During her weekly press conference on Thursday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stood by Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), saying that he should still be able to serve in Congress despite his past ties to a suspected Chinese spy.
“I don’t have any concern about Mr. Swalwell,” Pelosi said, according to Fox News.
She went on to fire back at House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who has publicly demanded answers on whether or not Pelosi was aware that China was trying to infiltrate Swalwell’s office when she put him on the House Intelligence Committee back in January of 2015.
Pelosi claimed today that leaders from both the Republican and Democratic parties were briefed “at the same moment” in the spring of 2015 about a suspected Chinese spy targeting members of Congress.
“In terms of Mr. Swalwell — in the spring of 2015, the leadership of the House and the [Intelligence] Committee were informed that overtures from a Chinese person were being made to members of Congress,” she said. “When that was made known to the members of Congress, it was over.”
“l do think that it’s unfortunate that Mr. McCarthy is trying to make an issue of this when we all found out at the same time,” Pelosi added.
She then accused McCarthy of trying to deflect attention from the fact that he has QAnon in his delegation over there.”
“That, I think, is a danger, in terms of our debate here about, you know, what the possibilities are for undue influence to members of Congress,” Pelosi said
Speaker Pelosi says that @GOPLeader is focusing on Eric Swalwell/Chinese spy scandal "to deflect attention from the fact that he has QAnon in his delegation over there." pic.twitter.com/0sZcgSzDTu
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) December 10, 2020