Eric Swalwell

John Dean said 50 years ago that there’s a cancer on the presidency. Well, over the last four years, we saw that the actual cancer was the president. Whether it was the rule of law, our system of justice, or even our democracy, Donald…

presidents set the tone for the country, and the tone Donald Trump sent was one of being a bully and of phony tough guy, but that has presented and manifested itself in the way that everyday Americans are acting, right? You’re seeing the…

If this was just concerned over leaks, and that's where they were, you know, that led them to you and to Adam Schiff, and Don McGahn. Is that OK?

We can't let a future more corrupt, more competent president come along, and do this.

Of course, and that's right out of the Donald Trump legal terrorist playbook that we saw during his administration.

It feels pretty damn targeted by the department and should be investigated.

The concern is not just the targeting of his political opponents, but the trickledown effect, our local elected officials feeling emboldened by this, and are they targeting their political enemies locally?

Donald Trump from the very beginning, set a tone for bullying, and a phony tough guy image. And we see that reflected in everyday life today, whether it's people throwing bottles at NBA players, insulting healthcare workers, the breakdown…

It cannot go on like this. The abuses were so great the threat to the country`s rule of law, the Democratic self-government is so severe that to let it go unrecognized and are reckoned with will bring some kind of cataclysm.

This is not about Adam Schiff and myself. It`s about a president rewarding his friends corruptly through the Department of Justice, as he did with Michael Flynn and Roger Stone, and punishing his perceived enemies.

I hope every prosecutor who was involved in this is thrown out of the department. It crosses the line of what we do, as a country.

If we don`t take steps to make sure this doesn`t happen again, we could really see the erosion, the complete erosion of the rule of law in our country.

I think we`ve shown through two impeachments a willingness to hold Donald Trump accountable. Donald Trump thinks he`s going to be reinstated in August. He`s running for reelection in 2024. You have a number of wannabe Donald Trump`s who…

This is unacceptable. Anyone who was involved in this should be fired and walked out of the department immediately, because, Jim, look, this is not a 500-year flood. Donald Trump is not going away. He -- Trumpism and corruption manifests…

I was notified, Don, by Apple that they did seize my records. It`s wrong. This is what they do. They smear and they try and clear.

In the public realm, we are learning that this attack on the Capitol is not a 500-year storm.

It was a victory for separation of powers that the congressional subpoena power still means something.

President Biden can instruct his attorney general to lift the department of justice policy that says no president can be indicted so no president can act as if they have this type of impunity.

As former Attorney General Barr and former Acting Attorney General Rosen have both said, 'we looked, but we didn't see evidence of fraud sufficient to change the outcome of the Presidential election.'

This is not a 500-year flood type of situation, that this could happen again under another, more competent corrupt president.

If we don’t make changes and we don’t make them quickly, we could see the rule of law seriously erode.

Today, our country has a choice: Our Constitution or chaos? Our democracy was attacked on January 6. We survived this once, but we will not survive another attack. This commission ensures that we are better prepared if one is to come to…

We hope our lawsuit provides accountability and information. But the speaker has said that she will find out what happened in any way, we have to. But, Joy, the Senate has been so anti-Democratic in the way they use the filibuster, to…

A Republican told me last week at the House gym, he said, when did you guys become the party that stands up for cops, Joy. And I think you are seeing that this is a choice between our constitution and chaos, and Republicans are standing…

Thank you, Chief Demings. Law enforcement families know the prayer from Matthew, chapter 5, verse 9, ``Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.'' And blessed are the California police officers who lost…