Eric Swalwell

And, you know, I will also just take stock that, look, we're 27 days before

and an election starts.

Why address it?

If there are internet rumors, why even come out and address this?

Yeah, I don't want there to be any question.

Well, we wanted to know the consequences of what they're doing.

And first, Michael, I just want to thank The Washington Post and New York Times for their investigative reporting on this.

Also, the FBI agents who have come forward, and we understand there are others as well who are

actively doing that.

We want to thank them because it's their bravery and their loyalty to the Constitution, not to Donald Trump, that allowed this story to be told.

And we hope that if anyone else is working on this case right now and illegally being told to smear an opponent of the president,

that they would come forward.

But no, Michael, I'm not naive.

I've been holding this guy accountable for the last 10 years.

A couple of months ago, they tried to refer a mortgage fraud case against me, just as they did with Adam Schiff, Tish James and Lisa Cook.

We expect something else next month as we get closer and closer to this race.

This is just what they do.

But the good news is Donald Trump doesn't get to pick the next governor.

Californians do.

The case is closed on this decade-old file during Barack Obama's presidency.