Lawmaker Dares Biden To Declassify Alleged Swalwell-Fang Fang Report

A Republican lawmaker dared President Joe Biden to declassify an alleged report detailing the relationship between Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), and the suspected Chinese spy Fang Fang.

Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), announced this month that they are Running for Senate, issued the challenge in response to the White House’s defense of Swalwell after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Swalwell has been removed From the House Intelligence Committee.

In a first letter Breitbart Report The Daily Wire obtained the following information: Banks stated that “unknown reasons” the White House disagrees with the assessment by McCarthy and other members of Congress that Swalwell’s past relationship with Fang poses a national security risk and disqualifies Swalwell from receiving access to highly classified information.

He cited Recent press conference Karine Jean-Pierre, White House Press secretary, was asked by the panel to provide a response about Swalwell (D-CA), being kicked off the intelligence committee. Jean-Pierre responded that Swalwell and Schiff were kicked off the intelligence panel, along with Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-MN. “bring a lot to the table when it comes to foreign policy and national security.” The press secretary didn’t say much else beyond “it should be independent” Before you quickly drop the topic.

Banks offered to disclose the information in order to resolve any uncertainty. Breitbart’s July 2021 report on an alleged leak. According to the news outlet, the classified report contained information about U.S. intelligence. “intricate and intimate details” of Swalwell’s relationship with Fang, including “certain sexual acts they allegedly engaged in together.”

“If the White House’s position is correct and Rep. Swalwell’s past association with a Chinese spy does not preclude him from serving on the House Intelligence Committee, then the White House should immediately declassify its report on Rep. Swalwell,” Banks wrote. “If the report proves that, as the White House is suggesting, Rep. Swalwell’s relations with Fang Fang were innocuous and do not threaten our national security, then many House Republicans, including me, would support allowing Rep. Swalwell to serve on the House Intelligence Committee.”

The White House did no immediate respond to a request for comment about the letter. However, such a disclosure is unlikely given the extent of secrecy surrounding it.

In 2020, Axios The news was first reported Swalwell was linked to a Chinese national named Christine Fang. Fang Fang helped Swalwell with fundraising and also placed at least one intern within his office. According to a U.S. intelligence officer, Swalwell stopped contact with Fang after being briefed in 2015 by the FBI. The report also noted that Fang had left the country. “unexpectedly” In the middle of an investigation, 2015. As soon as the report was released, POLITICO notifiedAn FBI official told news outlets that Swalwell was “completely cooperative” And “under no suspicion of wrongdoing.”

However, Washington was still concerned by the story and Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), was briefed immediately thereafter. McCarthy immediately told reporters about the briefing “only raised more questions. The one thing that was fundamentally answered: he should not be on Intel.” He did a Similar argument Last week, Schiff was expelled from the House Intelligence Committee. Pelosi stated that she was for Schiff. “I don’t have any concern about Mr. Swalwell,” NPR. Such a view was echoed by Pelosi’s successor as leader of the House Democrats, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who this month insisted both Schiff and Swalwell were “eminently qualified” Continue to serve on the intelligence panel

Swalwell was often asked about spy scandal. His cooperation with the FBI is stressed. During a CNN interview over the weekend McCarthy was accused Of “weaponizing his ability to commit this political abuse.” Swalwell has also relied on the delicate nature the situation to avoid disclosing details about Fang. “Rep. Swalwell, long ago, provided information about this person — whom he met more than eight years ago, and whom he hasn’t seen in nearly six years — to the FBI. To protect information that might be classified, he will not participate in your story,” Swalwell’s office Axios was told For its 2020 scoop.

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