Report: FBI Agents Confront Eric Swalwell at San Francisco Airport, Seize Electronic Devices

Federal agents confronted former congressman Eric Swalwell at San Francisco International Airport this past weekend and seized his electronic devices, according to a report. The Daily Mail reported Thursday that the disgraced former congressman was met by officers at the airport on Saturday with a search warrant for numerous devices. The devices reportedly included his cellphone, which was wanted as part of a federal criminal investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct. Sources cited by the Mail said agents had additional court-approved warrants and searched Swalwell's Washington, D.C., residence the following day. Swalwell has been the subject of multiple allegations of sexual assault and other sexual misconduct. At least four women have publicly made allegations involving the former Democratic lawmaker, according to the report. One former staffer alleged that Swalwell raped her on two occasions, claiming that she was too intoxicated to consent to an encounter in which she said he took advantage of her. Another woman has alleged that Swalwell drugged and raped her in 2018. Two other women have also accused him of sending unsolicited photographs of his genitals to them. The Department of Justice reportedly opened a federal investigation into the allegations in April. The report said Swalwell has also been the subject of separate inquiries by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Swalwell has denied the sexual assault allegations. Per the Mail report, the federal search and seizure of the former congressman's devices had nothing to do with a decade-old political and personal relationship with an alleged Chinese spy who went by the name Fang Fang. The Department of Justice had not commented on the Mail's report as of Thursday morning.