If attorney fees are any indication of guilt, disgraced Dem Rep. Eric Swalwell could be headed for disaster.
Swalwell used congressional and gubernatorial campaign coffers to pay one of his attorneys over $360,000 weeks after he dropped out of California’s gubernatorial race and resigned from Congress, a study from Fox News Digital discovered.
A $50,000 payment was made to celebrity lawyer Sara Azari at the time, sparking questions on whether the payments were purely for defense or part of an attempt to repair his public image.
Three more payments from Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign were made to Azari the following month, including a $250,000 sum for “campaign legal compliance,” Fox News Digital found.
Eric Swalwell cut a $50,000 check to his celeb defense attorney from his House campaign account less than 2 weeks after resigning in disgrace amid sexual abuse allegations from multiple women.
FEC filings show the payment went to Sara Azari, who publicly defended Swalwell after… pic.twitter.com/ZsRHyWBSWh
— Fox News Politics (@foxnewspolitics) July 16, 2026
“The fact that, you know, a day later, years later, or whatnot, you maybe had shame around what you did, or maybe you were in a relationship and shouldn’t have done what you did, doesn’t make it rape,” Azari said in an April interview with NewsNation.
WATCH:
Eric Swalwell’s attorney, Sara Azari, appeared on NewsNation to address rape claims against her client, arguing that “regret is not rape.”
“The fact that, you know … you maybe had shame around what you did, or maybe you were in a relationship and shouldn’t have done… pic.twitter.com/BcsOfZ4Bxj
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) April 16, 2026
Azari also defended Swalwell in a statement at the time, saying “timing, nature, and coordinated rollout of these vile and heinous allegations speak for themselves.”
“This is a ruthless and shameless attempt to smear Congressman Swalwell,” she claimed.
Several women have provided detailed accounts of alleged sexual misconduct, intimidation, and worse. When the allegations reached fever-pitched Democrats finally pulled support for Swalwell.
Sound like a familiar scenario?
🔥🚨 LMAO! Fox News just ran Eric Swalwell and Graham Platner’s video responses to sexual misconduct allegations side-by-side.
The scripts are almost WORD-FOR-WORD identical!
Democrats are really using the same playbook. Clown show exposed. pic.twitter.com/htHoAIiCSs
— The Patriot Oasis™ (@ThePatriotOasis) July 7, 2026
Other than the recent report about Swalwell’s legal fees, the former Dem Rep has been uncharacteristically silent.
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