FBI searches Beverly Hills mansion tied to Eric Swalwell investigation
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The FBI searched a Beverly Hills mansion owned by billionaire businessman Stephen Cloobeck as part of an investigation connected to former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, according to reports from Reuters, the BBC and several Los Angeles news outlets.
Cloobeck was a prominent donor to Swalwell and supported his campaign for California governor. The New York Post reported that Swalwell had also stayed at the mansion. The precise scope of the warrant and what agents sought at the property were not disclosed.
The Post reported that the federal investigation concerns allegations of sexual misconduct against Swalwell and that agents previously seized his phone and laptop at San Francisco International Airport and searched his Washington home. According to the newspaper, multiple women have accused Swalwell of misconduct, including sexual assault, and the warrant used to seize his phone and laptop cited a federal civil-rights statute that can be used to prosecute public officials who abuse their government power, suggesting investigators may suspect he used his public office to silence accusers.
Swalwell has denied wrongdoing. He later ended his gubernatorial campaign and resigned from Congress. Cloobeck withdrew his support after the allegations became public, saying he was no longer associated with Swalwell and supported women’s rights.
HOW THIS STORY WAS MADE
Written from 8 articles, 1 with the publisher's own text; 8 independent newsrooms once syndicated copies count as one (7 if wire copies count as one too); this version written 6 h after the record first saw the story; the editor revised it.
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WHAT THE EDITOR DID
The second model checked the writer's draft against the same sources and changed it before publication. Struck words were in the draft; underlined words are its corrections.
WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Revise the description of the warrant so it reflects the Post’s qualified report rather than presenting an inference as an investigative fact. - "investigators have examined whether he used his public office to silence accusers": The cited source says the statute named in a warrant suggested investigators may suspect such abuse of office, not that investigators had examined whether it occurred.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
FBI searches Beverly Hills mansion tied to Eric Swalwell investigation
The FBI searched a Beverly Hills mansion owned by billionaire businessman Stephen Cloobeck as part of an investigation connected to former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, according to reports from Reuters, the BBC and several Los Angeles news outlets.
Cloobeck was a prominent donor to Swalwell and supported his campaign for California governor. The New York Post reported that Swalwell had also stayed at the mansion. The precise scope of the warrant and what agents sought at the property were not disclosed.
The Post reported that the federal investigation concerns allegations of sexual misconduct against Swalwell and that agents previously seized his phone and laptop at San Francisco International Airport and searched his Washington home. According to the newspaper, multiple women have accused Swalwell of misconduct, including sexual assault, and the warrant used to seize his phone and laptop cited a federal civil-rights statute that can be used to prosecute public officials who abuse their government power, suggesting investigators havemay examined whethersuspect he used his public office to silence accusers.
Swalwell has denied wrongdoing. He later ended his gubernatorial campaign and resigned from Congress. Cloobeck withdrew his support after the allegations became public, saying he was no longer associated with Swalwell and supported women’s rights.
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