Only toward the tail end of a story about former gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell’s most recent tribulations does the matter of his connection to a Chinese spy come up.
Last Saturday, the FBI seized the former congressman’s electronic devices at a California airport “amid sexual misconduct probe.” These included an iPhone and a MacBook Pro. The next day agents seized “other potential evidence” at his home in DC (New York Post, August 20, 2026).
Swalwell and Fang
All this seemingly has to do with the allegations of sexual misconduct, including rape, that torpedoed Swalwell’s campaign for California governor and his congressional career. But perhaps examination of the phone, laptop, etc. will turn up evidence of other wrongdoing.
The Department of Justice opened an investigation into the former congressman in April. The Post has reached out to the DOJ for comment.
At 45, Swalwell was also facing scrutiny from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The former congressman has largely stayed out of the spotlight since then, including Monday as newly declassified records were released detailing his past interactions with the Chinese spy known as “Fang Fang.”
The documents, released by the White House Transparency Task Force, show Swalwell told the FBI that he had “occasionally hooked up” with Fang.
The FBI records about Swalwell’s liaison with CCP operative Christine Fang (shown above with the former congressman) were released in August 2026. ABC reported that they provide “the most detailed public account to date of the relationship and the FBI’s efforts to investigate Fang’s ties to California politics.”
The FBI concluded that Swalwell had probably broken no laws in the process of hooking up with Fang but that Fang, now out of the country, had probably broken laws in the process of trying to influence U.S. politicians.
The files also show federal investigators suspected Fang was facilitating a scheme involving campaign donations and congressional internships. An FBI opening memorandum stated the investigation was predicated on information suggesting internships in Swalwell’s offices were promised in exchange for campaign contributions, some of which investigators believed may have involved conduit donors or foreign nationals.
Investigators pursued the case for years…. However, a post-operation review later stated investigators did not meet their objective of obtaining evidence to indict Swalwell and Fang for campaign finance violations or a quid pro quo exchange.
A 2017 case memorandum shows the FBI concluded that investigators had “not found violations of federal corruption statutes perpetrated by Congressman Eric Swalwell.”….
The same documents state that Fang left the United States and was later barred from reentry. The FBI said it found evidence that Fang may have violated various campaign finance and related laws, but prosecutors ultimately determined prosecution was not viable because of national security concerns.
What those national security concerns might have been is not super-clear in the reporting. Fang left the United States abruptly in 2015, probably realizing that the feds were onto her. It would have been tough to extradite her from the People’s Republic of China.
If Swalwell is smart, the feds will find no new evidence about his interactions with Christine Fang or any other CCP infiltrators of Californian campaigns and congressional offices. But sometimes bad guys are dumb.
Also see:
StoptheCCP.org: “Why Khanna Cannot Investigate the CCP Tentacles in California”
