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Eric Swalwell, A Chinese ‘Honeytrap’ And FBI Double Standards
NY Post ^ | 12/09/20

Posted on 12/11/2020 7:20:23 AM PST by Enlightened1

Rep. Eric Swalwell cut off contact with a young woman allegedly spying for China as soon as the FBI gave him a defensive briefing alerting him to the situation. Why didn’t the FBI give Team Trump the same option — instead of spying on it?

Fang Fang, a k a Christine Fang, got close to several politicians, especially in the Bay Area, from 2011 to 2015, only to abruptly leave the country as the FBI was closing in. US officials believe China’s Ministry of State Security, its main civilian spy agency, sent her here to collect intelligence and gain influence with up-and-coming politicians.

Since Democrats dominate Bay Area politics, she focused on officials such as Swalwell, starting when he was a Dublin city councilman and continuing after he won election to Congress in 2012. She turned out to have a good eye for talent: The congressman became a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in 2015, getting the lead role in the subcommittee on CIA oversight.

Axios reports Fang had sexual relationships with at least two Midwestern mayors; Swalwell won’t say whether he slept with the honeytrap. He interacted with her at a number of public events over the years, and she was a fundraising bundler for his 2014 re-election campaign. She even helped place an intern in his office.

But then the FBI, in the midst of a counterintelligence probe into Fang’s activities, briefed him in 2015, and he cut all ties (though his father and brother remain Facebook friends with her).

Swalwell claims Axios’ scoop, which the outlet says was the result of a year-long investigation, was leaked as payback for his work to impeach President Trump. Indeed, he’s angrier about the leak than he is about China targeting him.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chinese; ericswalwell; fbi; honeytrap
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To: mosaicwolf

If it were not for double standards the FBI would have no standards at all...


21 posted on 12/11/2020 8:42:12 AM PST by glasseye ("If you don't fire that prosecutor, you ain't black." -Joe Biden)
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To: TheDandyMan

The Feds were poking holes in the building with tanks. The building was full of women and children. The FBI should have been disbanded after that event and the headquarter bull dozed and a park put in its place.


22 posted on 12/11/2020 8:47:39 AM PST by odawg
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To: mosaicwolf

NAME THE MAYORS!


23 posted on 12/11/2020 8:58:11 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Enlightened1

California Representative Me Bang Bang Fang Fang.


24 posted on 12/11/2020 9:43:35 AM PST by WKUHilltopper
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To: Enlightened1

Wo Fat approves!

25 posted on 12/11/2020 9:47:13 AM PST by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
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