Swalwell’s Sudden Political Death a Strategic Hit Job

The Drill Down with Peter Schweizer

Government Accountability Institute

News Commentary, News, Daily News, Politics

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🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Rep. Eric Swalwell’s sudden political death was no accident, but a strategic hit job by an unethical California Democratic Party and its media enablers. “Swalwell was pushed out for strategic purposes,” says investigative journalist Peter Schweizer. Call it the law of the jungle. On the Drill Down podcast, Schweizer and co-host Eric Eggers review the body count and identify which ethically challenged members will be next to go.

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0:00.0	Research that resonates.
0:05.0	He's the president of the Government Accountability Institute, Peter Switzer.
0:09.0	Peter Schweitzer.
0:10.0	Peter Schweitzer. Peter Schweitzer has spent many years.
0:15.0	In fact, probably done a more comprehensive job than anyone's ever done,
0:18.0	chronicling the corruption by the powerful in Washington. Be very prescient Eric Eggers.
0:22.6	Join me right now is Government Accountability Institute Research Director, Eric Eggers.
0:27.6	We're going to take information that we've learned, that people like Peter Schweitzer have uncovered,
0:31.6	and we're going to try to go further.
0:34.6	Great investigative reporting, Peter. You're the only one doing it.
0:37.7	Thank God.
0:38.7	Eric Eggers from the Government Accountability Institute and co-hosts of that great podcast, The Drilled Down with Peter Schweitzer.
0:45.8	This is The Drill Down with Peter Schweitzer.
0:49.9	Hi, this is Peter Schweitzer, and welcome to The Drill Down.
0:52.7	Well, Mark Twain once said there is no distinctly American criminal class except for Congress.
0:59.3	Eric Swalwell is out. Tony Gonzalez is out. Are these examples of cleaning house or is something else at work?
1:06.3	Today we're going to unpack whether congressional ethics are really being addressed or if larger forces
1:12.0	are at work.
1:12.7	I'm going to do that, of course, with the host of this program.
1:14.9	Eric Eggers.
1:15.5	Eric, how are you?
1:16.4	I'm excellent.
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