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Eric Swalwell blew $75K from defunct congressional campaign on booze, hotels and more, filings show
NY Post ^ | 4/18/26 | Gabrielle Fahmy

Posted on 04/18/2026 2:52:15 PM PDT by Libloather

Disgraced former US Rep. Eric Swalwell burned through more than $75,000 from his congressional campaign during the first quarter of 2026 — despite ditching the race five months ago.

He splurged on hotels, meals, booze and even babysitters, newly released FEC filings show.

The sex pest had announced on Nov. 21, 2025, he was abandoning his re-election bid for California’s 14th Congressional District representing the San Francisco suburbs, embarking instead on a run for the Democratic Party’s nomination for governor.

Under campaign finance laws, the money raised prior to an abandoned bid can only be spent on limited uses — such as winding down office expenses, contributing to other candidates, and donating to charity.

But during the first three months of 2026, Swalwell spent $4,948 on hotels near home, including the Stanford Hotel in San Francisco and the private members club The Battery in the city, both in February.

He expensed another $5,963 on food and beverages, including $429 at Washington, DC microbrewery Blue Jacket; $330 at Buffalo Bill’s bar in Hayward, California; $310 at the famed Minetta Tavern in Greenwich Village, and $44 at Harry’s Reserve, a DC liquor store.

He dished out another $2,839 on UberEats, the FEC records show.

Swalwell also blew an astounding $10,298 on Uber and Lyft rides over the course of those three months — an average of more than $110 a day.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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The sex pest...

Rapist can also be used in that sentence.

1 posted on 04/18/2026 2:52:15 PM PDT by Libloather
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W. C. Fields quote: I spent half my money on gambling, alcohol and wild...
2 posted on 04/18/2026 2:54:29 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall)
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To: Libloather

I’m hoping the NYP does a story on Ruben Gallego.

No one is willing to one here in Arizona.


3 posted on 04/18/2026 2:57:12 PM PDT by chrisinoc
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To: Libloather

All this time he was a fiscal conservative. Who knew?


4 posted on 04/18/2026 3:04:19 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Libloather

I never went to his level of debauchery and bull💩, but I did spend most of my money on women and whiskey. I’m older and my memory is fading, but I’m pretty sure the rest of the money I wasted. This anal orafice wasted tax payer money. Give him an enema while in a straight jacket, then throw him in a prison yard.


5 posted on 04/18/2026 3:10:11 PM PDT by Equine1952 (MM1SS SASOB)
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To: Libloather

Actually, I thought leftover campaign money went to the candidate. Legally, I mean.


6 posted on 04/18/2026 3:10:27 PM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Libloather

Don’t forget hookers. 😉


7 posted on 04/18/2026 3:13:09 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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“and $44 at Harry’s Reserve, a DC liquor store.” If I was Harry I’d be pissed, only $44 at my joint?


8 posted on 04/18/2026 3:14:18 PM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthbym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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To: Libloather

Piker.


9 posted on 04/18/2026 3:18:10 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: Libloather
Pariah (often spelled Pariah) refers to an outcast, someone despised, rejected, or shunned by society or a social group. Historically, it originates from a low-caste group in Tamil Nadu, India (Paraiyar), often associated with social untouchability.

Yes, this is what Swawell has become courtesy of his own party. Pelosi and her group of power made leftists knew what he was and did not care until he became a danger to the democrats in the pending governors election. His inclusion would almost assure a Republican governor. I am sure they approched him asking him to drop out. He did not. They threw him under the bus. Proof is none of his alleged sexual assaults were known to the public until now. Why did it happen now? Ask Nancy Pelosi, she knows.

Pharia (often spelled Pariah) is like being a martyr but it hurts a lot more as it is for life. The martyr is simply killed post haste.

10 posted on 04/18/2026 3:29:44 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, MAGA)
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To: Libloather

I don’t think he was doing the blowing.


11 posted on 04/18/2026 3:31:34 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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He splurged on hotels, meals, booze and even babysitters,


The rest he wasted.


12 posted on 04/18/2026 3:34:40 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: Libloather

And what was that perv doing with the babysitters?


13 posted on 04/18/2026 3:35:38 PM PDT by OrangeHoof ("Our property is protected by two pitbulls. They love visitors, especially with marinara or garlic.")
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"Get off the babysitter!"

14 posted on 04/18/2026 3:40:59 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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$330 donor dollars spent at Buffalo Bill’s Brewpub, Hayward, Calif.

15 posted on 04/18/2026 4:13:18 PM PDT by Liz (Jonathan Swift: Govrnment without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery .)
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330 donor dollars spent at Buffalo Bill’s Brewpub, Hayward, Calif.

Wow. During my year of working and living in CA, (2016-2017) I lived maybe three of four miles from Buffalo Bill’s and used to go there a lot. The food was really good, as were several of their beers. I always took visitors there too.

Eeeeww.

16 posted on 04/18/2026 4:19:20 PM PDT by Allegra (I hate the word “literally.” )
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To: Allegra

…three *or four…


17 posted on 04/18/2026 4:21:15 PM PDT by Allegra (I hate the word “literally.” )
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To: Libloather

Boy! He gets more screwed every day


18 posted on 04/18/2026 4:41:32 PM PDT by albie
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Kathy Griffin gives incendiary interview on why she gave $10K to accused rapist Eric Swalwell

https://nypost.com/2026/04/16/us-news/kathy-griffin-explains-why-she-gave-10k-to-eric-swalwell/?dicbo=v2-4wh9WgM


19 posted on 04/18/2026 4:45:48 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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The DNC hopes he will off himself.


20 posted on 04/18/2026 5:15:40 PM PDT by dynachrome (“They don’t kill you because you’re a Nazi; they call you a Nazi so they can kill you.”)
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