Eric Swalwell

I don't think a single person drives the direction of this investigation more than President Trump.

I am concerned about some of his sentiments about the Mueller investigation, and I think that would be something that would come up in a confirmation hearing.

Thank God they were preparing to act, because we will later see the president continue to obstruct, tamper with witnesses, and just outright lie about the investigation.

The president's worst instincts continue, I think, to haunt him and will ultimately be, you know, what exposes him criminally when Bob Mueller finishes.

They had good reason to be concerned. It looks like they were trying to prevent a five-alarm fire from turning into a six-alarm fire.

We know a few things about Whitaker. We know that he's prejudged the Mueller investigation. We know that he has plotted with President Trump, according to Vox reporting to put himself into this investigation and to wind it down.

I think Mueller wants to give him every opportunity to give his version of events, so that knowing the way the president conducts himself and he undermines and attacks the investigation, when a report comes out, I don't think Mueller wants…

the president is certainly not acting like an innocent person. I think he's given the president more and more rope to hang himself.

That's what someone who would have a lot of exposure would probably say. Again, if you typically didn't do anything wrong, and you just answer the questions and come clean.

For two years, the Republicans have controlled the House, the Senate, and White House and they've not been able to pass a budget without Democratic votes. And this time, we're going to say that the cost of that is going to be to protect…

A perjury trap can only capture perjurers and so, I don't buy that if the president didn't do anything wrong.

Mitch McConnell has shown no sign of interest, but bipartisan Republicans from Chuck Grassley and others on the judiciary committee in the Senate passed legislation to protect Mueller. McConnell is subverting the will of the majority and…

I urge my colleagues to defeat this previous question so that we can immediately take up Mr. Nadler's legislation that would protect Bob Mueller's special counsel investigation. The rule of law right now is under attack by a wrecking-ball…

The special counsel is making progress. The best thing we can do to uphold the rule of law in this country, to allow him to continue to investigate who attacked us, who worked with the Russians, and to make sure we know all we can do to…

It appears the stated reason for this resolution, listening to my colleague who just spoke from South Carolina, is the rule of law, integrity, upholding our democracy, all things that I think people on both sides of the aisle support and…

I thought on the Judiciary Committee we would look at some of these issues in our democracy. Instead, we have gone back in time and we have reopened and relitigated the Hillary Clinton emails. This resolution does nothing but divide…

America was attacked by Russia. And they didn't attack us to just screw around or test software, they attacked the idea of America.

No, our job is to protect constituents and to protect the idea of democracy that we can have free and fair elections and that no adversary ever would be able to disrupt that.

I think that Paul Ryan, Speaker Ryan should remove Devin Nunes from being the chairperson.

Paul Ryan should condemn this because this goes to the corruption that Donald Trump promised Americans he would clean up.

I think he's been corrupted with power and he believes that his job is to protect President Trump.

the Russians are attacking us. They're not afraid of us. They believe Devin Nunes and Donald Trump have given them green lights.

Michael Cohen is being accused of being a liar, but all of the lies that he has told were on behalf of Donald Trump.

to suggest that he wouldn't bring to his father something as powerful as the Russians seeking to help his campaign... it doesn't add up.

the President did know for a number of reasons.