{"id":2647418,"date":"2026-08-20T13:53:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-raids-eric-swalwells-property-seizes-devices-at-airport-in-sexual-misconduct-investigation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T13:55:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:55:50","slug":"fbi-raids-eric-swalwells-property-seizes-devices-at-airport-in-sexual-misconduct-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-raids-eric-swalwells-property-seizes-devices-at-airport-in-sexual-misconduct-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI raids Eric Swalwell&#8217;s property, seizes devices at airport in sexual misconduct investigation"},"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\">26<\/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%2Ffbi-raids-eric-swalwells-property-seizes-devices-at-airport-in-sexual-misconduct-investigation%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=2647418&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>Federal agents seized electronic devices from former California Representative Eric Swalwell at San francisco International Airport amid a federal criminal inquiry related to allegations of sexual misconduct.Swalwell cooperated with authorities, presenting a search warrant and handing over his cellphone and other devices. The investigation expanded to include additional searches at his Washington, D.C. residence. Swallow was in Washington with his family before traveling to california, were agents awaited him at the airport.<\/p>\n<p>This probe follows multiple allegations against Swalwell, including claims of sexual assault and misconduct from at least four women, with one woman asserting she was raped on two occasions when too intoxicated to consent. These allegations led to investigations by the Manhattan District Attorney and Los angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department, and some women have spoken with the FBI. Swalwell resigned from Congress in April after publicly revealing the allegations, which disrupted the California governor\u2019s race-helping Democratic candidate Xavier Becerra rise in the polls. <\/p>\n<p>The FBI also released declassified documents revealing Swalwell\u2019s past relationship in 2015 with Christine Fang, a suspected Chinese spy, tho he has not faced any criminal charges related to this. The recent searches mark a notable escalation in the federal investigation, though it remains unclear whether Swalwell is a target or a subject of broader inquiries.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"516\">Federal agents<\/a> seized electronic devices from disgraced former California Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-swalwell\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2345\">Eric Swalwell <\/a>after confronting him at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"60\">San Francisco<\/a> International Airport on Saturday, as part of a federal criminal investigation stemming from allegations of sexual misconduct, according to sources familiar with the probe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agents presented Swalwell with a search warrant as he arrived in California and took his cellphone and other electronic devices, according to the <em>Daily Mail,<\/em> which first reported the story. Swalwell was cooperative with investigators, the outlet said, citing sources on the ground.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4694598\/fbi-raid-eric-swalwell-property-seizes-devices-sexual-misconduct-investigation\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>FBI raids Eric Swalwell\u2019s property, seizes devices at airport in sexual misconduct investigation<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4692053\/minnesota-prosecutor-medicaid-commercial-sex-house\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Minnesota prosecutor accused of billing Medicaid from commercial sex house she turned into assisted-living facility<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4688414\/homeland-security-investigated-minnesota-labor-unions\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Homeland Security investigated Minnesota labor unions as part of \u2018terrorist financing\u2019 probe in anti-ICE antifa case: Court documents<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">FILE \u2013 Former California gubernatorial candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell talks with reporters after holding a town hall meeting in Sacramento, Calif., April 7, 2026. (AP Photo\/Rich Pedroncelli, File)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/08\/localimages\/AP26163658617089.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE \u2013 Former California gubernatorial candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell talks with reporters after holding a town hall meeting in Sacramento, Calif., April 7, 2026. (AP Photo\/Rich Pedroncelli, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investigation continued Sunday, when federal agents executed additional court-approved search warrants at Swalwell\u2019s Washington, D.C., residence and seized other potential evidence, according to sources familiar with the investigation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swalwell, 45, had begun Saturday in Washington, where he has a home with his wife, Brittany Watts, and their three children, before traveling to California. Agents were waiting for him when he arrived at the airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neither Swalwell nor Watts was at the Washington residence when agents arrived Sunday, according to the <em>Daily Mail<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The federal investigation follows a series of allegations against Swalwell, including claims of sexual assault and other misconduct. At least four women have publicly accused the former congressman of sexual misconduct. One former staffer has alleged that Swalwell raped her on two occasions, in 2019 and 2024, when she was too intoxicated to consent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The allegations prompted investigations by the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office and the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two women who have publicly discussed allegations against Swalwell told CNN they had also spoken with the FBI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swalwell resigned from Congress in April after reporting the allegations in detail. Swalwell was one of President Donald Trump\u2019s chief antagonists. Swalwell had been pulling ahead within the competitive California governor\u2019s race. His abrupt exit upended the crowded primary race and injected fresh uncertainty into it just weeks before mail-in ballots were sent out. Democratic candidate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/xavier-becerra\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1719\">Xavier Becerra<\/a>, who had been polling toward the bottom of the list of candidates, catapulted to the top. Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton will meet in the November general election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Swalwell weekend searches represent a significant escalation of the investigation, bringing federal authorities directly into the case. It was not immediately clear what evidence investigators were seeking, or whether Swalwell is the target of the federal investigation or a subject of another inquiry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4690930\/eric-swalwell-china-spy-fang-fang\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4690930\">ERIC SWALWELL ADMITTED TO RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINESE SPY \u2018FANG FANG,\u2019 FBI FILES SHOW<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, the White House declassified and released 97 pages of records related to the FBI\u2019s long-running investigation into Swalwell\u2019s past association with Christine Fang, a suspected Chinese spy. The documents focus on Swalwell\u2019s relationship with Fang in 2015, though much of the information contained in the files had already been reported publicly. Swalwell was never charged with a crime stemming from the investigation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> has previously reported on Patel\u2019s efforts to release the files.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feds seize devices from Swalwell at SFO over misconduct probe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":2647419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26163658617089.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[35815,50645,3976,7952,3646],"class_list":["post-2647418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-eric-swalwell","tag-fbi-2","tag-investigation","tag-raid","tag-security"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26163658617089.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2647418"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2647421,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647418\/revisions\/2647421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2647419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2647418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2647418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2647418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}