Patel invites Swalwell to sit down with FBI, solicits ‘relevant information’ from public

FBI Director Kash Patel on Monday invited outgoing Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif), who is facing recent sexual assault allegations, to sit down with the bureau and pushed for “relevant information to any of these matters” from the public.

“.@EricSwalwell has maintained that none of the allegations against him are true, and now that he’s resigned, we would welcome him to sit down with the FBI and share any information he has,” Patel posted on the social platform X.

“We also encourage and welcome any person with relevant information to any of these matters to speak with us. Door is open to all. @FBI,” he added.

On Monday, Swalwell announced he was resigning from Congress while facing allegations of sexual assault and misconduct. Swalwell was also the frontrunner in the Democratic primary field for California governor, before he dropped out of the race Sunday. 

Swalwell’s campaign crumbled last week when the San Francisco Chronicle published a former aide’s accusations that the California lawmaker sexually assaulted her multiple times. CNN reported soon after that three other women made separate allegations of sexual misconduct.

The allegations have been denied by Swalwell.

In a statement posted to the social platform X on Monday, Swalwell said he was “deeply sorry to my family, staff and constituents for mistakes in judgement I’ve made in my past.”

“I will fight the serious, false allegation made against me. However, I must take responsibility and ownership for the mistakes I did make,” he added. 

“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. But it’s also wrong for my constituents to have me distracted from my duties. Therefore, I plan to resign my seat in Congress.”

Patel and Swalwell have had a running feud, as the former pressed the latter earlier this year for details related to a decade-old case involving a Chinese spy.

Swalwell was not accused of wrongdoing and cut his ties with Christine Fang, also known as Fang Fang, in 2015 after being briefed by U.S. officials of their suspicions of her. 

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