What can we say about a guy like Democrat Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-14) that hasn't already been said? As my grandfather would have said, if good sense were sweet corn, Congressman Swalwell would be a few kernels short on the cob. His career has been underwhelming. He has the oratory skills of a grunion and the personal appeal of hay fever. And now, just to add on to all the woes he already suffers from by being him, he's under investigation by the Department of Justice for mortgage fraud.
What is it with Democrats and mortgage fraud, anyway?
The Department of Justice under President Donald Trump has opened a probe into Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., over alleged mortgage fraud, Fox News has confirmed.
In response, Swalwell said he was not surprised to be targeted by Trump and vowed to keep speaking out while pursuing his lawsuit.
"As the most vocal critic of Donald Trump over the last decade and as the only person who still has a surviving lawsuit against him, the only thing I am surprised about is that it took him this long to come after me," the California lawmaker said.
"Like James Comey and John Bolton, Adam Schiff and Lisa Cook, Letitia James and the dozens more to come – I refuse to live in fear in what was once the freest country in the world.
While details of this latest imbroglio aren't yet available, this isn't the first time Rep. Swalwell has been scrutinized for possible shady dealings.
Swalwell has been one of Trump’s most outspoken critics, and last month he faced scrutiny over a "bizarre inconsistency" in his campaign’s Federal Election Commission filings that list several different reasons for payments to a Haitian American staffer totaling more than $360,000.
FEC filings from Swalwell for Congress and his Remedy PAC, dating back to 2021, show more than 75 payments to staffer Darly Meyer, ranging from $53 to more than $12,000 for various reasons.
Meyer received 27 payments last year totaling more than $120,000 and is on pace to earn a similar amount in 2025. The filings list multiple explanations for the disbursements, including travel, car and security services, and salary, as well as reimbursements for personal travel expenses, event flowers, and postage.
Over the years, Swalwell’s campaign has reported numerous expenditures on luxury car services, expensive restaurants, and high-end hotels in international cities such as Dubai, Berlin, Paris and London.
Luxury autos? Fancy eateries? Five-star hotels? Say, where does this guy think he is - COP30?
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Of course, if we jailed every politician who frittered away campaign money on luxury digs and limousines, we would have to build enough new prisons to fill up New Mexico.
Representative Swalwell, of course, is "not surprised to be targeted." There's also no guarantee anything will come of this; all we know at this juncture is that someone is looking into some possible mortgage shenanigans. (Has anyone seen him talking to Letitia James?) All too often, these things just kind of fizzle out.
But even as Democrats go, Eric Swalwell is particularly odious. If he is found to have committed some actionable screw-up, there will be no small amount of sniggering and schadenfreude on the part of his Republican colleagues, nor among Republicans nationwide.
We will watch any developments on this case with great interest. Stay tuned!
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