{"id":2506378,"date":"2025-11-04T07:36:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-persecuting-trump-for-130k-hush-money-case-eric-swalwell-suddenly-has-360k-fec-storm-brewing\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T07:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:37:09","slug":"after-persecuting-trump-for-130k-hush-money-case-eric-swalwell-suddenly-has-360k-fec-storm-brewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-persecuting-trump-for-130k-hush-money-case-eric-swalwell-suddenly-has-360k-fec-storm-brewing\/","title":{"rendered":"After Persecuting Trump for $130K Hush Money Case, Eric Swalwell Suddenly Has $360K FEC Storm Brewing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafter-persecuting-trump-for-130k-hush-money-case-eric-swalwell-suddenly-has-360k-fec-storm-brewing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2506378&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that California Congressman Eric Swalwell, known for his frequent attacks on Donald Trump, is now facing scrutiny over his campaign finances. Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings reveal that Swalwell&#8217;s campaign and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pacs-report-over-100-million-cash-on-hand-ahead-of-2022-midterms\/\" title=\"Trump PACs ... Over 0 Million Cash-On-Hand Ahead Of 2022 Midterms\">affiliated political action committee<\/a> have paid over $360,000 in mysterious payments to a staffer named Darly Meyer over three years.These payments cover a wide range of expenses, from &#8220;flower reimbursements&#8221; and personal travel to security services.<\/p>\n<p>Notably,Meyer,who is also the owner of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-y-limo-driver-involved-in-fatal-2018-crash-will-not-face-prison-time\/\" title=\"N.Y. limo driver involved in fatal 2018 crash will not face prison time\">limousine company<\/a>,does not appear to hold a security license,despite receiving payments listed as &#8220;security&#8221; services. The extensive and varied nature of these payments has raised questions about thier legitimacy, and a former FEC commissioner suggested the filings warrant inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>Swalwell responded to the reporting with sarcasm,suggesting the spending on security is justified due to threats against him and his family linked to negative coverage by Fox News.The article also highlights Swalwell&#8217;s controversial past, including an affair with a suspected Chinese spy that led to his removal from the house Intelligence Committee, a brief 2020 presidential bid, and previous reports of questionable expenditures on luxury items and travel.<\/p>\n<p>The piece contrasts Swalwell&#8217;s criticism of Trump&#8217;s financial issues-with claims that Trump should leave the presidential race after being convicted in New York-with Swalwell&#8217;s own unexplained large payments to a campaign staffer. It remains unclear whether the FEC will launch an official investigation, but experts believe Swalwell&#8217;s filings should attract serious scrutiny.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Serial blowhard Eric Swalwell, the California Democrat who&rsquo;s built a career attacking Donald Trump, could be facing some serious scrutiny of his own.<\/p>\n<p>In a report published Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/unearthed-records-expose-swalwell-campaigns-bizarre-inconsistency-payments-california-man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News Digital<\/a> revealed that Federal Election Commission filings for Swalwell&rsquo;s campaign and a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >political action committee show mysterious payments<\/a> to a staffer totaling more than $360,000 over the past three years.<\/p>\n<p>Supposedly covering services on the gamut from &ldquo;flower reimbursements&rdquo; to security, they&rsquo;re payments one former FEC commissioner said deserve serious questioning by the agency.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the type of bizarre inconsistency that should catch the attention of the FEC,&rdquo; Hans von Spakovsky, now a senior fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation, told Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>The payments, recorded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/committee\/C00502294\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swalwell for Congress<\/a> campaign and Swalwell&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?committee_id=C00566059&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2026&amp;data_type=processed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Remedy PAC<\/a>, were made to Darly Meyer, a Haitian-American, for amounts ranging from a trifling $53 to more than $12,000, Fox reported.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> console.log(\"A\/B Test Video Player\"); \/\/ Helper function to set a cookie function setVideoCookie(name, value, days) {     var expires=\"\";     if (days) {         var date=new Date(); 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    aditudePlayer(); } else if (window.adUserGroup==='B') {     console.log('Running Anyclip player for group B');     anyclipPlayer(); } else {     console.log('Running STN player for group C');     stnPlayer(); } <\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The FEC filings list several different reasons for the payments, ranging from travel expenses, car service to security services to salary. There are also several payments to Meyer for things like &lsquo;personal travel expense reimbursement,&rsquo; &lsquo;event flowers reimbursement&rsquo; and postage,&rdquo; Fox reported.<\/p>\n<p>There could well be innocent explanations for all of those expenses. Political campaigns, after all, include a variety of events.<\/p>\n<p>And according to Fox, Meyer is not just a staffer on Swalwell&rsquo;s campaign; he&rsquo;s the owner of a North Hollywood, California, limousine company called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizapedia.com\/ca\/cyd-global-car-service-llc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CYD Global Car Service LLC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Political campaigns obviously involve a lot of travel, and security arrangements are a part of modern public life. (The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/charlie-kirk-assassination-suspect-appears-court-massive-amounts-digital-evidence-filed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlie Kirk assassination<\/a> alone proves that).<\/p>\n<p>But according to Fox, one snag for Swalwell comes from the filings that note Meyer was paid for &ldquo;security.&rdquo; Fox noted that Meyer does not appear to have a security license, according to California&rsquo;s Bureau of Security and Investigative Services.<\/p>\n<p>Meyer is also an administrator of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/CaliHaitians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">page called Calihaitians<\/a>, made up of Haitian expatriates living in California, Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The Fox revelations are another turn for Swalwell in the national spotlight &mdash; and virtually none of them are good.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his vocal criticism of President Donald Trump &mdash; extreme even by Democratic standards &mdash; the congressman is probably best known for an apparent affair with a suspected spy for the Chinese Communist Party with the unlikely name of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/things-not-looking-good-swalwell-fang-fang-meets-editor-chinese-propaganda-paper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fang Fang<\/a> &mdash; an affair that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/schiff-swalwell-furious-officially-booted-house-intelligence-committee-integrity-matters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">got Swalwell booted<\/a> from the House Intelligence Committee in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>After that is his apparent &mdash; very apparent &mdash; brush with flatulence on live television during a 2019 interview on MSNBC.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Eric Swalwell appears to drop a massive fart during live on television<\/p>\n<p>Turn the sound on, this is real <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DyElNSwYog\">pic.twitter.com\/DyElNSwYog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealSaavedra\/status\/1196593236392808448?\">November 19, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With all that in mind, it&rsquo;s almost funny that Swalwell actually ran briefly in 2019 for the Democratic presidential nomination that was won by Joe Biden in 2020 (to the nation&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/backfire-biden-finally-responds-peace-deal-unexpected-admission-failed-everything\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">everlasting regret<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Swalwell was out in July 2019, a <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Eric_Swalwell_presidential_campaign,_2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ballotpedia<\/a> (and almost no one else) entry recalls. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/polling-2-beto-orourke-ends-campaign-2020-democratic-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beto O&rsquo;Rourke lasted longer<\/a>, for crying out loud.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s almost funnier that Swalwell still retains the arrogance of a California Democrat who knows he&rsquo;s unassailable on his home turf, no matter how much the rest of the country thinks he&rsquo;s a fool.<\/p>\n<p>Check out his comment about Fox&rsquo;s reporting in a post on the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LOL get this &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pete_Pinedo?\">@Pete_Pinedo<\/a> of Faux News ed and asked why I&rsquo;ve spent $350,000 on security. I responded &ldquo;because there&rsquo;s a direct correlation between the lies Fox tells about me and the death threats that follow aimed at me and my kids.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I should send Pete the bill?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSwalwell\/status\/1983553408117211236?\">October 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;LOL get this &mdash; @Pete_Pinedo of Faux News ed and asked why I&rsquo;ve spent $350,000 on security. I responded &lsquo;because there&rsquo;s a direct correlation between the lies Fox tells about me and the death threats that follow aimed at me and my kids.&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Maybe I should send Pete the bill?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Note that Swalwell neither confirms nor denies the gist of the report. Just mocks it. It&rsquo;s so cute it&rsquo;s galling.<\/p>\n<p>And as Fox noted, this isn&rsquo;t the first time Swalwell has reported questionable campaign expenditures.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;According to FEC filings through the years, Swalwell&rsquo;s campaign has reported a multitude of expenditures on luxury car services, expensive restaurants and lavish, luxury hotels, including in Dubai, Berlin, Paris, London and others,&rdquo; Fox reported.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, this same Eric Swalwell, who argued in July 2024, as <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4757848-eric-swalwell-joe-biden-donald-trump-2024-election-post-debate\/mlite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a> reported, that Trump should leave the presidential race because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-gloats-trump-verdict-years-idolizing-convicted-felon-george-floyd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he&rsquo;d been convicted<\/a> in a criminal court in New York City of 34 counts of falsification of business records.<\/p>\n<p>That ludicrous trial stemmed from $130,000 in payments the Trump Organization made to Trump&rsquo;s then-attorney, Michael Cohen, to cover payments Cohen made to adult film star Stormy Daniels.<\/p>\n<p>Swalwell himself had acknowledged in 2019 &mdash; five years before Trump&rsquo;s trial &mdash; that most Americans &mdash; including Eric Swalwell &mdash; didn&rsquo;t care about those payments, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/swalwell-i-dont-really-care-about-alleged-hush-money-nor-do-most-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a> report from the time.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s Eric Swalwell&rsquo;s consistency (and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-eric-swalwell-gets-roasted-calling-chinese-agent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hypocrisy<\/a>): No one cared about $130,000 to Stormy Daniels in 2019. But five years later, the nation should care enough about that $130,000 that Trump should have set aside his presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Swalwell&rsquo;s own spending of $360,000 to a campaign staffer is supposed to be accepted at face value, including payments for security to a man who does not appear to have a security license.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&rsquo;t clear Monday whether the FEC will actually start an investigation into Swalwell&rsquo;s spending, but von Spakovsky said the California congressman should be facing a brewing storm.<\/p>\n<p>Questions about Swalwell&rsquo;s filing should &ldquo;cause the agency&rsquo;s auditing arm to investigate whether these were legitimate payments to a legitimate contractor,&rdquo; von Spakovsky told Fox.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s the kind of scrutiny Swalwell loved to see when it came to Trump &mdash; even when he admitted the matter was unimportant to most Americans.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s about time Swalwell got some more scrutiny of his own.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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