Eric Swalwell

Californians do.

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

I mean, that's how old this is.

And every finding was that when we were approached by the FBI, we helped them.

We cooperated.

We wanted them to be able to do their job.

And now to—and who knows what way they're—

They're accused now in this reporting of working with the Chinese government to try and have the individual that they thought was spying.

They want to work with the government to try and smear a political opponent.

It's just absurd.

It's absolutely absurd.

But as my lawyer, one of our lawyers told me today, and this really kind of stops you right in your tracks.

He said, if they do this, it'll be the greatest abuse of power by an FBI director since J. Edgar Hoover.

And so those are the stakes that we would allow the FBI to just go after the president's political enemies at a time that we see the president equally trying to get rid of mail-in voting, preventing women from being able to vote.

We can lose these freedoms like that, Michael, and it's coming if enough of us, particularly those inside the building right now who are being asked to do this dirty work, if they don't step up.

And for those who are doing the dirty work,

You will be in front of congressional committees in no time.

And those that speak out, you will be protected.

I'm one of the plaintiffs on that lawsuit.

It's been going on for quite some time, and it's not a victory for me.