Swalwell flip flops on transparency as he fights release of Chinese intel files that include him
Transparency for thee, but not for me: Rep Swalwell has long insisted that all files related to the Trump White House and financier Jeffrey Epstein be disclosed, on the basis that if Trump had nothing to hide, the files should be released. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, Swalwell fights disclosure of files detailing Chinese infiltration into American politics, which includes his own relationship with a suspected Chinese spy.
By John Solomon
Published: April 5, 2026 10:40pm
Rep. Eric Swalwell, a top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee and candidate for California governor, relentlessly pressed to release all the Jeffrey Epstein files — even if innocent people were implicated — going so far as to suggest withholding funding to the Justice Department.
“If the president is not implicated, then why not release everything?” Swalwell asked FBI Director Kash Patel in a tense exchange at a congressional hearing late last year that typified his pressure campaign.
But Swalwell’s tone on unlimited transparency shifted markedly last week when he learned the Trump White House might release a long-secret trove of files showing Chinese infiltrations into American politics and elections dating back more than a decade.
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