The potential release is part of the Trump administration’s aggressive push to investigate Swalwell, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump and a leading Democratic candidate for California governor, according to the people familiar with the effort. Patel is trying to raise the dead here, The facts of the case involve Swalwell and a Chinese woman named Christine Fang—aka Fang Fang—who may or may not have been an operative of the PRC government, between the years of 2011 and 2015. The lengths that Patel’s circle is going to in the bid to pursue a political foe of the president have raised alarms within the bureau, where some officials fear that releasing the files—even with redactions—could compromise law enforcement sources and investigatory methods, making it harder for the FBI to gain trust with potential witnesses.
Author: Charles P. Pierce
Published at: 2026-03-30 21:52:59
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