“Pelosi just reappointed Eric Swalwell to the Intelligence Committee. Based on the briefing she and I received together, Swalwell should not be on the panel in charge of guarding our nation’s secrets,” McCarthy said of his fellow Californian. “Next week, I will offer a resolution to remove him from the Intel Committee.”
Swalwell has been a constant target of GOP lawmakers since a December 2020 Axios report said a suspected Chinese intelligence operative helped fundraise for the California Democrat during his 2014 reelection campaign. According to the report, Christine Fang, or Fang Fang, allegedly targeted politicians – primarily in California but also including two Midwestern mayors – before leaving the country in 2015, when she became the subject of a federal investigation.
In his tweet, McCarthy was referring to a classified briefing he and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were reportedly given about Fang after the Axios report was published.
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