Kevin McCarthy receives FBI briefing on Eric Swalwell's relationship with a Chinese spy, and demands he be cut from Intel Committee

"That's the one question that was answered"

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) demanded that Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell (Calif.) be cut loose from the House Intelligence Committee after receiving an FBI briefing on his former relationship with a Chinese spy.

Swalwell has met with a chorus of condemnation after a report revealed that he had been in a personal relationship with a woman federal investigators believed to be a Chinese espionage agent.

The California Democrat cut ties with the woman, named Christine Fang, after receiving a "defensive briefing" by investigators in 2015.

However, Republican lawmakers and other critics of Swalwell have used the report to raise doubt about whether the congressman could be compromised by that former relationship.

McCarthy made his opinion clear in a tweet posted on Friday after the FBI briefing.

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I had a briefing from the FBI today to learn more about Eric Swalwell's ties to a reported-spy from China, and one thing is now crystal clear: Swalwell should no longer...

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