Tucker: Eric Swalwell Who Had Sexual Relations with a Chinese Spy Has Always Spoken Like a Man Who Knew the Subject Very Well

RUSH TRANSCRIPT That may ░░░░░░░░ why so many news ░░░░░░░░ lets ignored another blockbuster ░░░░░░░░ about China one that ░░░░░░░░ today To their great ░░░░░░░░ a pair of reporters ░░░░░░░░ spent the last year ░░░░░░░░ what turned out to ░░░░░░░░ an amazing story A ░░░░░░░░ intelligence agent called Fang ░░░░░░░░ or she renamed herself ░░░░░░░░ she came to this ░░░░░░░░ Christine Fang became a ░░░░░░░░ within the Democratic Party ░░░░░░░░ California Along the way ░░░░░░░░ cultivated the number of ░░░░░░░░ office holders Fang had ░░░░░░░░ relationships with at least ░░░░░░░░ of them identified in ░░░░░░░░ Axios story as mayors ░░░░░░░░ Midwestern cities Fang also ░░░░░░░░ a relationship with a ░░░░░░░░ called Eric Swalwell You ░░░░░░░░ recognize that name Eric ░░░░░░░░ is a member of ░░░░░░░░ United States Congress Swalwell ░░░░░░░░ on the House Intelligence ░░░░░░░░ He is privy to ░░░░░░░░ country s most closely ░░░░░░░░ secrets Fang s relationship ░░░░░░░░ Swalwell began in 2012 ░░░░░░░░ so many Chinese spies ░░░░░░░░ used college as her ░░░░░░░░ She enrolled as a ░░░░░░░░ at a university in ░░░░░░░░ bay area and immediately ░░░░░░░░ a number of left ░░░░░░░░ identity politics organizations on ░░░░░░░░ From there she quite ░░░░░░░░ began raising money for ░░░░░░░░ candidates U S Intelligence ░░░░░░░░ believe Fung had a ░░░░░░░░ relationship with Eric Swalwell ░░░░░░░░ asked his office about ░░░░░░░░ directly today His staff ░░░░░░░░ by saying they couldn ░░░░░░░░ comment on whether or ░░░░░░░░ Swalwell had a second ░░░░░░░░ relationship with Fung because ░░░░░░░░ information might be quote ░░░░░░░░ They did not elaborate ░░░░░░░░ explain what they meant ░░░░░░░░ that We do know ░░░░░░░░ when Fung met Swalwell ░░░░░░░░ was a city councilman ░░░░░░░░ the bay area but ░░░░░░░░ grand political aspirations Fung ░░░░░░░░ his regular companion She ░░░░░░░░ photographed with him at ░░░░░░░░ events several times Fung ░░░░░░░░ pulled in large amounts ░░░░░░░░ money from a variety ░░░░░░░░ sources to tell him ░░░░░░░░ elected to Congress It ░░░░░░░░ not entirely clear where ░░░░░░░░ of that money came ░░░░░░░░ We do know that ░░░░░░░░ helped Swalwell secure the ░░░░░░░░ of his district s ░░░░░░░░ American community It was ░░░░░░░░ a critical factor of ░░░░░░░░ win in 2012 That ░░░░░░░░ not a new trick ░░░░░░░░ Chinese intelligence service The ░░░░░░░░ s senior Democrat Diane ░░░░░░░░ employed a Chinese spy ░░░░░░░░ her office for nearly ░░░░░░░░ years That spy drove ░░░░░░░░ around and directly assisted ░░░░░░░░ in outreach to Asian ░░░░░░░░ voters Like the spy ░░░░░░░░ Feinstein hired Fung gained ░░░░░░░░ to Swalwell s office ░░░░░░░░ Washington U S Officials ░░░░░░░░ Fung managed to install ░░░░░░░░ intern in Swalwell s ░░░░░░░░ almost certainly as a ░░░░░░░░ for the Chinese government ░░░░░░░░ we don t know ░░░░░░░░ full extend of Fung ░░░░░░░░ intelligence activities She fled ░░░░░░░░ China We do know ░░░░░░░░ Eric Swalwell the Chinese ░░░░░░░░ picked a promising vehicle ░░░░░░░░ is one of the ░░░░░░░░ high profile members of ░░░░░░░░ Last year he ran ░░░░░░░░ president of the United ░░░░░░░░ And every turn Eric ░░░░░░░░ has remained a reliable ░░░░░░░░ of Chinese government propaganda ░░░░░░░░ a member of the ░░░░░░░░ intelligence committee he styled ░░░░░░░░ as an expert at ░░░░░░░░ foreign interference in our ░░░░░░░░ remarkably As you may ░░░░░░░░ he spent years accusing ░░░░░░░░ sitting president of working ░░░░░░░░ a hostile power The ░░░░░░░░ has shifted from whether ░░░░░░░░ president is working with ░░░░░░░░ Russians to what evidence ░░░░░░░░ that the president is ░░░░░░░░ working with the Russians ░░░░░░░░ s a tray tore ░░░░░░░░ don t say that ░░░░░░░░ I worked as a ░░░░░░░░ for seven years We ░░░░░░░░ evidence before you say ░░░░░░░░ but you said an ░░░░░░░░ of Russia Do you ░░░░░░░░ the president is a ░░░░░░░░ agent I think he ░░░░░░░░ on Russia s behalf ░░░░░░░░ he puts Russia s ░░░░░░░░ ahead too often of ░░░░░░░░ s interests Do you ░░░░░░░░ the president right now ░░░░░░░░ been an agent of ░░░░░░░░ Russians Yes I think ░░░░░░░░ s more evidence yes ░░░░░░░░ think all the arrows ░░░░░░░░ in that direction I ░░░░░░░░ t seen a single ░░░░░░░░ of evidence that he ░░░░░░░░ not Looking back it ░░░░░░░░ hard to watch that ░░░░░░░░ The irony is overwhelming ░░░░░░░░ s always those who ░░░░░░░░ the most to hide ░░░░░░░░ attack other people for ░░░░░░░░ very things they ve ░░░░░░░░ always Even at the ░░░░░░░░ he was saying it ░░░░░░░░ was obvious to us ░░░░░░░░ something was very wrong ░░░░░░░░ Eric Swalwell Two years ░░░░░░░░ we asked Swalwell to ░░░░░░░░ on this show and ░░░░░░░░ the evidence he claims ░░░░░░░░ collected on Russian collusion ░░░░░░░░ claim He made loud ░░░░░░░░ and he left He ░░░░░░░░ no evidence But he ░░░░░░░░ t stop making allegations ░░░░░░░░ he is at a ░░░░░░░░ with Jim Comey back ░░░░░░░░ 2017 I want to ░░░░░░░░ about the Kremlin play ░░░░░░░░ There are a number ░░░░░░░░ ways a foreign adversary ░░░░░░░░ influence a person Do ░░░░░░░░ agree with that Yes ░░░░░░░░ Yes that can be ░░░░░░░░ Romance Yes Compromise Correct ░░░░░░░░ up a compromise Yes ░░░░░░░░ about inadvertently compromising You ░░░░░░░░ into that surveillance and ░░░░░░░░ take that information and ░░░░░░░░ to use to it ░░░░░░░░ you That s part ░░░░░░░░ the play book It ░░░░░░░░ part of the play ░░░░░░░░ Part of the Kremlin ░░░░░░░░ book Eric Swalwell says ░░░░░░░░ they do these foreign ░░░░░░░░ services they use sex ░░░░░░░░ honey trap if you ░░░░░░░░ to set up a ░░░░░░░░ Spoken like a man ░░░░░░░░ knows that subject quite ░░░░░░░░ When the Russia hoax ░░░░░░░░ as it inevitably did ░░░░░░░░ it was a lie ░░░░░░░░ turned his energies to ░░░░░░░░ first love which was ░░░░░░░░ the government of China ░░░░░░░░ all criticism In March ░░░░░░░░ told the rest