WEBVTT - Is She's a Spy, She's Not A Very Good One.  Sarah Blaskey talks to Armstrong & Getty

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<v Speaker 1>Completely different tale, that of the mysterious Chinese woman carrying

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<v Speaker 1>malware who apparently tried to sneak in Mara Lago while

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<v Speaker 1>the President was in town. Sarah Blaski joins us. Sarah's

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<v Speaker 1>a reporter with the Miami Harold. Hello, Sarah, how are

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<v Speaker 1>you hi? You guys, I'm great, Thanks for having me. Sure,

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<v Speaker 1>it's our pleasure. So my question, my first question is, well,

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<v Speaker 1>why don't you outline what happened? And I guess we'll

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<v Speaker 1>get into the follow ups. Sure, So we don't have

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of details, but what we know is on Saturday,

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<v Speaker 1>around you, a woman tried to get into Moral Lago

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<v Speaker 1>and she was stopped by Secret Service, obviously because the

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<v Speaker 1>president and his family were there, and she presented two

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<v Speaker 1>passports from China um identifying herself as U Jings Dang,

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<v Speaker 1>and because she had a similar name to someone who

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<v Speaker 1>apparently is on the guest list at Mara Lago, they

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<v Speaker 1>let her through. She gets into the sort of secondary

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<v Speaker 1>screening area and changes her story. She originally had told

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<v Speaker 1>these two guys that she was invited and she wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to use the pool. Um she didn't even have a

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<v Speaker 1>swimming suit on her so in the second area. She says, essentially,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm here for I'm here for this um uh US

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<v Speaker 1>China Friendship Association event. And they're like, wait what because

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<v Speaker 1>so because of the sort of difference UM in the story,

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<v Speaker 1>they started questioning her more, and she eventually, according to

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<v Speaker 1>the police report, Um became combative when she was asked

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<v Speaker 1>to leave. I think that means verbally and um. She

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<v Speaker 1>was eventually arrested. Her things were searched and it turned

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<v Speaker 1>out she was carrying not a swimming suit, but four

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<v Speaker 1>cell phones, a computer hard drive, and a sumb drive.

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<v Speaker 1>And on that thumb drive there was malware. Now we

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<v Speaker 1>don't know the nature of that. That could be literally

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<v Speaker 1>anything an accident to something much more sinister. You know, Sarah,

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<v Speaker 1>it strikes me that if this woman is a secret

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<v Speaker 1>agent of some sort, she's very very bad at her

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<v Speaker 1>Are you kidding? We just caught the Jane bond to

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<v Speaker 1>Chinese spies and got lucky. I'm here for the Chinese

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<v Speaker 1>US friend relations thingy and I do I have a passport,

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<v Speaker 1>I've got two rights, and pockets full of burner phones

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<v Speaker 1>and all sorts of I mean, that's say, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not a spy, but that's not the way spies

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<v Speaker 1>do it. I don't think so. Do we have any hints, Sarah,

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<v Speaker 1>that this person might just be a whacka do? I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's possible. We actually don't know anything more about her. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>Federal authorities are being kind of you know, page with

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<v Speaker 1>details at this point, as you can understand. UM. But

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<v Speaker 1>but the truth day is, we just know she's a

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<v Speaker 1>thirty two year old woman who was trying to enter

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<v Speaker 1>mar Lago. But what I will say is is we've

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<v Speaker 1>been talking about Cindy Yang for a couple of weeks,

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<v Speaker 1>this massage parlor owner who has sort of recently rebranded

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<v Speaker 1>herself as someone that can get Chinese executive access to

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump, and she's been selling that access at mar

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<v Speaker 1>Lago and connected to the what's his name just popped

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<v Speaker 1>out of my head? Is that the Yeah? So she

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<v Speaker 1>runs that chain massage parlor. How does that factor into

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<v Speaker 1>this story? She was at the Chinese American Friendship Conference. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>actually she is, um business associates with a man who

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<v Speaker 1>runs the US Chinese Friendship Association. Sorry, it's called the

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<v Speaker 1>Nation's Friendship Association. It's the summit that they were holding

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<v Speaker 1>that day was like this US China Friendship Summit summit,

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<v Speaker 1>and Cindy Yang had been promoting that event um in

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<v Speaker 1>recent weeks on her UM political consulting website where she

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<v Speaker 1>sells this access um sort of saying this is a

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<v Speaker 1>chance to meet high ranking members of Congress. Um. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>come one, come on, come one, come all. So she

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<v Speaker 1>runs brothels on the side and then does this as

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<v Speaker 1>her main job, or well, we can't say that she

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<v Speaker 1>runs brought so I can say anything. Quote you know

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<v Speaker 1>is that she at one time owned the spa where

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<v Speaker 1>Robert Kraft was Um was busted a couple of months

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<v Speaker 1>so um, but she continues to own several spas in

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<v Speaker 1>Florida that all go by the name Tokyo Jay Spa

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<v Speaker 1>and and those spots are not related to the current bust,

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<v Speaker 1>but they have been investigated themselves separately in recent years

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<v Speaker 1>for similar issues law enforcements. Sarah Blastky as a reporter

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<v Speaker 1>for the Miami Harold, I would ask my co host

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<v Speaker 1>if you could refrain from staining our guests with your slanders.

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<v Speaker 1>I would appreciate it. Uh. Now, Sarah, question on the

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<v Speaker 1>whole chain of massage parlors there our question has been

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<v Speaker 1>why are the super rich in some cases going to

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<v Speaker 1>like low rent strip mall. You know, Robin tugs is

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<v Speaker 1>the course term, and I hate to use it, but

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<v Speaker 1>do we have any idea why that's the place of

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<v Speaker 1>choice for the rich and powerful? I think that's the

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<v Speaker 1>question and everyone has been asking, and if you know

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<v Speaker 1>the answer, please tell me off the air that story.

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<v Speaker 1>So if I had billions of dollars, I wouldn't be,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, schluffing into some strip mall. Okay, so, but

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<v Speaker 1>so you since you're in the area, everybody is wondering

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<v Speaker 1>why the owner of the Patriots on the day of

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<v Speaker 1>an important game, why a different professional golfer, wire different

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<v Speaker 1>billionaire all got busted there? It doesn't make sense. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean to give you this straight answer here. What we've

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<v Speaker 1>heard from experts is that massage parlors are incredibly safe

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<v Speaker 1>places for a john to get sexual favors. And the

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<v Speaker 1>reason is it's really hard for someone to pose. For

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<v Speaker 1>an undercover cop to pose as a massage parlor missus,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, how would they get in, how would they

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<v Speaker 1>establish that? You know, It's just it's it's much harder

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<v Speaker 1>than say an undercover cops standing on the street soliciting

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<v Speaker 1>right or sending an ad on the Internet saying meet

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<v Speaker 1>me at this hotel. That makes perfect sense. Okay, But

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<v Speaker 1>but there's gotta be something about that particular one. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>if that area is like any other urban area, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>aware of their Yelp previews, there are hundreds of them,

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<v Speaker 1>and how they all ended up with that same one

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<v Speaker 1>just seems odd to me. Oh, I agree. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if it weren't for that, we wouldn't know anything about

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<v Speaker 1>Cyndi Yang. And so she may just be the most

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<v Speaker 1>unlucky woman in the world that formerly owned a spa.

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<v Speaker 1>Whereas this guy, Robert Craft just happened to get busted.

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<v Speaker 1>We really don't know what drew him there. On Sarah

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<v Speaker 1>Blaski with the Miami Herald, Sarah, great job. You really

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<v Speaker 1>enjoyed talking with you. Thanks a Milian, thanks for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>You see, I think I think she enjoyed us at first,

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<v Speaker 1>and she tired of my act. Yes, your act I

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<v Speaker 1>think is correct. Near Slanders