17 Top Republicans Ask Nancy Pelosi to Remove Eric Swalwell From Intelligence Committee
On 12/15/20 at 1:50 PM EST
Seventeen House Republicans called upon House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to remove Rep. Eric Swalwell of California from the House Intelligence Committee following a report about his former ties with an alleged Chinese spy.
The alleged spy, known as Christine Fang or Fang Fang, contributed to Swalwell s re-election campaign in 2014, according to an Axios report published last week. A spokesperson for Swalwell s office told Axios the congressman cooperated with the FBI in 2015 when investigators told him about Fang s alleged ties to China s civilian spy organization.
House GOP members are calling for California Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell’s removal from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence after it was revealed he maintained a political and alleged sexual relationship with Chinese spy Christine Fang.
“The House Intelligence Committee is instrumental in overseeing our national effort to counteract our chief global rival’s espionage initiatives; for one of its members to have had an undisclosed relationship with a foreign asset in the manner described by recent reports is unacceptable and dangerous,” the members wrote in a letter addressed to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
More than 15 Republican representatives signing the letter, including Reps. Jim Banks, Chip Roy, Steve Scalise, Liz Cheney, and Paul Gossar, stated that Swalwell’s relationship poses a “national security risk” that should lead to his dismissal from the committee.
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A group of House Republicans, led by some of the most high-profile members of the caucus, called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to remove Rep. Eric Swalwell from the House Intelligence Committee following revelations that he was targeted by a suspected Chinese spy.
“We write to you today out of concern with Congressman Eric Swalwell’s reported, close contacts with a Chinese Communist Party spy recently reported by
Axios. Because of Rep. Swalwell’s position on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, his close interactions with Chinese intelligence services, however unintentional they may be, are an unacceptable national security risk,” the Republicans told Pelosi in a letter obtained by the
House GOP Leaders Sign Letter Demanding Pelosi Remove Swalwell From Intelligence Committee
Several House Republican leaders signed a letter demanding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) remove Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) from the House Intelligence Committee after a report found he was targeted by a suspected Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spy.
“We write to you today out of concern with Congressman Eric Swalwell’s reported, close contacts with a Chinese Communist Party spy recently reported by Axios. Because of Rep. Swalwell’s position on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence [HPSCI], his close interactions with Chinese intelligence services, however unintentional they may be, are an unacceptable national security risk,” the Republicans told Pelosi in the letter (pdf).
California congressman under scrutiny Swalwell A suspected Chinese spy allegedly slept with at least two U.S. Midwestern mayors and was close to California Democrat Congressman Eric Swalwell in a yearslong intelligence campaign, Yahoo News (https://news.yahoo.com/suspected-chinese-spy-slept-least-130946174.html) and others are reporting. Fang Fang, also known as Christine Fang, embedded herself in California s Bay Area politics and slept with two Midwestern mayors as part of a yearslong Chinese intelligence campaign, according to an Axios investigation, Yahoo News reported today.
Fang Fang also fundraised for U.S. Reps. Eric Swalwell and Tulsi Gabbard, both of whom ran in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, Axios said, who added that Fang returned to China in mid-2015 amid an FBI investigation.