Former congressman Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) has confessed to FBI agents that he engaged in “physical relations” with Christine Fan Huang, a suspected Chinese agent, multiple times, as revealed by recently declassified FBI documents.
The records, declassified by President Donald Trump and made public by the White House Select Committee on Government Transparency, include insights from two interviews with Swalwell. The first occurred in May 2015, and the second in March 2016. These interviews were part of a larger investigation into Huang’s involvement in illicit campaign contributions and her role in connecting interns to Swalwell’s office.
During the initial interview, Swalwell acknowledged having physical contact with Huang several times, with the last encounter noted as being in March 2015. He had begun his congressional career in 2013.
In the follow-up interview, Swalwell recounted various interactions, which included a particular incident where Huang showed up at his apartment and they spent time together after he had taken a strong sleeping pill. It seems he couldn’t recall much about that occasion. These encounters likely took place prior to Swalwell’s election to Congress.
Swalwell characterized his relationship with Huang as “casual” but was firm that they had “never dated” or had a romantic connection. Contrastingly, Huang’s comments from a 2015 interview suggested that he might have had deeper feelings.
The documents note that although Swalwell had drinks with Huang weeks after they met in 2012 and had physical relations several times, he maintained that their relationship lacked romance. His last sexual encounter with her was again in March 2015.
Alongside the information about Swalwell’s personal life, the records indicate the FBI discovered that Huang had used conduits to disguise his foreign status while facilitating contributions to Swalwell’s campaign on at least four occasions in 2013 and 2014.
Additionally, Huang was involved in placing interns within Swalwell’s political framework. In a 2016 interview with the FBI, Swalwell assumed that any interns introduced by Huang came from an organization allegedly linked to her.
The investigation into Huang’s activities also encompassed claims that he might have provided access to Swalwell’s office in exchange for campaign donations. However, the FBI concluded there was no evidence of federal corruption from Swalwell or any kickback arrangements. He was removed from the investigation in 2017.
There is a note that the FBI previously attempted to recruit Huang as a confidential informant under the alias “RUSTY THUMBS,” suspecting that Huang and his family had connections to China’s Ministry of State Security.
Huang had also encouraged Swalwell to visit China multiple times, and the records include a mention from a 2016 interview where Swalwell conveyed that Huang expressed such invitations frequently. However, Swalwell claimed he had severed ties with Huang after his first FBI meeting on the matter.
Fox News Digital sought comments from Swalwell and his attorney, but a response was not immediately obtained.
