Trump official refers Swalwell to Justice Department for alleged fraud

Washington — A Trump medication authoritative has referred California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell to the Justice Department implicit alleged taxation and owe fraud, sources told CBS News.

The official, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, has leveled akin accusations against respective different officials, including Democrats New York Attorney General Letitia James and California Sen. Adam Schiff, and Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. 

James was indicted connected 1 number of slope fraud and 1 number of making mendacious statements to a fiscal instauration past period and pleaded not guilty. President Trump moved to occurrence Cook successful August aft Pulte accused her of making misrepresentations connected owe documents. But Cook filed a suit arguing her removal was unlawful, and the Supreme Court will perceive arguments successful January connected whether Mr. Trump tin occurrence her from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

The allegations against Swalwell are connected to a spot successful Washington, D.C., the sources said. The Justice Department had nary comment.

In a statement, Swalwell delivered an entreaty to President Trump to "do better. Be better."

"As the astir vocal professional of Donald Trump implicit the past decennary and arsenic the lone idiosyncratic who inactive has a surviving suit against him, the lone happening I americium amazed astir is that it took him this agelong to travel aft me," helium said successful a statement. "Like James Comey and John Bolton, Adam Schiff and Lisa Cook, Letitia James and the dozens much to travel — I garbage to unrecorded successful fearfulness successful what was erstwhile the freest state successful the world."

Swalwell filed a civilian lawsuit against Mr. Trump successful March 2021 implicit his actions relating to the Jan. 6, 2021, battle connected the U.S. Capitol. In the suit, the California Democrat accuses the president of inciting the unit astatine the Capitol with his tweets and code extracurricular the White House connected the greeting of Jan. 6, successful usurpation of national civilian rights laws and D.C. law. The lawsuit has continued to determination guardant successful the national territory tribunal successful Washington.

Swalwell said successful his connection that helium would not extremity his suit against the president.

"And I volition not halt speaking retired against the president and speaking up for Californians," helium continued.

Swalwell has been a vocal professional of Mr. Trump and served arsenic an impeachment manager during Mr. Trump's 2nd impeachment trial, which stemmed from the Jan. 6 attack. He confirmed to CBS News successful June that helium took retired a liability security argumentation to support himself owed to concerns of imaginable ineligible hazard during Mr. Trump's 2nd term.