Rep. Swalwell Accuses Speaker McCarthy of ‘Political Vengeance’ Over Planned Committee Removal

Rep. Swalwell Accuses Speaker McCarthy of ‘Political Vengeance’ Over Planned Committee Removal
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) listens as Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) speaks during a news conference on the introduction of their Protection from Abusive Passengers Act at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on April 6, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Samantha Flom
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Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) holds that he did nothing wrong in his associations with a suspected Chinese spy and that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) vow to remove him from his committee assignments was an act of “political vengeance.”

In December 2020, Axios broke the story that Swalwell had been targeted by a Chinese national and suspected spy named Christine Fang, or “Fang Fang,” between the years of 2011 and 2015, during his rise from an up-and-coming local politician to a U.S. representative.
Samantha Flom
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