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FBI stumbled across Eric Swalwell’s affair with Chinese spy Fang Fang when agents tried to recruit her: docs
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What happenedSwalwell infamously confessed in 2015 to "physical relations with Fang on a handful of occasions," according to the FBI docs.
The headline splitNY Post Politics frames it as "FBI stumbled across Eric Swalwell’s affair with Chinese spy Fang Fang when agents tried t...". WND frames it as "‘Admitted sex’: Documents confirm Swalwell took donations, and more, from suspected Chine...".
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Right / center-rightFBI stumbled across Eric Swalwell’s affair with Chinese spy Fang Fang when agents tried to recruit her: docs
FBI Files: Swalwell had Relationship With Suspected Chinese Spy
"Swalwell admitted to having sex with Fang, his staff placing Fang’s interns in Congress and not having a strong enough campaign finance system to detect the straw donations she allegedly p...
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