Fang Fang scandal – Congressman Eric Swalwell refuses to say if he had sex with Chinese ‘spy’ as it is ‘classified’
CONGRESSMAN Eric Swalwell has refused to say if he had sex with an alleged Chinese spy — claiming the information is "classified".
He was one of a number of Democrats targeted in a honey trap operation to infiltrate political circles, according to bombshell reports last night.
She also cozied up to a string of other politicians including presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard before mysteriously vanishing.
, who is now a member of the House Intelligence Committee, is the most high profile figure to be swept up in the alleged scandal.
Last night Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson claimed security agencies believe he was in a sexual relationship with the suspected spy.
She is said to have raise funds and campaigned for him among Asian American voters as head of a student group.
According to , he cut off contact with Fang after a "defensive briefing" from FBI agents who were investigating her.
Swalwell's office told The Sun: "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.
Her office said she "has no recollection of ever meeting or talking with [Fang], nor any recollection of her playing a major role at the fundraiser.”
Fang also volunteered to campaign for Representative Ro Khannah's 2014 run for Congress before he was elected two years later.
Khannah's office told the outlet that he remembers seeing Fang at several Indian American political events, but he did not speak to her.
And one of these encounters reportedly took place in a car with a mayor from .
When asked why she was interested in him, Fang reportedly responded that she wanted to get better at speaking English.
She is said to have fled the US suddenly in June 2015 fearing her cover was blown.
She was expected to attend an event in DC but said she couldn't make it as she had to return to China.
US officials do not believe Fang received or passed on any classified materials, Axios reported.
However, a current senior US intelligence official said the case "was a big deal, because there were some really, really sensitive people that were caught up" in her network.
"When she left kind of abruptly, we all kind of scratched our heads," former Fremont Mayor Bill Harrison told Axios.
Following Fang's probe, the FBI has heightened the importance of investigations into Chinese intelligence and influence operations.
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In May 2019, the agency even created a unit dedicated to countering Beijing's operations at state and local levels.