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Rep. Eric Swalwell sends cease-and-desist letter to FBI director over old investigative files

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Rep. Eric Swalwell is asking the FBI not to release files related to the California Democrat’s alleged past connections to a suspected Chinese intelligence operative named Christine Fang, known as “Fang Fang.” In a cease-and-desist letter sent by Swalwell’s lawyers to FBI Director Kash Patel on Monday, Swalwell, a leading Democratic candidate in California’s governor’s … Read more

Lawyers for Rep. Swalwell demand that FBI director halt any plan to release old investigative file

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WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Rep. Eric Swalwell demanded Monday that FBI Director Kash Patel immediately end any effort to release records from a decade-old investigation involving the California Democrat and a suspected Chinese operative that resulted in no criminal charges. The cease-and-desist letter from the attorneys advises Patel that he would run afoul of both … Read more