{"id":209140,"date":"2026-04-25T02:10:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T02:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/209140\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T02:10:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T02:10:41","slug":"eric-swalwell-sics-private-eye-on-ex-aides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/209140\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Swalwell sics private eye on ex-aides"},"content":{"rendered":"

Disgraced congressman Eric Swalwell<\/a> has reportedly unleashed a private investigator on former staffers who could have knowledge of his alleged sex crimes \u2014 as one ex-aide teams up with the Manhattan District Attorney on its investigation of him.<\/p>\n

Swalwell\u2019s hotshot attorney Sara Azari hired a professional snoop from New York firm Beau Dietl & Associates to question at least one former aide to the former congressman<\/a> about their time in his office, NOTUS reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Swalwell\u2019s attorney Sara Azari denied there was any mention of subpoenas. Threads\/@azarilaw<\/p>\n

The private eye reportedly told the ex-staffer she wanted to \u201cget to the bottom\u201d of what happened with Swalwell by speaking with his former colleagues and that she\u2019d be able to avoid a subpoena if the staffer cooperated with the questioning. <\/p>\n

The ex-staffer was uncomfortable with the request and ended the call, the site reported. <\/p>\n

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Azari said the report was not accurate and that \u201cnobody working on Eric\u2019s behalf has approached any witness mentioning a subpoena.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swalwell has not been charged or sued on the \u201cfalse allegations,\u201d she noted, and therefore has no subpoena power. <\/p>\n

Azari, who took to the airwaves<\/a> on Swalwell\u2019s behalf declaring \u201cregret is not rape,\u201d has been paid at least $40,000 by Swalwell\u2019s defunct campaign for governor.<\/p>\n

The payment was revealed in a new trove of campaign filings through April 18<\/a>. Swalwell ended his campaign for governor April 12 after being accused of raping an ex-staffer after a 2024 charity event in New York while she was intoxicated, and sexually harassing multiple other women.<\/p>\n

Lonna Drewes accused Swalwell of drugging and raping her at a Los Angeles hotel. REUTERS<\/p>\n

A campaign and election law attorney, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told The Post that any campaign spending on private investigators should be disclosed. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t hide controversial expenses by running them through somebody else,\u201d the attorney said. \u201cIf the private investigator was paid by the law firm [Swalwell hired], then that PI needs to show up on the report.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The ex-staffer who accused Swalwell of rape is cooperating with the Manhattan District Attorney, <\/p>\n

Another woman, Lonna Drews, claimed Swalwell drugged and raped her at a Los Angeles hotel in 2018. <\/p>\n

The disgraced ex-pol has vehemently denied the allegations. AP<\/p>\n

The ex-staffer who accused Swalwell of raping her after the New York charity gala is cooperating with the Manhattan DA In its investigation of the disgraced pol, CNN reported.<\/a> <\/p>\n

The woman, who has not been named, alleged Swalwell sexually assaulted her while she was too intoxicated to consent and also had nonconsensual sexual contact with her in 2019 when she was a junior staffer in his office. <\/p>\n

Swalwell has vehemently denied the allegations against him, though he alluded to \u201cmistakes.\u201d <\/p>\n

Several women accused Swalwell of sexual misconduct and assault. CBS News<\/p>\n

\u201cThese allegations of sexual assault are flat false,\u201d the doomed California governor candidate said in a social media<\/a> video posted April 10. \u201cThey are absolutely false. They did not happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

The election attorney source noted that California law bars candidates from paying campaign funds to pay a settlement or penalty related to a claim of sexual assault or sexual harassment.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if you use your campaign funds for sexual harassment and you end up being found guilty or liable, then you have to repay them,\u201d the attorney said.<\/p>\n

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