FBI agents searched a Beverly Hills mansion on Tuesday morning as part of the criminal investigation of former Rep. Eric Swalwell, Fox News reports. FBI spokesperson Lourdes Arocho told the Los Angeles Times: "We are executing a search warrant. Court documents are sealed. No arrests are planned."
Fox identified the home as belonging to billionaire Stephen Cloobeck, a longtime Swalwell supporter. CNN's sources said only that it is owned by a Swalwell donor, and the Times placed the search on North Roxbury Drive. None of the early reports says what agents were looking for or whether anything was taken, and none carries a response from Swalwell, his lawyer or Cloobeck.
Cloobeck has his own legal trouble. The Diamond Resorts founder hosted and bankrolled Swalwell at the same Beverly Hills house, then broke with him after the misconduct allegations surfaced. He surrendered in West Hollywood on May 12 on felony counts of trying to dissuade witnesses in the theft case against his fiancée, Adva Lavie, according to NBC Los Angeles, and was released on $300,000 bail. His atto
