Russia: Influencing Trump & His Team
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), a member of the Committee on the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, introduced the Corporate Duty to Report Act of 2019, which would require companies to disclose to the government when a foreign person, country, or organization attempts to subvert our election once again with political ads.
Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), along with Representatives Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA) of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced the No President Is Above the Law Act, which would pause the statute of limitations for any federal offense committed by a sitting president, whether it was committed before or during the president's term of office. This legislation would ensure that presidents can be held accountable for criminal conduct just like every other American and not use the presidency to avoid legal consequences.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) called for an impeachment inquiry concerning U.S. Attorney General William Barr.
"Attorney General William Barr has proved himself unworthy of the mantle of America's top law enforcement officer, choosing to act as the President's lawyer instead of ours, and he cannot be allowed to continue in this role," said Swalwell, a member of the House Judiciary Committee. "His public prejudgment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation should have precluded his confirmation; once confirmed, he should have recused himself."
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Duty to Report Act – legislation to help protect our elections from foreign interference by requiring federal campaign officials to notify law enforcement if offered assistance by agents of another government.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), chair of the Intelligence Modernization and Readiness Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement Friday after Special Counsel Robert Mueller submitted his investigative report to Attorney General William Barr:
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell, ranking member of the CIA Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, participated in the new documentary film "Active Measures" detailing Russia's interference in America's 2016 presidential election and its long-standing ties to President Donald Trump.
Swalwell (CA-15) was interviewed about his role and findings in the House Intelligence Committee's investigation of Russia's interference on behalf of the Trump campaign. The film was released Friday.
A Democratic congressman has introduced a bill to make it a criminal offence for the US president, vice president, their families or their companies in which they have at least half-ownership, to receive "anything of value" from a foreign power.
California congressman Eric Swalwell's bill, titled "Prevent Corrupting Foreign Influence Act", is aimed at improving upon the US constitution's emoluments clause that prohibits elected officials from receiving a
"present" of any kind from a foreign state or a representative of a foreign government without consent from congress.
Our White House is not for sale, and it's about time that Congress takes a meaningful stand to ensure that. No U.S. president should be enriched by foreign sources—presidents should hold themselves to a higher standard, and if they won't, it's our job to do it for them.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) introduced Prevent Corrupting Foreign Influence Act on Monday to significantly improve upon the existing ban on America's highest elected officials receiving financial benefits from foreign powers.
The new bill would make it a criminal offense for the President, the Vice President, their families, or companies in which they have at least half-ownership to accept or receive anything of value from a foreign power or from any company that is more than 50 percent controlled by a foreign power.