The FBI raided a Beverly Hills mansion connected to an investigation into Eric Swalwell.
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VINCEOct 28, 2026
Multiple tier1 and tier2 outlets (Reuters, AP, Politico, Washington Post) report that the FBI searched a Beverly Hills mansion connected to billionaire donor Stephen Cloobeck as part of the investigation into former Rep. Eric Swalwell, with the FBI confirming an operation tied to an ongoing criminal investigation.
What was said
… He gets chased out of the race by the Democrats, and a ton of investigations open up into him, including, apparently, by the FBI. The FBI started looking into his behavior and questions of criminality here, and yesterday that investigation led to a raid on the Beverly Hills mansion connected with a billionaire called Steven Klebek. That's his home, Steven Klebek's home, reportedly, who was a big-time Eric Swallowbacker. He'd been giving him a ton of money, supported him for governor, had paid for his exotic trips overseas, ah, and let him live in the house for a while after everything …
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Supports. Reuters reports the FBI raided the Beverly Hills mansion of Stephen Cloobeck, Swalwell's billionaire donor, as part of the ongoing probe connected to Swalwell.[1]
Supports. AP reports federal agents searched the Beverly Hills home of Cloobeck as part of an investigation into Swalwell, citing people familiar with the probe.[2]
Supports. Politico quotes an FBI Los Angeles spokesperson confirming a federal search warrant executed at the Beverly Hills mansion listed on Cloobeck's business filings, and a Justice Department spokesperson describing an ongoing criminal investigation.[3]
Context. The claim's wording matches the extracted headline from the post; the post itself names the same raid and Swalwell investigation, so no extraction addition is present.
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3 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2
- 1FBI raids home of Eric Swalwell's billionaire donorreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Eric Swalwell investigation: Federal agents search Beverly ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3FBI raids Beverly Hills mansion tied to former Eric Swalwell ...politico.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
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