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FBI searches Eric Swalwell's home and seizes electronic devices as part of investigation into alleged sexual assault

Agents arrested the former congressman last Saturday at the San Francisco airport, where, armed with a search warrant, they seized his electronic devices.

Eric Swalwell in Los Angeles / Etienne Laurent

Eric Swalwell in Los Angeles / Etienne LaurentAFP.

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FBI agents searched the home of former Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell and seized electronic devices as part of a federal investigation related to allegations of sexual assault, according to a person familiar with the case.

According to The New York Times, agents detained Swalwell last Saturday at the San Francisco airport, where, armed with a search warrant, they seized his electronic devices. The next day, investigators searched his home in Washington, according to a source consulted by the newspaper.

Swalwell, who represented two California districts in the House of Representatives for more than a decade, resigned from Congress in April after several media outlets reported allegations of sexual misconduct made by several women, including a former member of his staff. At that time, he also withdrew his candidacy for governor of California.

The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and Swalwell also did not respond to messages sent to him seeking his position on the investigation. The search of his home and the seizure of his communication devices had been previously reported on Thursday by The Daily Mail.

A federal civil rights investigation

Former California Congressman Eric Swalwell admitted to the FBI that he had had intimate encounters with Christine "Fang Fang" Fang, whom authorities have identified as a suspected Chinese intelligence agent. One of those encounters reportedly took place after Swalwell took a powerful sleeping pill, according to documents declassified by the Trump administration and initially reported by Just The News.

The documents, released Monday by the White House Government Transparency Working Group, detail the content of two interviews Swalwell had with FBI agents at a field office in Oakland: the first in May 2015 and the second in March 2016. Both took place as part of an investigation into Fang Fang's alleged role in illegal campaign contributions to the then-congressman and in the hiring of interns for his office.

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