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'Not an accident': Target of death threats points to way GOP can end Trump retribution vow

The target of dozens of death threats linked to the MAGA movement made a public plea to Republicans to halt Donald Trump’s vow of retribution Friday. “The presidential election cycle wasn’t just about re-election: It was about avoiding justice and more importantly, for him, punishing those who oppose him,” Swalwell wrote. 1 among conservatives and their lives will be turned …

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1 month ago

'Betrayal of our flag': Lawmaker says federal workers are 'embarrassed' by Trump's Cabinet

Raw Story

Rep. Eric Swalwell tore into Donald Trump's Cabinet nominations on MSNBC's "The ReidOut" Wednesday, saying the government could fall apart simply by virtue of the people below them not taking them seriously. He took particular aim at Trump's nomination to lead the Pentagon, Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, whose sexual misconduct allegation has caused the Trump team to scramble — …

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1 month ago

'My Republican friends are laughing': Trump told that own party members mock his decisions

Raw Story

Republican lawmakers are laughing at President-elect Donald Trump and the "clown" he wants to see appointed the nation's top law enforcement officer, according to Rep. Eric Swalwell. Swalwell on Wednesday scoffed at Trump's chosen attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, and his attempts to bury a potentially damning Ethics committee report on accusations he had sex with a minor. "This …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Eric Swalwell Makes Dire Plea To Americans 'Fighting' Back Against Trump Threat

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Rep. Eric Swalwell called on Americans to not give up in an urgent message on Thursday following President-elect Donald Trump’s election win. And if a high school student who’s going to go to school today in a country that’s going to arm mass shooters to the teeth and they’re still going to get through it, we can …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Behind the legal tactics Trump is using to dodge justice for January 6

Raw Story

It would undoubtedly be of consequence and consolation if Donald Trump were held civilly liable for January 6, especially if he managed by hook, crook or Supreme Court to escape blame for his four criminal indictments. AXIOS dubbed these absences “the case of the missing lawsuits.” I would prefer to label these absences as Trump “gets over on the legal …

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5 months ago

'America's Hitler': Eric Swalwell throws Vance's attack on Trump in GOP's face at hearing

Raw Story

Rep. Eric Swalwell reminded his Republican colleagues that their vice presidential candidate, Sen. J.D. Vance, called former President Donald Trump "Hitler" before an assassination attempt. At a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Tuesday, Swalwell said Republicans had tried to use the attempted assassination of Trump to "erase" the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. "One member …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Eric Swalwell Goes Viral For Blistering Takedown Of GOP ‘Cult’ Of Trump

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING A clip of Rep. Eric Swalwell skewering his Republican colleagues over their devotion to former President Donald Trump went viral on Tuesday. “If you believe in states’ rights, except when a jury in that state convicts your nominee for president, you might be in a cult,” Swalwell told his colleagues. “If you claim you ‘back the blue’ …

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9 months ago

'Hell and chaos': Lawmaker says Trump has unleashed a mob 'terrorizing' law enforcement

Raw Story

Former President Donald Trump has created a climate in which both lawmakers and law enforcement officials are being constantly harassed, threatened, and put in fear for their own safety, Rep. Eric Swalwell said on MSNBC Thursday. Swalwell, who has been subject to numerous death threats on himself and his family for his work investigating Trump, reacted in particular to reporting …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Top Dem on House intel seeks briefings on classified records

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The new top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday called for more information about the classified records discovered in the private possession of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. “There’s a strong bipartisan concern that Congress is not being briefed on even preliminary reviews of classified information that might have been exposed,” Himes said …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Kevin McCarthy Denies Intelligence Committee Seats To Eric Swalwell And Adam Schiff

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LOADING ERROR LOADING House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has avenged Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene by blocking two Democrats from serving on a House committee. McCarthy announced Tuesday he would refuse to seat Democratic Reps. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff of California on the House Intelligence Committee — pure political payback for Democrats removing Greene and Rep. Paul Gosar from committees in …

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1 year, 11 months ago

'Insurrection LLC': Eric Swalwell torches Kevin McCarthy for governing based on 'Trump's grievances'

Raw Story

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy may have booted Rep. Eric Swalwell from his committee assignments in the House of Representatives, but that's apparently left the California Democrat with more time to trash McCarthy publicly during MSNBC appearances. While being interviewed by host Nicolle Wallace, Swalwell criticized McCarthy's actions during his first month as House Speaker. He also said that McCarthy has …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Swalwell says man called his office saying he would show up with an assault rifle to kill him

Daily Mail

Rep. Eric Swalwell blasted former President Donald Trump and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy after a man called the California Democrat's office and threatened to kill him with an assault weapon. 'A staffer of mine - who's 1 month into her job - received a call from a man saying he’s coming to our office w/ an assault rifle to …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Congressman publishes death threat calls where attackers are being radicalized to violence by Fox News

Raw Story

Rep. Eric Swalwell has come under fire by far-right personalities who are plaguing his offices with death threats that cite Fox News as their motivation. According to Swalwell it's part of the Tucker Carlson effect, where Carlson will use a specific line that lies about him, and then that line makes it into threats and attacks left on federal office …

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3 years, 4 months ago

‘Enough is enough’: Pelosi’s office condemns threats and attacks on Capitol officer who shot Ashli Babbitt

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has condemned former …

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3 years, 4 months ago

The DOJ Won't Defend Rep. Mo Brooks In Court Against Claims He Incited The Jan. 6 Riot

NPR

The DOJ Won't Defend Rep. Mo Brooks In Court Against Claims He Incited The Jan. 6 Riot Enlarge this image toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP J. Scott Applewhite/AP The Justice Department on Tuesday night rejected a request by Alabama Republican Rep. Mo Brooks for legal protection in court against a lawsuit linking him to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Justice Department to tighten rules on seizing Congress data

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will tighten its rules around obtaining records from members of Congress, Attorney General Merrick Garland said, amid revelations the department under former President Donald Trump had secretly seized records from Democrats and members of the media. “Consistent with our commitment to the rule of law,” Garland said Monday in a statement, “we must ensure that …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Justice Department to tighten rules on seizing Congress data

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will tighten its rules around obtaining records from members of Congress, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Monday, amid revelations the department under former President Donald Trump had secretly seized records from Democrats and members of the media. News outlets reported last week that the Justice Department had secretly subpoenaed Cupertino, California-based Apple Inc. in 2018 …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Justice Department also subpoenaed Microsoft to access congressional staffer's email account

Daily Mail

Donald Trump's Justice Department secretly subpoenaed Microsoft to access a congressional staffer's email account in a bid to expose the leakers of classified information to the press. Microsoft said in a statement to The New York Times that the company received a subpoena in 2017 related to a personal email account, and later learned the person was a congressional staffer. …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Senate Democratic leaders call secret seizure of Schiff and Swalwell's data a 'gross abuse of power'

Daily Mail

The Justice Department's internal watchdog on Friday ordered a probe of the Department's use of subpoenas to seize communications information on at least two members of Congress as well as members of the press – following bombshell revelations about the tactics. The announcement came after Senate Democratic leaders demanded that former Trump attorneys general Bill Barr and Jeff Sessions testify …

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3 years, 6 months ago

US DOJ seized Apple data from Rep. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell amid outrage from Donald Trump

Daily Mail

Democratic Representative Adam Schiff said Donald Trump's Justice Department broke rules brought in after Watergate by secretly trawling his communications to try and identify the source of embarrassing leaks. Justice Department prosecutors seized metadata records from Apple for accounts belonging to Rep. Adam Schiff, pictured, and other members of the House Intelligence Committee Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, pictured, revealed he …

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3 years, 9 months ago

House scuttles GOP attempt to boot Swalwell from intel panel

The Independent

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3 years, 9 months ago

Donald Trump faces another lawsuit over US Capitol attack

Hindustan Times

A Democratic congressman filed a lawsuit on Friday against former president Donald Trump, his son Donald Jr, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani and a Republican lawmaker for allegedly inciting the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Trump, and the other defendants waged a "campaign of lies and incendiary rhetoric" which led to the assault on Congress, Representative Eric Swalwell of …

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3 years, 9 months ago

House impeachment manager sues Trump, allies over riot

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Rep. Eric Swalwell, who served as a House manager in Donald Trump’s last impeachment trial, filed a lawsuit Friday against the former president, his son, lawyer and a Republican congressman whose actions he charges led to January’s insurrection. Swalwell charges that Trump, his son Donald Jr., along with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Republican Rep. …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Congressman Sues Donald Trump Over Deadly Capitol Siege, Charges Civil Rights Violation

News 18

A Democratic congressman has sued Donald Trump, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani and other allies of the former president over the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol when violent Trump supporters tried to stop the certification of Trump’s election defeat. The civil lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, alleges that the attack, which left five dead including a police officer, …

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'Not an accident': Target of death threats points to way GOP can end Trump retribution vow

'Betrayal of our flag': Lawmaker says federal workers are 'embarrassed' by Trump's Cabinet

'My Republican friends are laughing': Trump told that own party members mock his decisions

Eric Swalwell Makes Dire Plea To Americans 'Fighting' Back Against Trump Threat

Behind the legal tactics Trump is using to dodge justice for January 6

'America's Hitler': Eric Swalwell throws Vance's attack on Trump in GOP's face at hearing

Eric Swalwell Goes Viral For Blistering Takedown Of GOP ‘Cult’ Of Trump

'Hell and chaos': Lawmaker says Trump has unleashed a mob 'terrorizing' law enforcement

Top Dem on House intel seeks briefings on classified records

Kevin McCarthy Denies Intelligence Committee Seats To Eric Swalwell And Adam Schiff

'Insurrection LLC': Eric Swalwell torches Kevin McCarthy for governing based on 'Trump's grievances'

Swalwell says man called his office saying he would show up with an assault rifle to kill him

Congressman publishes death threat calls where attackers are being radicalized to violence by Fox News

‘Enough is enough’: Pelosi’s office condemns threats and attacks on Capitol officer who shot Ashli Babbitt

The DOJ Won't Defend Rep. Mo Brooks In Court Against Claims He Incited The Jan. 6 Riot

Justice Department to tighten rules on seizing Congress data

Justice Department to tighten rules on seizing Congress data

Justice Department also subpoenaed Microsoft to access congressional staffer's email account

Senate Democratic leaders call secret seizure of Schiff and Swalwell's data a 'gross abuse of power'

US DOJ seized Apple data from Rep. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell amid outrage from Donald Trump

House scuttles GOP attempt to boot Swalwell from intel panel

Donald Trump faces another lawsuit over US Capitol attack

House impeachment manager sues Trump, allies over riot

Congressman Sues Donald Trump Over Deadly Capitol Siege, Charges Civil Rights Violation