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If a Republican congressman was accused of having a sexual relationship with a foreign intelligence asset, you bet the liberal media would have a field day. But as NewsBusters has shown, naughty California Democrat Eric Swalwell was getting off easy after revelations he had such a relationship with a Chinese spy. And despite the new push from Congressional Republicans to removing him from the House Intelligence Committee, the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) continued to keep curtains closed.
Fortunately, Fox News National Security correspondent Jennifer Griffin was on the case during Tuesday’s Special Report.
“Republican lawmakers are demanding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi remove Congressman Eric Swalwell from the House Intelligence Committee following revelations he was targeted by a suspected Chinese spy who helped him fundraise for his 2014 congressional campaign,” she reported
Fox News apparently spoke with a source in the FBI who confirmed that Swalwell was made aware of the fact he was in a relationship with the Chinese spy, Fang Fang. “In 2015, Swalwell was named to the Intelligence Committee, the same year the FBI warned him he was being targeted by a Chinese spy,” Griffin said. “Swalwell fully cooperated with the FBI and was never suspected of any wrongdoing according to an FBI source.”
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