and Cuomo to turn the governor’s office into a virtual mouthpiece for the People’s Republic of China and Chinese Community Party.
In exchange, she allegedly received gifts and millions of dollars in bribes — which she and her hubby used to buy real estate, including their Manhasset mansion, and luxury cars like a 2024 Ferrari Roma.
Sun joined the Cuomo administration, working as a liaison to Queens and the Asian American community, after a stint as Meng’s chief of staff when the pol was first elected to the state Assembly in 2009.
But the two apparently were in still in touch recently — a spokesperson for the congresswoman said her office helped facilitate the White House tour, which is how such visits are commonly organized.
Meng did not give Sun and her family a personal tour of the US Capitol, but the two did take a photo on the steps outside the House chamber, the rep noted.
“Obviously, nobody knew anything about what she is now accused of doing which continues to be deeply troubling and shocking,” Meng’s spokesperson wrote to The Post in a statement.
“If anything was known, her request would have clearly not been considered. The tour does not include the Oval Office, West Wing, interaction with officials or anything along those lines,” the statement said.
A spokesperson for the White House said the visit consisted of the standard tour given to members of the public
White House visitors on such tours generally do not meet with officials — though they do access sensitive areas that host official functions just one floor beneath the president’s bedroom.
“White House tours are museum visits that consist of a walking tour through historic rooms and do not include access to White House offices, personnel, or non-public information,” a White House spokesperson said.
“Tours are available to any members of the public, through congressional offices, and this was arranged through that standard process, by Rep. Meng.”
Still, the visits raised eyebrows for intelligence and foreign influence hawks curious of how Sun would’ve gotten through US Secret Service background checks with the active probe into her and her husband.
“The Biden-Harris administration must crack down on tighter security controls on all federal government buildings, including the White House, to ensure Chinese and Russian operatives do not gain access,” Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told The Post.
Michael Lucci, founder of State Armor, a group that advocates on issues involving foreign adversaries and state governments, said he was less concerned about the White House tour itself, and more about how information may or may not have been shared about the investigation into Sun.
“It could be the case that she’s a target of the investigation and to deny her access on what was possibly just a normal tour might have just thrown up a flag for her that they just didn’t want to throw up yet,” Lucci said.
Lucci also questioned why federal authorities appeared not to have alerted the governor’s office when investigators first interviewed Sun and informed her about requirements of the Foreign Agents Registration Act in 2020.
“There needs to be better communication,” he said. “If the FBI agents are telling her about obligations under FARA, in my opinion, they should say something to the governor’s office.”
Sun stayed on as a staffer in state government following the interview, bouncing around several other executive branch positions before being promoted to a deputy chief of staff under Hochul soon after the gov took office in 2021.
The damning 64-page indictment laid out how Sun and her husband received lavish gifts from Chinese officials as she used her position as a mid to upper level staffer in New York government to help advance China’s agenda.
The charges detail how Sun worked to stop state officials from recognizing Taiwan as an independent nation and at one point falsified Hochul’s signature to help facilitate Chinese nationals’ entries into the US.
Meng, one of New York’s most prominent Asian American elected officials, took the opportunity to condemn Chinese influence campaigns, but also cautioned against stereotyping.
“Congresswoman Meng condemns public corruption and firmly opposes any effort by a foreign government to influence or undermine American society and democracy,” Meng’s spokesperson wrote.
“For too long, Asian Americans have often been viewed as not real Americans and continue to have their loyalty questioned. The Congresswoman believes that cases like these must not further fuel those harmful stereotypes and paint the entire Asian American community with one broad brush,” the rep said.
— Additional reporting by Joshua Christenson
