Disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., admitted to FBI agents that he had “physical relations” with suspected Chinese intelligence operative Christine “Fang Fang” Fang on a “handful of occasions,” newly declassified FBI records show.
The records, which were declassified by President Donald Trump and released by the White House Government Transparency Task Force Monday, detail two FBI interviews with Swalwell â one at an Oakland field office in May 2015 and another at the same location in March 2016 â conducted as part of a broader investigation examining Fang Fangs involvement with illicit campaign contributions, funneling interns to Swalwell’s office and other activity.
During the first interview, Swalwell told agents he had “physical relations” with Fang Fang on a “handful of occasions,” with their last physical encounter occurring in March 2015. Swalwell, meanwhile, joined Congress in 2013.
In the second interview, Swalwell described multiple encounters, including one in which Fang Fang arrived at his apartment banging on his door and the two subsequently “hooked up” after Swalwell had taken a powerful sleep medication. The former congressman indicated he had little recollection of the event. The records indicated they “probably” occurred before Swalwell was elected to Congress.
“FANG left after a couple hours. Swalwell barely remembers the event because he had taken Ambien prior to FANG arriving,” stated an interview summary from the FBI.
Swalwell told investigators he considered his physical relationship with Fang Fang “casual,” while maintaining that the two “never dated” and “never had a romantic relationship.” He also told agents he believed Fang “may have wanted a more romantic relationship,” according to the 2015 interview summary.
“Swalwell had a drink with Fang a couple weeks after they first met in 2012. He had physical relations with Fang on a handful of occasions, but never dated her or had a romantic relationship. March 2015 was the last time Swalwell had physical relations with Fang,” the documents say. “Swalwell considered their physical relationship to be casual, but believed that Fang may have wanted a more romantic relationship.”
The documents, which were first reported on by Just the News, were declassified as part of the administration’s broader efforts to combat foreign threats to U.S. elections and other political systems. They provide a much more detailed look at Swalwell and Fang Fang’s relationship, which had remained publicly murky for years as Swalwell refused to say several times whether their interactions were sexual or romantic, and described the allegations as GOP attacks.
Beyond the revelations about Swalwells intimate relationship with Fang Fang, the records show the FBI said financial records indicated Fang Fang used conduits to conceal herself as a prohibited foreign-national source and orchestrated conduit contributions to Swalwells campaign at least twice in 2013 and at least twice more in 2014.
They also show Fang Fang referred prospective interns to Swalwell’s political operation. During his 2016 FBI interview, Swalwell told agents he viewed anyone Fang Fang put forward for an internship as coming through the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association, or APAPA, an organization with which Fang was reportedly connected.
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