We all recall Bill Clinton’s infamous declaration that “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky.” One of his supporters, disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D., Cal.), now has his own “that person” moment. FBI material released this week shows that Swalwell admitted to what he refused to admit publicly: he did have sex with “that person.” Moreover, the material confirms that he not only enabled Fang Fang, an alleged Chinese spy, in pushing foreign interns for his office but may have received illegal foreign contributions. What is most striking about this report is that Nancy Pelosi was briefed on this information and still refused to remove Swalwell from the House Intelligence Committee. After the scandal broke, Swalwell was repeatedly asked about his association. Still, he dismissed suggestions that he had a sexual relationship with an accused Chinese spy, a major allegation for a member with access to some of the most sensitive intelligence shared with Congress.
Swalwell declared:
“What it appears though that this person — as the story reports — was unsuccessful in whatever they were trying to do. But if intelligence officials are trying to weaponize someone’s cooperation, they are essentially seeking to do what this person was not able to do, which is to try and discredit someone.”
It turns out that Swalwell admitted to the FBI that the relationship was sexual in nature. The FBI also raised the possibility that Fang Fang was not only trying to get Swalwell to come to China, but that Swalwell may have received unlawful foreign donations.
We know now that the FBI believed Fang Fang may have been working with Chinese intelligence and in fact succeeded in establishing a sexual relationship with the rising politician.
When the scandal broke, some of us expressed astonishment at Pelosi’s decision to brush off calls for his removal from the House Intelligence Committee. She said she had been fully briefed on the FBI’s findings.
So Pelosi was presumably aware that Swalwell had slept with an alleged spy and possibly received unlawful foreign contributions. The report suggests an effort to groom and advance a young politician. If so, the Chinese must have been astonished when he was put on the Intelligence Committee with access to highly sensitive secrets. Pelosi not only refused to remove Swalwell from the Committee but appointed him as an impeachment manager.
At the time, Pelosi dismissed the allegations and attacked those like Kevin McCarthy who called for his removal: “I don’t have any concern about Mr. Swalwell…I do think that it is unfortunate that Mr. McCarthy is trying to make an issue of this.”
At the time, I said that Pelosi’s actions were reckless and put politics before national security. Swalwell was Pelosi’s man on the Committee. The question is whether the Chinese thought that he could also be their man on the Committee.
Pelosi continued to run interference for Swalwell despite allegations (starting before his entrance into Congress) of abusive treatment of women. The media also ignored these rumors and did not aggressively pursue his alleged affair with Fang Fang.
After Swalwell’s implosion, Pelosi immediately feigned a total lack of knowledge—and, more importantly, responsibility—for his record. The fact is that Swalwell was the creation of Pelosi, her attack dog who was always straining at the leash to attack her enemies. He was a made man, sheltered by the political and media establishment in Washington.
“Swalwell was Pelosi’s man on the Committee. The question is whether the Chinese thought that he could also be their man on the Committee.”
Considering her support for Swalwell and her appointment of him to the Intelligence Committee despite being briefed by the FBI of Swalwell’s risk, the other question, never raised, should be whether the Chinese considered Pelosi to be their woman in Congress.
In the most unpresidential ways possible.
He is a disgusting, disrespectful pig.
If he dies from a heart attack, then Trump will have done the best thing he could have possibly done.
Okay Rosie, got take your pill.
With respect to Bill and Hillary they are quite close as she misspoke and he misspoked.
mis-poked? he poked for sure
It does matter, Andrew. Prosecution may prevent someone else from doing the same thing.
What?!? Nancy Pelosi didn’t fight fearlessly to defend America from communist China?!? Just from Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, and President Donald J. Trump?!?
Trump befriending North Korea knowingly permits a security risk.
Trump should be investigated and arrested.
You tried the same game with Russia and FAILED.
Let’s see if you’re brave enough to step over into NK like Trump did.
Trump’s likability can do wonders for world peace but not for the TDS stricken.
Just one more swamp rat down the drain. I am more worried about the feckless, moronic voters that put this POS in office. They are the source of our problems – scum like swalwell just tell them what they want to hear and get elected. Our problem lies in mis-educated, indoctrinated, braindead voters. there should be a minimum intelligence test for voting.
By “POS”, you are, of course, referring to Trump, right?
When Trump is retired and enjoying playing golf, you will miss him and seek that TDS rage-rush again.
That surge will return with every update in the news and every mention of Trump will give you that adrenaline surge. The one you’re feeling now reading this. Of course by then Trump will have made America truly great and the rest of us will just enjoy living in the greatest country on the now peaceful earth. Trump.
Nope Bang-Bang….. LOL
Ya huh!
Knowingly permitting a security risk to serve a the Intelligence Committee may not be treason but it is pretty close. I’m starting to weaken on my objections to pursuing criminil
I find it bewildering that people say or write “sleeping with” instead of “having sex with”. Ironically, it seems to be silly prudishness in a society where prudishness is not only mocked but also replaced by blatant vulgarity.
Yes, Pelosi is a snake in the grass.
Yet Swalwell was a regular on the former MSNBC, now MS NOW, aka MSDNC (as I recall, frequently on Screechel Madcow’s (Rachel Maddow) show), sneering into the camera, ranting about “The RUSSians!”, his website had an endless list of links to stories about them, and he recommended “kicking out” every Russian Federation student from US colleges and universities. Oh, well, at least he was concerned about one of “our adversaries.”
Justice delayed is not always justice denied: recall what Dr. King told us about that arc of history.
What good has Trump done?
Trump has done nothing good. Everything Trump does is bad. The military should have a coup against him.
Fang Fang, that will be quite enough. And stop talking to yourself like a mental patient.
“What good has Trump done?” – Anon at 9:59 AM
He has put the Presidency back on the Front Page, instead of hiding in the W.H. Basement behind the AutoPen as Biden did.
Swalwell is no longer in office or a candidate for office, so it doesn’t matter.
It does matter. It reveals the Democrat mentality.
Diogenes,
Correct.
Does not matter if Swalwell was compromised by a Chinese spy, possible national security threat. He was the Democrats guy on the Intelligence Committee, and took charge in the sham impeachment.
That is all that mattered.
How many other ego-maniac sociopaths are the left hiding amongst their ranks??
Alleged rape, more than one woman has come forward. He needs to be indicted if there is merit to it.
No political interference, let’s see some equal justice.
Disney sues Trump’s FCC over ‘retaliatory campaign’ against ABC
Disney is going to court to defend its ABC television stations from the Trump administration’s pressure campaign.
On Tuesday, the media company filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that Trump’s FCC is violating its First Amendment rights.
By: Brian Stelter – Chief Media Analyst CNN Worldwide ~ August 18th 2026
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/18/media/disney-abc-fcc-trump-lawsuit-the-view-retaliatory
ABC Files First Amendment Lawsuit Against FCC, Claiming Trump Administration “Retaliatory Campaign” Against Its Free Speech
ABC filed an unprecedented First Amendment lawsuit against the FCC on Tuesday, claiming that its investigations and regulatory actions are part of a Trump administration “retaliatory campaign” to curb the network’s free speech.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., also seeks to halt a proceeding in which the agency and its chairman, Brendan Carr, demanded that it put its eight stations up for early license renewal. That followed Donald Trump‘s attacks on the network, including its late night host, Jimmy Kimmel.
By Ted Johnson – Political Editor Deadline ~ August 18, 2026
https://deadline.com/2026/08/abc-sues-fcc-first-amendment-lawsuit-1237044059/
Rosie O’Donnell Shines in ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Hosting Debut, Attacks ‘Mango Mussolini’ Trump and Gives Moving Hayden Panettiere Tribute
When Jimmy Kimmel announced that Rosie O’Donnell would be filling in as a week-long guest host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” during his summer vacation, he teased it would be “a special treat” for Donald Trump, who’s harbored a 20-year-long vendetta against the comic for her mocking his bankruptcies on “The View” back in 2006.
By: Marlow Stern – Chief Correspondent Variety ~ August 18, 2026
[Link] variety.com/2026/tv/news/rosie-o-donnell-hosts-jimmy-kimmel-live-slams-trump-1236836907/
re: Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC since 2003
The morning of the day Jimmy Kimmel said Republicans were trying to disavow any connection with Charlie Kirk’s assassin, the New York Times ran a front page article quoting his mother saying her son was an ardent leftist who lived with hus transwoman girlfriend. It was the Left who tried to disavow Charlie Kirk’s killer. Jimmy Kimmel grinned and lied on broadcast TV, just as George Stepanopolous had.
Michael…. you make a good point. I have for a long time making the point that the Democrat Party has gone off the rails in the absence of accountability which should be provided by the media. That implies a passive stance by the MSM when actually they have been very proactive in their support of the Democrats. They are actively participating in support of the Democrats against the opposition and the welfare of the country. Stories like this always bring to mind Dan Quayle whose political career was ended because he misspelled the word potato.
It’s obviously slanted, lopsided programming. There’s scrutiny. It falls at rational scrutiny re 1st amendment .
No one does anything. He could have traded the nuclear codes for a piece, and he will still be walking the streets with impunity. We need to take our laws seriously.
With Nancy Pelosi’s blessing!! She is such a stain on politics.
Whaaaat? You mean the bare-chested camel jockey boy succumbed to the easiest trick in the Chinese playbook? Hmmm, well big ego probably equates to little brain and other! Okay, now what? Have Cali half-wit voters suddenly had an epiphany that this dirtbag may not be the best at representing them? Not likely – Cali Half Wits love their Dirtbags aka Nancy P, Newscum, etc. Se la vie Californicators.
Swallwell was complicit. There wasn’t a need to dupe.
Democrats alwasy accuse the other side of doing the exact thing they are doing themselves. Swalwell was front-and-center in the jihad against the Trump administration, all while sleeping with the enemy because he couldn’t keep his schiff in his pants. Imagine trying to bring down a duly-elected President with accusations of foreign influence and infiltration, while unzipping your lips and your fly for an obvious Chinese honey pot. Did Swalwell not own a mirror? Did he think he was so handsome no woman could resist his charms? Now, Senator Ruben Freaky Gallego can pretend he knew nothing about anything, but the evidence is pointing in a different direction.
This is the end result when the little head does the thinking.
In Swallwell’s case, I don’t think there’s any real difference.
The level of Chutzpah in the Democratic Party and its operatives in dealing with China and with communism generally exceeds even the Democratic Party’s defense of slavery in the antebellum South.
Swalwell Did Admit to Sleeping with Alleged Chinese Spy. Lucky him.
it is ok
Democrats are ALLOWED to be criminal traitors
Reminder Menendez was jailed BY Democrats…because he resisted their enriching IRAN!