Pam Bondi has reportedly been fired by Trump as the U.S. Attorney General. Trump has been unhappy with her handling of the Epstein files, but the final straw was her allegedly tipping off U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D) that the FBI was poised to release a cache of documents concerning Swalwell's links to a Chinese spy, Christine "Fang Fang" Fang. The Daily Mail notes: "It is unclear why Bondi would have intervened, but it is believed that Bondi and Swalwell have a friendly relationship." In any event, it may have given Swallwell time to lawyer up and for his attorney to threaten legal action against the FBI should it release the documents.
Interestingly, Wikipedia notes (footnotes omitted):
In December 2020, Swalwell was named in an Axios story about suspected Chinese spy Fang Fang, known as Christine Fang, who, since at least 2012, had been cultivating contacts with California politicians who the Chinese government believed had promising futures in politics. Axios reported that Fang participated in fundraising for Swalwell's 2014 congressional election bid, met Swalwell at events, and helped place an intern inside his congressional office. ...
The implication is that Swalwell might have been one of those politicians that China believed had a promising future in politics.
Maybe more of these investigations can move forward without her, but I guess that all depends on her replacement.
ReplyDeleteHopefully someone who can keep from blabbing confidential information to the Democrats or the press (but I repeat myself).
DeleteShe was due to address congress about the Epstein Files next week.
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