Declassified FBI files released by the White House Government Transparency Task Force – files former California Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell wanted concealed and threatened the FBI to try to obtain that concealment – show his relationship with Chinese national Fang Fang, AKA Christine Fang, including allegedly accepting illegal contributions in return for permission for her to place interns in Congress.
A report at Just the News examines the released files and shows that the FBI first wanted to investigate Swalwell for that “bribery scheme,” but narrowed the case eventually to allege only that Fang made illegal donations through conduits.
The report explained Swalwell admitted to having sex with Fang, his staff “placing Fang’s interns in Congress” and missing “straw donations” she allegedly passed through conduits.
Ultimately, the DOJ declined to prosecute her despite strong evidence after she fled the U.S., an investigation led during its early period by Jack Smith, the Democrat prosecutor who later turned his lawfare against President Donald Trump.
🚨 BOMBSHELL FBI MEMOS JUST DROPPED
The FBI was actively RECRUITING suspected Chinese spy Fang Fang as an informant…
…while she was simultaneously compromising then-Rep. Eric Swalwell with SEX, planting interns in his office, and funneling illicit donations.
Code name they… pic.twitter.com/gAfgIbhyv4
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) August 17, 2026
The report said the FBI initially recruited Fang to be a confidential informant and was evaluating her suitability when the alleged criminal behavior was discovered.
Her links to China’s Ministry of State Security, that nation’s “notorious intelligence service,” were known at the outset, as the bureau identified her parents as MSS agents, and more.
Trump ordered the documents declassified.
“They show the FBI opened a predicated investigation, which is a formal law enforcement inquiry backed by a factual basis or allegation that indicates a crime or national security threat already exists,” the report said. “Unlike unpredicated ‘assessments,’ a predicated investigation allows agents to use advanced and intrusive methods like electronic surveillance or informants.”
Swalwell, then a sitting member of the U.S. House, was confirmed to have interacted with “another threat to America’s political system from Beijing.”
The documents reveal the relationship between the member of Congress and the Chinese spy.
BREAKING: Swalwell Admitted Sex With Chinese National As FBI Investigated Alleged Illegal Donations
The FBI developed evidence that a Chinese woman with direct ties to that country’s intelligence service had potentially compromised a Democratic congressman from California with… pic.twitter.com/YhV1ChHIso
— Real America’s Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) August 17, 2026
Just the News confirmed, “Fang Fang’s efforts to influence U.S. politicians were first reported by Axios in 2020. According to the outlet’s comprehensive investigation, U.S. officials believed Fang sought to ingratiate herself with local politicians in the San Francisco Bay Area using campaign fundraising, networking, her charisma, and romantic or sexual relationships. Swalwell was identified as among the most significant targets of Fang.”
At the time, Swalwell’s office said he cooperated with the FBI and had provided “information about this person” to the FBI.
He declined further comment then to protect “classified” information.
Just months ago, the report said, he threatened the FBI with a lawsuit in a demand that the files be kept secret.
“Investigation has revealed Fang ‘Christine’ Fang, a Chinese foreign national residing in the United States, is the facilitator of a scheme to trade access to Swalwell and internships in his congressional office in return for campaign contributions […]” one document explains.
Swalwell, Jan. 25, 2021, on “Fang Fang”: “The FBI has said that I did nothing wrong, don’t take it from me. There was no wrongdoing.” https://t.co/gipsm5ogIp pic.twitter.com/i2SN72FXn5
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) August 17, 2026
The allegation was that Fang “used conduits to conceal herself as a prohibited Foreign National source,” for illegal campaign contributions “at least twice in 2013 and at least two more times in 2014.”
The stated goal of the FBI work was to “obtain sufficient evidence to indict and arrest Swalwell and Fang for violations of campaign finance laws and quid pro quo exchanges,” the memo said.
The documents show Swalwell told the FBI he had met Fang, and confirmed “Fang did refer interns to both his campaign and congressional offices. He noted that he and his staff treated Fang’s referrals as coming from the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Associations (APAPA), an important constituent group in his district,” the report said.
The report said the FBI later “determined” there were “no violations of federal statutes by the congressman.”
After Fang went back to China, the FBI closed the review, as she was barred from re-entry.
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