Kash Patel Sticks it to Eric Swalwell Moments After His Resignation

FBI Director Kash Patel bid a mocking farewell to his longtime adversary, disgraced Rep. Eric Swalwell, suggesting he submit to an interview with the bureau over allegations of sexual misconduct.

Patel, 46, offered the public invitation to Swalwell, 45, hours after the Golden State Democrat announced plans to resign from the House of Representatives in the wake of claims he sexually harassed at least four women, slept with subordinates, and committed sexual assault on at least two occasions.

“[Eric Swalwell] has maintained that none of the allegations against him are true, and now that he’s resigned, we would welcome him to sit down with the FBI and share any information he has,” Patel wrote on X. “[EricSwalwell] has maintained that none of the allegations against him are true, and now that he’s resigned, we would welcome him to sit down with the FBI and share any information he has.”
“We also encourage and welcome any person with relevant information to any of these matters to speak with us. Door is open to all,” the Director’s post continued.

Patel and Swalwell have been adversaries for quite some time.

Swalwell was a member of the House Intelligence Committee during the first Trump administration and was one of the most prominent Democrats to push the Russia collusion narrative.

At that time, Patel was a senior aide to then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), who fought tooth and nail against claims of nefarious ties between the 2016 Trump campaign and the Kremlin. In 2023, Swalwell was kicked off the Intelligence Committee by then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), due to both his promotion of the collusion narrative and his relationship with suspected Chinese spy Christine Fang.

That same year, Patel named Swalwell as one of dozens of so-called “government gangsters” in his book of the same name.

In the fall of 2025, Swalwell confronted Patel about the designation during a hearing on Capitol Hill.

“I’m gonna borrow your terminology and call bull— on your entire career in Congress,” the FBI director raged in response. “It has been a disgrace to the American people.”

Last month, Swalwell sent a cease-and-desist notice to the FBI to stop the release of the files detailing his interactions with Fang.

Swalwell suspended his campaign for California governor after the sexual misconduct allegations, the most stunning of which came from a woman who previously worked in his office and claimed he raped her in 2024, leaving her bloody and bruised.

Swalwell issued a vague denial of “false accusations against him,” while simultaneously admitting “personal failings.”