FBI raids former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s house

Federal investigators reportedly took several steps in recent days to further the investigation into sexual assault allegations against former California U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell. Federal agents stopped the former Democratic representative at the San Francisco airport on Saturday and seized electronic devices linked to the allegations, sources told CNN. Agents subsequently raided his home in Washington, D.C., on Sunday as part of the ongoing probe, CNN reported.

Eric Swalwell resigned from Congress and dropped his California gubernatorial bid in April after CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle reported on detailed allegations of sexual misconduct. The allegations included one former staffer who said Swalwell had raped her when she was heavily intoxicated. In the wake of the reporting, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department opened criminal investigations into Swalwell. The former congressman denied all of the allegations to CNN in a statement that spoke of what he characterized as his public service and commitment to defend women.

What were the allegations? Four women alleged various kinds of sexual conduct by the Democratic congressman, including Swalwell sending unsolicited nude photos and touching the women without their consent. CNN reported that it had corroborated the women’s claims, speaking with their family members and friends and reviewing their text messages and medical records. The women and their loved ones requested not to be named for their own safety. CNN later reported that more than a dozen other women had experienced social media and in-person interactions with Swalwell over the last decade that had left them feeling uncomfortable, including alleged attempts to lure them to his hotel room.