If you're a New York Times subscriber who also watches the broadcast network evening news and considers that your news diet, there's a very good chance you haven't heard about Rep. and his ties to an accused Chinese spy a few years ago.
To review why this is absolutely worthy of coverage, Swalwell's interaction with the alleged spy known as Fang Fang included, according to Axios, Fang placing an intern in Swalwell's office and helping to fundraise for his 2014 reelection campaign.
The first obvious question is this: Given how easily Swalwell was duped, why did House Speaker shortly thereafter place him on the House Intelligence Committee, which oversees the CIA and therefore has access to the highest level of sensitive, classified information?
No matter: Swalwell decided to allege that Axios had colluded with Trump in terms of how the story came to light.
"I've been a critic of the president. I've spoken out against him. I was on both committees that worked to impeach him. The timing feels like that should be looked at," Swalwell claimed on Dec. 9.
An obvious question is whether Swalwell should remain on the Intelligence Committee given the Chinese connection and the reckless statements about a sitting president working with a hostile nation.
In the end, the best bet is that Swalwell will do what is increasingly a popular strategy when Democratic public figures find themselves in trouble: Briefly address the issue with a friendly outlet then hope a chaotic news cycle washes away the story as it gets ignored by enough outlets - and move on.
Thursday, December 17, 2020
For NY Times, no news is fit to print about Rep. Swalwell and a spy
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