Stefanik takes aim at 'unacceptable' Blinken trip to China after foreign hackers accessed govt emails

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is doubling down on criticism of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's decision to go to China even as the communist regime is conducting a hacking campaign against the U.S.

"This is unacceptable and exactly why I called for the cancellation of Secretary Blinken's trip," she said. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.

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The New York Times reported that the State Department discovered a hack, which began in May, into the email accounts of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo as well as State Department officials before Blinken made the trip to Beijing — which had been delayed over the Chinese spy balloon incident in February. The Times reported that the State Department discovered the intrusion on June 16, the same day Blinken left from Washington, D.C., for the trip.