Call the Swalwell Hotline

Call the Swalwell Hotline

From Serious Trouble by Josh Barro and Ken White

April 18, 2026 · 19 min

About this episode

Ken and Josh discuss the sexual assault allegations against Eric Swalwell and related prosecutorial actions.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week Ken and Josh discuss Eric Swallwell and how prosecutors in Manhattan and Los Angeles are looking into sexual assault allegations against the now-former congressman. Meanwhile, US Attorney Jeanine Pirro — who oversees local felony prosecutions in the District of Columbia — has set up a hotline for victims who may have been assaulted by Swalwell there. Besides looking into Swalwell, Pirro sent a couple of her henchpersons to the under-construction Federal Reserve headquarters looking for … something. An “I personally ordered the cost overruns” note from Jay Powell? We’re not sure, and probably neither were they — going to the crime scene is not something AUSAs do, as Ken notes from his own rueful experience of being denied an all-expenses paid trip to the Inland Empire, and the stunt seems only to have strengthened the resolve of Sen. Thom Tillis to block any confirmations of Trump Fed nominees. That’s on this week’s show plus, for paying subscribers: * Trump moves to vacate convictions of Oath Keeper and Proud Boy January 6 defendants whose convictions he’d previously chosen not to…

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh Barro, Ken White

Topics covered

  • sexual assault allegations
  • prosecutorial investigations
  • political commentary
  • Trump's legal issues
  • victim hotlines
  • Federal Reserve oversight

Keywords

  • Eric Swalwell
  • Jeanine Pirro
  • sexual assault
  • Federal Reserve
  • Trump
  • January 6
  • Oath Keeper
  • Proud Boy

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Organizations: Federal Reserve, Wall Street Journal, Oath Keeper, Proud Boy

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