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Top Congressional Leader Calls For Eric Swalwell's Removal From Congress After Report Links Him To Chinese Spy
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is calling on Rep. Eric Swalwell to be removed from Congress following reports that he had been targeted by a Chinese spy.
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is calling on Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) to be removed from Congress following reports that he had been targeted by a Chinese spy.
A bombshell Axios report on Tuesday indicated that a woman by the name of Christine Fang “took part in fundraising activity for Swalwell’s 2014 re-election campaign” and that she interacted with the Congressman “at multiple events over the course of several years.”
Fang had served as a Chinese Intelligence operative with China’s Ministry of State Security.
Officials do not allege any of the fundraising was illegal, but they do indicate the alleged Chinese spy was able to place an intern with Swalwell’s office.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson added to the scandal by alleging during his broadcast that “U.S. intelligence officials believe that Fang had a sexual relationship with” Swalwell.
That assertion has not been proven, but Carlson adds that his staff asked the Congressman for comment on the matter, but were told that his staff “couldn’t comment on whether or not Swawell had a sexual relationship with Fang because that information might be quote, ‘classified.'”