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Rubio Fires Foreign Service Officer Caught Concealing a Secret Romantic Relationship with a CCP Affiliate

October 8, 2025

Daniel Choi, a Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. State Department, speaks in a restaurant setting while enjoying a colorful cocktail.

Daniel Choi, a Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. State Department, speaks in a restaurant setting while enjoying a colorful cocktail.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, with Trump’s approval, fired Foreign Service Officer caught concealing a secret relationship with a CCP affiliate.

Over the summer, the O’Keefe Media Group released an undercover video of Daniel Choi, a US State Department Foreign Service Officer, who admitted he dated a senior CCP leader’s daughter and refused to report her.

“I defied my government for love,” Daniel Choi said of his romantic relationship with 27-year-old Joi Zao.

Joi Zao entered the US on a work visa in September 2024.

“Her dad was either a provincial or a federal minister of education. So he’s, like, straight up Communist Party,” Choi said.

“Under federal regulations, Foreign Service Officers are required to report close and continuing contact with foreign nationals from adversarial nations, including China,” the O’Keefe Media Group reported.

Choi admitted he didn’t report her: “I was supposed to, whatever, sort of report what I knew about her, but I always thought that was kind of unfair.”

WATCH:

The State Department previously said the incident was under investigation.

Daniel Choi has been fired.

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