FBI raids former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s home, seizes devices in probe tied to sexual assault claims
By Allison Gordon, Pamela Brown, Evan Perez, CNN
(CNN) — Federal agents seized electronic devices from former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell at the San Francisco airport on Saturday and then raided his home in Washington, DC, the next day as part of an ongoing probe connected to sexual assault allegations, sources familiar with the investigation told CNN.
Swalwell did not immediately respond to messages from CNN following the raid, but he has repeatedly denied all allegations of sexual assault. The FBI declined to comment.
Swalwell resigned from Congress and dropped his gubernatorial bid in April after reporting from CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle detailed allegations of sexual misconduct, including one former staffer who said he had raped her.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department opened criminal investigations into Swalwell in the wake of the reporting. The raids this weekend are part of a federal investigation connected to the claims of sexual assault, the sources told CNN.
Four women confirmed to CNN that they have been contacted by the FBI as part of this probe.
The FBI’s raid was first reported by the Daily Mail.
In CNN’s earlier reporting about Swalwell, one staffer said that the congressman raped her when she was heavily intoxicated and left her bruised and bleeding.
“I was pushing him off of me, saying no,” the woman said of the incident, which she said happened in 2024 after she had stopped working in Swalwell’s office. “He didn’t stop.”
Three other women who spoke with CNN also alleged various kinds of sexual misconduct by the Democratic congressman – including Swalwell sending them unsolicited explicit messages or nude photos.
The women who spoke to CNN asked not to be named out of fear of retaliation by Swalwell or other professional consequences.
CNN later reported that more than a dozen other women described interactions with Swalwell that made them uncomfortable over the last decade, from social media messages to in-person encounters to alleged attempts by the congressman to lure them to his hotel room.
CNN’s Holmes Lybrand contributed to this report.
This story has been updated.
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