FBI agents have raided a mansion in Beverly Hills, California, as part of an investigation into former Congressman Eric Swalwell, 45.
The early-morning raid took place at the Beverly Hills mansion of billionaire megadonor Stephen Cloobeck, a law enforcement source told the Daily Mail. Cloobeck has been contacted for comment.
The ex-Congressman is facing a bombshell criminal investigation into sexual misconduct allegations led by President Donald Trump‘s Justice Department. He has denied any wrongdoing and hasn’t been charged with a crime.
The raid in Los Angeles is connected to allegations of possible sex trafficking, according to two sources.
It is a major escalation in the case, and comes just two months after agents confronted Swalwell with a search warrant when he landed at San Francisco Airport.
Agents seized his electronic devices, including his cell phone, as part of the federal probe, the Daily Mail was first to report.
Swalwell’s MacBook Pro, charging cable, and wall charger were also seized during the search, according to a warrant obtained by The San Francisco Standard.
The search warrant, filed on August 13, was filed under a federal statute (Section 242 of Title 18) which prohibits officials, including law enforcement, from abusing their authority to deprive someone of their constitutional rights – though it is unclear how the law applies to Swalwell’s case.
The agents, armed with additional court-approved search warrants, then entered his house in Washington, DC, that weekend, seizing additional undisclosed potential evidence, well-placed sources told the Daily Mail.
Sources say the former representative still maintains a DC residence with his wife and three children.
The early-morning raid took place at the Beverly Hills mansion of billionaire megadonor Stephen Cloobeck, a law enforcement source told the Daily Mail
The raid in Los Angeles is connected to allegations of possible sex trafficking, according to two sources
Cloobeck, the owner of the mansion, has been contacted for comment by the Daily Mail
The raid comes just two months after agents confronted Swalwell with a search warrant when he landed at San Francisco Airport
He headed to the airport later in the day and flew to his home state of California. The feds were waiting for him when he stepped off the plane.
According to sources, Swalwell was cooperative. The following day, neither he nor his wife, Brittany Watts, was home when the feds rolled up to their property in Northeast DC.
Swalwell, 45, faces multiple sexual assault allegations, which he has adamantly denied.
At least four women have made sexual misconduct allegations, including a former staffer who claimed the married politician raped her twice when she was too intoxicated to consent in 2019 and 2024.
Another woman alleged he drugged and raped her in 2018.
Two of the women said he had sent them unsolicited pictures of his penis. The Department of Justice launched its investigation into the disgraced former congressman in April.
Swalwell was also being investigated by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
He has vehemently denied the allegation, but they nevertheless torpedoed his campaign for California governor, forcing him to drop out of a race he’d once led.
Agents were seen on the property early on Tuesday morning
Video of FBI agents descending on Eric Swalwell’s DC home on Sunday, August 16
The Democrat also promptly resigned from Congress in disgrace earlier this year.
He has kept a low profile ever since.
In August, newly declassified records detailed his alleged escapades with the Chinese spy known as ‘Fang Fang.’
The White House Transparency Task Force dropped the documents, in which Swalwell admitted to the FBI that he ‘occasionally hooked up’ with Fang.
The Chinese national spent years cozying up to rising California Democrats, helping bundle donations for Swalwell’s 2014 re-election campaign and even placing an intern in his congressional office.
Swalwell with the Chinese spy known as ‘Fang Fang’
Lonna Drewes accused former Congressman Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, of sexually assaulting her. He has denied the accusation
Swalwell has not been accused by law enforcement of any wrongdoing in the Fang Fang scandal.
Meanwhile, he has denied any wrongdoing in connection with the sexual assault and sexual misconduct allegations.
While rejecting the claims, the former lawmaker acknowledged making ‘mistakes in judgment’ and apologized to his wife.
While the accusations destroyed his political career and prompted calls for further investigations from both parties, the state of his nine-year marriage remains in question.
Exclusive Daily Mail photos from May showed Watts, 41, stepping out of their DC residence without her wedding ring as her husband remained out of sight.
‘Eric has been accused of horrible things. How do you live with that?’ a friend of the family said at the time.
Sources say neither he nor his wife, Brittany Watts, were home when the feds rolled up to their property in Northeast DC over the summer
Brittany Swalwell was seen trying to keep a low-profile while given a clear view of her ringless finger in May
The allegations began with claims from a former staffer who alleged she was raped by Swalwell when she was too intoxicated to consent.
She told CNN that in April 2024, after a night of heavy drinking in New York City, she woke up to Swalwell having sex with her in his hotel bed.
‘I was pushing him off of me, saying no,’ she said, adding that it happened after she stopped working in his office. ‘He didn’t stop.’
He has denied those accusations.
The Daily Mail has reached out to a representative for Eric Swalwell. The Department of Justice and the FBI declined to comment.
