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Miles Archer

(23,204 posts)
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 08:23 AM 3 hrs ago

Kash Patel is attempting to please his bloated orange deity by "bringing a criminal case against Eric Swalwell"

Sources told the outlet that Patel recently instructed FBI agents in San Francisco to dig up and quickly redact files related to Swalwell, 45, and Christine Fang, a suspected Chinese agent who reportedly developed close ties to the congressman during his 2014 re-election campaign.

The Post reports that FBI leaders have also discussed possibly sending agents to China to see if Fang has any damaging information about Swalwell, or arranging a U.S. visa for her in exchange for intel on the California gubernatorial candidate, who just happens to be an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump.

More than a decade ago, the FBI investigated Fang over suspicions that she formed close relationships with American politicians, including Swalwell, as a political intelligence operative for China. She helped raise funds for Swalwell’s 2014 re-election campaign and helped install at least one intern in his office.

But no public evidence of wrongdoing against Swalwell was found, and a two-year House Ethics Committee probe into him ended in 2023 with the Republican-led panel deciding to “take no further action.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/keystone-kash-patels-pathetic-fbi-play-on-eric-swalwell-to-please-donald-trump-exposed/

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Kash Patel is attempting to please his bloated orange deity by "bringing a criminal case against Eric Swalwell" (Original Post) Miles Archer 3 hrs ago OP
Donald is a chaos machine. Vote. Win. Impeach. Joinfortmill 3 hrs ago #1
Otherwise, Adam Schiff 2.0 Zambero 3 hrs ago #2

Zambero

(9,985 posts)
2. Otherwise, Adam Schiff 2.0
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 08:58 AM
3 hrs ago

In California, MAGA opposition can only serve to help a candidate.

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