Protect Our Democracy
During the 2000s, Eric Swalwell was one of the first prosecutors in Alameda County to discover that some criminals were dumb enough to post incriminating photos and videos of themselves on social media. His boss and mentor, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley, recalled that in one case, Swalwell scoured the web, uncovering a video that a defendant had posted of himself holding a .25-caliber handgun. That damning piece of evidence clinched a conviction.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (Calif.), a top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, says the panel may need to call on President Trump himself to testify on newly surfaced emails detailing a Trump Tower real estate plan for Moscow that was scrapped during Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
Congressman Eric Swalwell hosted a town hall meeting last Saturday at Granada High School in Livermore.
He began the session with a touch of humor, noting that upon the birth of his son, "We got the cutest baby monitor from the Russian Ambassador."
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on Tuesday said President Trump should fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions — but not for the reasons that seem to bothering Trump.
"Well, I support President Trump firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions — not for the misguided reasons he wants to fire him though," Swalwell told host Wolf Blitzer on CNN's "The Situation Room."
New evidence about the Trump campaign's contacts with Russian officials last year makes it absolutely crucial that we have an independent, bipartisan commission to protect our democracy.
There is no doubt that Donald Trump Jr., then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner, son-in-law and close adviser to the president, met in June 2016 with a Russian government emissary whom they believed would offer them damaging information about Hillary Clinton. And there's no doubt that Trump Jr. knew who would be at the meeting and why.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), the Ranking Member of the CIA Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement Wednesday:
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), Co-Chair of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee and the Ranking Member of the CIA Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, on Wednesday launched a petition to force a House Floor vote on H.R. 356, the Protecting Our Democracy Act.
CASTRO VALLEY, CA – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), the Ranking Member of the CIA Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement Monday:
"I'm concerned by reports that President Trump disclosed highly classified intelligence to Russian diplomats at the White House.
Congressman Eric Swalwell said that President Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey "should send a chill down the spine of every American, no matter who they voted for. This is not what an innocent person would do; this is an abuse of power, and shows a consciousness of guilt."
Swalwell, a former Alameda County prosecutor, issued the statement on the afternoon of May 9, shortly after the Trump administration announced Comey's firing.