See Eric Swalwell’s Incognito Airport Look Before FBI Confrontation

A new video shows FBI agents confronting disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) at the airport as part of a criminal probe into allegations of sexual misconduct against the former congressman. 

The video obtained by The California Post shows several FBI agents stopping a discreetly dressed Swalwell on August 15 just minutes after his plane touched down in San Francisco. In the video, federal agents are seen talking to Swalwell before escorting him to a private part of the airport. 

Sources familiar with the law enforcement action confirmed to The Daily Wire that federal agents seized Swalwell’s phone and laptop during the interaction. The devices were seized without incident. 

Swalwell wore sneakers, black sweatpants, a black baseball cap, and had a hoodie pulled up over his head as FBI agents approached him. One day after he was confronted at the airport, federal investigators also executed search warrants at his Washington, D.C., home. 

The search stemmed from allegations of sexual misconduct Swalwell faced shortly before he was set to appear on the ballot in the California gubernatorial election. One former staffer accused him of raping her on two separate occasions when she was drunk. 

While Swalwell denied all wrongdoing, the accusations did lead him to drop out of the California governor’s race and resign from Congress.

“I am aware of efforts to bring an immediate expulsion vote against me and other members. Expelling anyone in Congress without due process, within days of an allegation being made, is wrong,” he said in April 2026. “But it’s also wrong for my constituents to have me distracted from my duties. Therefore, I plan to resign my seat in Congress.”

He has claimed the allegations were politically motivated and designed to get him out of the highly competitive Democratic gubernatorial primary. The ex-lawmaker has floated suing the individuals who accused him of sexual misconduct for defamation. 

Last month, newly declassified FBI files revealed that Swalwell admitted to investigators that he had a sexual relationship with Christine Fang (“Fang Fang”), a Chinese spy who helped fundraise for his congressional campaign. 

Swalwell told federal investigators that he had “physical relations” with Fang “on a handful of occasions” after meeting her in 2012. Swalwell also told investigators that he did not know about the Chinese influence operation being conducted by Fang. He was not accused of any crimes related to his relationship with her.