Declassified FBI Files Say Swalwell Had Sexual Relationship With Suspected Chinese Operative Through 2015
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 17
Declassified FBI Files Say Swalwell Had Sexual Relationship With Suspected Chinese Operative Through 2015
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 17
Summary
Newly declassified FBI interview records say Eric Swalwell told agents he had physical relations with Christine Fang on a “handful of occasions,” with the last encounter in March 2015.
The files, released Monday by the White House Government Transparency Task Force, show agents interviewed Swalwell in 2015 and 2016 as part of a broader probe into Fang’s political activity and suspected intelligence ties.
FBI records also say Fang steered interns toward Swalwell’s operation and arranged prohibited foreign-national conduit donations to his campaign at least twice in 2013 and twice in 2014.
Swalwell told agents he cut off Fang after an April 2015 defensive briefing, and the FBI later removed him as an investigative subject in 2017 after finding no evidence he joined a quid-pro-quo corruption scheme.
The declassification adds detail to a long-murky case around Fang, whom agents suspected had links to China’s Ministry of State Security and who repeatedly urged Swalwell to visit China.