FBI Director Kash Patel said the agency would welcome Rep. Eric Swalwell to sit down with the FBI to share any information about the sexual assault allegations against him. Patel also encouraged anyone with relevant information to come forward. “@EricSwalwell has maintained that none of the allegations against him are true, and now that he’s resigned, we would welcome him to sit down with the FBI and share any information he has,” Patel said. “We also encourage and welcome any person with relevant information to any of these matters to speak with us. Door is open to all,” he continued. .@EricSwalwell has maintained that none of the allegations against him are true, and now that he’s resigned, we would welcome him to sit down with the FBI and share any information he has. We also encourage and welcome any person with relevant information to any of these… — FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) April 14, 2026 Patel’s comments follow Swalwell announcing his resignation from Congress. BREAKING: Eric Swalwell RESIGNS From Congress More from the New York Post: Swalwell was a member of the House Intelligence Committee during the first Trump administration and was one of the most prominent Democrats to push the Russia collusion narrative. At that time, Patel was a senior aide to then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), who fought tooth and nail against claims of nefarious ties between the 2016 Trump campaign and the Kremlin. In 2023, Swalwell was kicked off the Intelligence Committee by then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), due to both his promotion of the collusion narrative and his relationship with suspected Chinese spy Christine Fang. That same year, Patel named Swalwell as one of dozens of so-called “government gangsters” in his book of the same name. In the fall of 2025, Swalwell confronted Patel about the designation during a hearing on Capitol Hill. Last month, Swalwell sent a cease-and-desist letter to Patel to stop the release of files pertaining to his past association with a suspected Chinese operative named Christine Fang, known as “Fang Fang.” Breaking news: Attorneys for Rep. Eric Swalwell demanded in a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel that the bureau refrain from releasing decade-old investigative files involving the congressman’s purported ties to a suspected Chinese intelligence operative. https://t.co/AfBzYylPJn — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 30, 2026 NBC News explained further: “The Congressman has never been accused of wrongdoing in that matter and your attempt to release the file is a transparent attempt to smear him and undermine his campaign for Governor of California,” attorneys Norm Eisen and Sean Hecker wrote. “Your actions threaten to expose you, others at the FBI, and the FBI itself to significant legal liability.” The Washington Post reported last week that Patel himself is working to release a decade-old investigative file involving Swalwell and Fang, who allegedly sought to develop ties to politicians in California and elsewhere, despite no evidence of wrongdoing by the congressman. The Post first reported the letter from Swalwell, who is an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump. Swalwell has denied any wrongdoing in his previous association with Fang and his lawyers repeated in their letter that he assisted in the FBI investigation of her. The letter suggested that releasing the investigative files would violate Swalwell’s First Amendment rights, a 1974 law that bars the release of such records without written consent from the subject of the files, and the Justice Department’s own regulations — and that his attorneys could take further legal action if necessary. “The release of the investigative files would violate longstanding U.S. Department of Justice rules, including those barring federal agents from using their authority to attempt to influence an election,” Eisen and Hecker wrote. “Any attempt to undermine his campaign through the release of the files would run afoul of section 9-85.500 of the Justice Manual, which explicitly states that 'agents may never select the timing of any action, including . . . statements, for the purpose of affecting any election, or for the purpose of giving an advantage or disadvantage to any candidate.'”