McCarthy gets FBI briefing on Swalwell: ‘He should not be on Intel’ committee
By Marisa Schultz Published 1 hour ago
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GOP House Leader Kevin McCarthy said Friday that an FBI briefing on Rep. Eric Swalwell’s contact with an alleged Chinese spy made clear one thing: The California Democrat should not have access to the nation’s secrets.
“He should not be on Intel,” McCarthy, R-Calif., told reporters after he exited the closed-door FBI briefing at the Capitol.
“I just think there are definitely 200 other Democrats that I know could fill that place,” McCarthy added.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was also briefed Friday by the FBI about Swalwell’s relationship six years ago with a suspected Chinese spy known as Fang Fang or Christine Fang.
Pelosi left the meeting without making any comments to reporters. Pelosi has previously stood by Swalwell and her decision to appoint him to the Intelligence Committee in January of 2015. “I don’t have any concern about Mr. Swalwell,” Pelosi said last week.
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