Swalwell was served with a warrant after he landed at the San Francisco Airport on Saturday, Aug. 15, and his cell phone was seized.
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FBI agents executed multiple search warrants against former California Rep. Eric Swalwell over the weekend as part of a federal investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, according to the Daily Mail.
Swalwell was served the first warrant after he landed at the San Francisco Airport on Saturday, Aug. 15, and his cell phone was seized. FBI agents followed up with an additional warrant on Aug. 16 targeting his residence in Washington, DC, where agents seized additional evidence, according to CNN.
These seizures come months after FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly pushed for the release of files on a decade-old closed investigation regarding Swalwell and Christine Fang, a suspected Chinese intelligence operative.
Those records were declassified by President Donald Trump on Monday, Aug. 17, and include details from two FBI interviews with Swalwell in which he acknowledged he had a physical relationship with Fang on several occasions in 2015.
Fang reportedly helped Swalwell raise funds for his 2014 reelection campaign and placed an intern in his congressional office. But Swalwell cut ties with Fang in 2015 after federal agents raised concerns about her with the representative. He assisted the agency with its investigation, and in 2023, the Republican-led House Ethics Committee closed its investigation into the congressman.
The congressman was never charged with a crime in connection with the investigation.
The FBI declined to comment to USA TODAY about the federal investigation.
Swalwell ended his bid for California governor and resigned from Congress in April after several women accused him of sexual assault and misconduct.
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