# Expert says declassified files show long-running Chinese Communist Party efforts to infiltrate US groups and political circles

https://mins.news/en/video/25541

- VOA Chinese, 2026-08-18 21:58 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31QmvV4szdE

> Senior investigative journalist Catherine Herridge says declassified documents released by the White House on Aug. 17 reveal more details about the relationship between Fang Fang, a Chinese woman suspected of espionage, and former US Representative Eric Swalwell. She says the disclosures indicate the Chinese Communist Party has tried for at least more than a decade to infiltrate US organizations and political circles.

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