Footage Shows Moment Federal Agents Swarmed Eric Swalwell At Airport To Seize Electronic Devices

Video shows the moment Former Rep. Eric Swalwell was surrounded by FBI agents after he exited a plane at San Francisco International Airport as part of a federal criminal investigation. https://t.co/fnNJDUdJOS pic.twitter.com/g7bJSFVeKn

— California Post (@californiapost) September 1, 2026

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Video footage of the encounter then shows Swalwell, wearing a backpack and dragging a rollbag, being escorted throughout San Francisco’s airport. He’s taken up an escalator and eventually arrives in a hallway with a sign that says “restricted area.” He then enters a room with multiple people.

Agents served Swalwell with a search warrant at about 8:25 p.m. and seized a white Apple iPhone, its charging cable and wall adapter, and an Apple MacBook Pro, according to an inventory filed with the warrant.

The FBI left Swalwell with a copy of the warrant and an inventory of the property taken, records show.

The video does not show agents placing Swalwell under arrest, and he was reportedly allowed to leave after the search.

Agents executed additional warrants the following day at Swalwell’s Washington, D.C., home, where they seized other potential evidence, a source previously told The Post.

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Moment disgraced Eric Swalwell is surrounded by FBI agents at San Francisco airport https://t.co/iQjNkZJfJ7 pic.twitter.com/GRLOcl1czS

— New York Post (@nypost) September 1, 2026

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The FBI probe follows the release of declassified documents released by the White House Government Transparency Task Force on Monday, which detailed the allegations as well as Swalwell’s admission to FBI investigators that he’d had physical relations with a suspected Chinese spy in 2012.

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