ActBlue co-founder Matt DeBergalis invoked his Fifth Amendment rights Thursday during a congressional deposition examining whether the Democratic fundraising platform’s fraud safeguards allowed illegal foreign […] Source
Newly declassified FBI documents show a suspected Chinese intelligence operative solicited illegal campaign contributions for then-Rep. Eric Swalwell, and the case was dropped for "national security reasons" without a single charge filed. The White House released the files Monday, pulling back the curtain on a three-year FBI undercover operation codenamed "Freshman Fifteen" that targeted the […] The post Declassified FBI files reveal suspected Chinese spy solicited illegal donations for Swalwell's campaign appeared first on American Almanac .
Newly declassified FBI documents show a suspected Chinese intelligence operative solicited illegal campaign contributions for then-Rep. Eric Swalwell, and the case was dropped for "national security reasons" without a single charge filed. The White House released the files Monday, pulling back the curtain on a three-year FBI undercover operation codenamed "Freshman Fifteen" that targeted the California Democrat and a woman named Fang Fang, also known as Christine Fang. The documents detail a web of straw donations from foreign nationals, cash smuggling, destroyed records, and false statements, all tied to a woman whose parents the FBI identified as "known intelligence officers" in China's Ministry of State Security. Swalwell, 45,…Open
The White House released declassified FBI investigation files showing the bureau developed evidence that Rep. Eric Swalwell received illegal campaign contributions routed through American conduits by a Chinese national suspected of ties to Beijing's intelligence service. The documents, released Monday by the White House Government Transparency Task Force, lay out a years-long FBI probe codenamed […] The post Declassified FBI files reveal evidence Swalwell received illegal donations tied to suspected Chinese spy appeared first on American Almanac .
The White House released declassified FBI investigation files showing the bureau developed evidence that Rep. Eric Swalwell received illegal campaign contributions routed through American conduits by a Chinese national suspected of ties to Beijing's intelligence service. The documents, released Monday by the White House Government Transparency Task Force, lay out a years-long FBI probe codenamed "Freshman Fifteen" that tracked how Fang Fang, also known as Christine Fang, allegedly traded campaign donations for access to the California Democrat's congressional office, placed interns in his operation, and carried on a sexual relationship with the congressman himself. An FBI interim authority memorandum, now declassified, put the allegation…Open
The newly declassified investigation files also show that the FBI had initially tried to recruit the infamous Fang Fang as a source that could share information on Chinese influence operations targeting public officials in the United States.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan joined “Wake Up America” to discuss the ongoing congressional investigation into ActBlue, following allegations of illegal foreign contributions and noncompliance with House subpoenas.
'not just as a false statement but as an effort to conceal'
'This presents a substantial risk for ActBlue.'