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Swalwell lays out plan for mass subpoenas of Trump officials if Dems retake the House

August 15, 2025 | | Print Article

Democrats today are all about performative politics, and few do it better than Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), the lawmaker best known for falling victim to a Beijing honeytrap named Fang Fang — at least, until the FBI informed Swalwell that she was a suspected spy.

Doing his part to protest President Donald J. Trump’s engagement to fight crime in Washington, D.C., Swalwell shared a video on X suggesting the “real criminals” in the nation’s capital are in the White House, citing the highly politicized conviction of 34 felony counts for falsifying business records. The not-so-bright lawmaker proposed using mass subpoenas to target the Trump administration if Democrats retake the House in 2026.

He also proposed making D.C. a state, knowing full well that essentially guarantees two more Senate seats for his party, as well as at least one House seat.

“Yes, there are more criminals in Washington DC. Most of them are in the Trump administration,” the disgraced Democrat said. “So it’s pretty rich that Donald Trump thinks that he should be focused outside the White House on reducing crime. He’s got a real problem in his own house. So why don’t you, Donald Trump, keep your side of the street clean before you start federalizing and sending troops into other neighborhoods in our nation’s capital?”

“This is wrong,” Swalwell continued. “It’s a complete waste of resources and it’s time that Democrats stand up and make it clear when we are in power, when we have the White House, the Senate and the House, again, we will make sure DC becomes a state.”

Suggesting D.C. is now “under the control of a wannabe aspiring dictator,” Swalwell said Democrats cannot remain quiet as Trump looks to reduce crime in the city and suggested that his party should, if given the opportunity, weaponize government once again to attack political opponents.

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“We have to keep going to the courts. We have to keep going to the town squares and the town halls, and in Congress we have to show a fight,” he stated. “Because we are in an existential crisis for our country, and I promise, when Democrats have the subpoena power, we will make sure to shine a light and bring justice to and hold to account the real criminals in Washington D.C., the Trump administration.”

Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on X — see if you can pick up on a theme:

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