Li "Cindy" Yang

Li "Cindy" Yang (; born ) is a Chinese-American businesswoman known for founding an enterprise of massage parlors in Florida, including one sold by Yang in 2013 where New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft later allegedly received illegal sexual services. After becoming successful in the massage parlor business, Yang became involved in politics, allegedly selling access to President Donald Trump to Chinese businessmen at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, resulting in Democratic calls for an investigation of her activities.

Early life and business success Yang was born in China, and 2003, eventually becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen. She chose the English name "Cindy" because she liked Cindy Crawford. The enterprise grew to include "at least six day spas as well as a massage school and several nail salons", with one massage parlor being a location in Jupiter, Florida that Yang sold in 2013, and which would thereafter become the Orchids of Asia spa.

Political activities Yang appeared to be uninvolved with politics prior to 2015, when she "made some small donations" to the presidential campaign of Jeb Bush. In February 2018, Yang attended an event at the White House for Trump's Asian American and Pacific Islander Initiative. As of March 2019, Yang's company was promoting a Mar-a-Lago event for "Chinese elites" to meet Trump's sister, Elizabeth Trump Grau and members of Congress. U.S Representatives Matt Gaetz White House staffer Kellyanne Conway, former Governor and later Senator Rick Scott, Yang was reported as having been a Vice President of the CPPRC chapter.

On March 12, 2019, the White House released a statement asserting that Trump "doesn't know" Yang. On March 14, 2019, Yang's attorney issued a denial of the assertion that Yang was selling access to Trump. Yang echoed the position of the White House in an interview on NBC News on March 20, 2019, saying that she also doesn't know Trump.

Dr. Charles Lee is an associate of Yang. Yujing Zhang, who was arrested on March 30, 2019 trying to enter Mar-a-Lago, paid to attend a Yang-promoted Chinese-language social media event.

In May 2019, it was reported that the FBI had opened an investigation into Yang to determine whether she had illegally funneled foreign money into President Trump's re-election effort.

In September 2022, the Miami Herald reported that Republican members of the Federal Election Commission had blocked an investigation into Yang's campaign contributions, "despite a staff finding that laws likely were broken".