Swalwell says Bondi didn’t tip him off on report

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on Thursday denied a claim that Attorney General Pam Bondi was fired for leaking information to him about a decade-old investigation into his relationship with an alleged Chinese spy. 

“The attorney general did not tip us off. No one in her orbit tipped us off,” Swalwell said in an interview on MS NOW.

President Trump fired Bondi on Thursday after 14 months on the job, a decision that sources have linked to her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and to her lack of success in prosecuting some of Trump’s adversaries. Bondi had worked with Trump since defending him in cases challenging the 2020 election results.

Swalwell, a key figure in Trump’s first impeachment, is the leading Democratic candidate for governor in California’s open primary, with 13.4 percent support, according to Decision Desk HQ polling averages.

The primary is set for June 2, with the top two vote-getters, regardless of party, advancing to the general election. More than a half dozen Democratic candidates are on the primary ballot, and polls have shown voters in the heavily........

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