FBI Seizes Eric Swalwell's Devices Amid Federal Investigation

FBI agents met Eric Swalwell at San Francisco Airport on Saturday and took his electronic devices under a search warrant. This move came during a federal criminal probe into sexual misconduct claims against the former congressman. The Daily Mail reports that armed agents also entered Swalwell's home in Washington, D.C., on Sunday to seize more potential evidence. They had extra court orders for this second visit.

Swalwell began Saturday in his Washington residence with his wife and three kids before heading to the airport for a flight back to California. Agents were waiting when he landed. Sources say Swalwell cooperated with the agents that day. The next morning, neither he nor his wife Brittany Watts was home when federal agents arrived at their Northeast DC property.

Swalwell faces multiple sexual assault charges now. At least four women have come forward with accusations against him. One former staffer told investigators she was raped twice by Swalwell in 2019 and again in 2024 while too drunk to consent. Another woman said he drugged her and raped her in 2018. Two of the accusers stated he sent them unsolicited pictures of his penis without asking.

The Department of Justice opened its investigation into Swalwell in April. He was also under scrutiny from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. These legal troubles ended his run for California governor and forced him to quit a race he once led. The Democrat resigned from Congress shortly after.

Swalwell has flatly denied every allegation. He admitted making mistakes in judgment and apologized to his wife, but he rejects all claims of wrongdoing. His political career collapsed under the weight of these accusations, yet questions remain about the state of their nine-year marriage. Exclusive photos from May showed Watts leaving their DC home without her wedding ring while Swalwell stayed out of sight.

The White House Transparency Task Force released newly declassified records about Swalwell's past dealings with a Chinese spy known as Fang Fang. The documents show he admitted to occasionally having relations with the woman whose real name is Christine Fang. Her nickname was Rusty Thumbs. This release did not lead to charges against Swalwell for that specific scandal.

The Chinese national spent years building ties with rising California Democrats. She helped gather donations for Swalwell's 2014 re-election campaign and even placed an intern in his congressional office. His legal team argued that publishing these Fang Fang records looked like a punitive effort to weaponize the department against him. The former lawmaker remains at a low profile since those events unfolded.

How do you live with that?" a friend of the family asked back then. The trouble started when a former employee came forward, claiming she was raped by Swalwell while too drunk to give consent. She spoke to CNN about waking up in his hotel room in New York City in April 2024 after a night of heavy drinking there. "I was pushing him off of me, saying no," she told reporters. That incident happened after she quit her job in his office. "He didn't stop." Now at least four women have accused the Congressman of sexual misconduct, counting the former staffer among them. The Daily Mail has reached out to Eric Swalwell and the Department of Justice for comment on these serious claims.