Eric Swalwell leveraged past relationship with Katie Miller to hide embarrassing files on honeypot Chinese spy: report

WASHINGTON — Eric Swalwell leveraged his past sexual relationship with Katie Miller, wife of top Trump official Stephen Miller, to keep potentially embarrassing FBI files behind lock and key, a shocking new report revealed Thursday.The news that the disgraced former Democratic Congressman from California – who resigned after several women claimed sexual assault and rape – once dated the now-wife of a top conservative leader stunned Washington.“I was an intern working on Capitol Hill,” Miller posted on X about the situation. Then Katie Waldman worked as both an intern and communications director on Capitol Hill in her 20s before moving to the executive branch in 2017.The relationship with Swalwell was before she met her now-husband. And, in a stunning twist, Swalwell used the past relationship to quash the release of FBI files detailing his contacts with suspected Chinese intelligence operative Christine Fang, known as “Fang Fang,” Sources Say, a congressional blog, reported. Swalwell declined to comment when reached by The Post. Fang raised money for Swalwell and helped place at least one intern in his office from 2011 to 2015.

But federal officials were concerned she was a spy and Swalwell said he cut off contact with her after the FBI warned him. When his connection with the Chinese honeypot became public in 2020, Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi was one of his top defenders and helped keep him on the House Intelligence Committee. In early 2026 – before the assault allegations became public and while he was a leading candidate for California governor – FBI Director Kash Patel pressed to release the files on him and Fang. But concerns were raised that Patel was trying to go after one of President Trump’s political enemies.It is longstanding Justice Department policy not to release files that could embarrass a public official, particularly when no criminal charges were filed. Swalwell’s side told the feds that releasing the files could ...