Lawmakers call for resignation amid statements of espionage

Washington's representative, Matt Shea (R), faces further calls for his resignation from Republican and Democratic lawmakers amid allegations that Shea allegedly discussed espionage of progressives in the US. State. Private investigators hired by the Democratic-dominated legislature are looking into whether Shea and three other people have discussed the spying of liberals in Spokane, a progressive city in Washington's conservative east. Shea reportedly named potential surveillance targets, including a university professor and an organizer of the liberal group Indivisible. According to encrypted Signal mail messages published last month in The Guardian, One of Shea's co-conspirators suggested "to get the communists to hoist their flags."

A report of The spokesperson-review, citing e-mails, showed that Shea had gathered Spokane records on Liberal council members, had been informed of the purchase of GPS trackers and wanted to "turn the tide" of Islam to United States. Shea lost a leading position in the House of Representatives last year after admitting to distributing a manifesto calling for the killing of non-Christian men who do not abide by biblical law.