The FBI executed search warrants at Eric Swalwell's Washington, D.C. home the day after the airport incident.
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VINCEOct 28, 2026
Multiple reliable outlets report that FBI agents seized Swalwell's devices at San Francisco airport on Saturday, Aug 15, and executed a search warrant at his Washington, D.C. home the following day. The claim faithfully reflects the post, which says the house raid came the day after the airport incident; the post's reference to August is consistent with the sources.
What was said
… in August they note this, that we knew about this, that Swalwell got surrounded by FBI agents at the San Francisco International Airport as he de boarded a plane. They seized his cell phone and his laptop as a part of a federal criminal investigation. Then, the next day, they raided his house in Washington, DC., right? The agents executed additional warrants the following day at Swalwell's Washington, DC., home. Ah, he got the Ilma what the hell does her name ilhan Nur Said Elmi treatment. There you go, where they seized other potential evidence, of source previously told The Post. …
VINCE · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. AP reports that Swalwell's devices were seized at the San Francisco airport on Saturday and agents executed a search warrant at his home a day later.[1]
Supports. CNN reports federal agents seized devices at the San Francisco airport on Saturday and raided his Washington, DC home the next day.[3]
Supports. ABC7 reports agents served a search warrant at his Washington, D.C. home on Sunday, the day after the Saturday airport seizure, and court records show the airport warrant was executed on Aug. 15.[5][6]
Supports. BBC and NBC affiliate coverage likewise describe the home search as following the airport seizure.[4][7]
Context. The October Beverly Hills mansion search of donor Stephen Cloobeck is a separate event and does not bear on the August Washington home search claimed here.[2][8]
Sources
8 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 1 tier 1, 4 not rated
- 1Agents seize devices from ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell in sexual ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2FBI raids home of Eric Swalwell's billionaire donorreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3FBI raids former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s home, seizes devices in probe tied to sexual assault claims | CNN Politicscnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4FBI seizes former Congressman Eric Swalwell's devices and searches his homebbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 5FBI seizes devices from Eric Swalwell at SFO, raids DC home in probe tied to sexual assault claimsabc7news.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Video shows moment FBI agents surround Swalwell at SFO - ABC7abc7.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7FBI searches former Rep. Eric Swalwell amid sexual misconduct investigation41nbc.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 8FBI searches Beverly Hills mansion tied to former Rep. Eric Swalwell | CNN Politicsus.cnn.com · not rated · cited for: context
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