Swalwell investigation heats up
FBI searches and seizes cell phone and other materials from his home.
The special election preview for the November general election showed that it will be a tight horse race come fall.
State Sen. Aisha Wahab, who easily topped the field in the earlier elections (regular primary plus first special election) narrowly is leading former Dublin Mayor Melissa Hernandez 51%-49%, although about 20,000 ballots remain to be counted. The winner will serve the remainder of disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s term that ends in January and will have whatever advantage can be ascribed to running as the incumbent.
Hernandez’ campaign benefitted from major expenditures from political action groups, mostly notably the United Democracy Project and the American Israel Public Affairs community that poured in nearly $6.5 million.
Given how much those expenditures helped tighten the race (Wahab won the first race by nearly 33,000 votes over Hernandez) look for lots more money to sway the general election. The redrawn district picks up about 26,000 voters in Dublin.
Just what turnout will look like is a guessing game because the gubernatorial race shows Xavier Becerra with a 45-25% edge in registration over Republican Steve Hilton. More people are registered independent (27%) than Republican. Prop. 40, the so-called millionaires tax backed by public employee unions, will be heated as wealthy people have poured their personal money into the anti-campaign.
FBI documents unsealed this week showed that former congressman Swalwell told the truth publicly about what he said to the FBI when he was informed that suspected Chinese spy Fang Fang was trying to manipulate him and his staff for information. He said that he cut off all contact with her after that time. Presumably, the lawyer, who was notably flexible with the truth during the Trump Russiagate non-event, knew a truthful answer was required for the feds.
The FBI documents also showed Swalwell admitting they “hooked up” on a few occasions. The sexual encounters took place before Swalwell was married in 2016. Despite the FBI investigation and the intimate contact, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Swalwell in his important position on the intelligence committee.
In breaking news today, major news outlets are reporting that FBI agents served Swalwell with a warrant and confiscated his cell phone and other electronic devices at San Francisco International Airport Saturday after he arrived. Agents also searched his Washington D.C. home and removed other materials.
CNN reported that sources tied the searches to the ongoing investigations into multiple women’s assertions of sexual assault. Those are ongoing in Manhattan and Los Angeles.
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