The Democratic lawmaker’s move comes after report in The Post that Kash Patel was preparing to release investigative files related to the congressman.

The accusation stems from reports that FBI Director Kash Patel is pushing to release an old investigation into the Democratic gubernatorial candidate.

Swalwell tore into the Trump administration for reportedly seeking to release a years-old investigative file about him that resulted in no criminal charges.

The Democratic congressman, who is in a crowded race to become California's next governor, called the effort "nonsense."

Rep. Eric Swalwell spoke outside a federal building in San Francisco on Monday, calling recent reports about him “political weaponization.”

FBI agents in California have been told to dust off a long-closed counterintelligence case involving Rep. Eric Swalwell, raising concerns in law enforcement that the material could be weaponized against a prominent opponent of President Trump.

Lawyers for Rep. Eric Swalwell are demanding that FBI Director Kash Patel immediately end any effort to release decade-old files from an investigation involving the California Democrat and a