Guest post by Joel Gilbert
California Representative Eric Swalwell has faced a barrage of controversy in recent years, from his alleged ties to the Chinese spy “Fang Fang,” to his removal from the House Intelligence Committee over national security concerns, to his infamous on-air mishap during a 2019 interview on Hardball with Chris Matthews.
Now, a new revelation raises even more serious questions about Swalwell’s integrity and eligibility to serve in Congress.
Despite serving as a Congressman from California’s 15th District and claiming Hometown: Livermore on his official House profile, Swalwell has declared his Washington, DC property as his “principal residence.”
A public Deed of Trust for Swalwell’s DC home at 209 S Street NE, dated April 18, 2022, confirms the property is designated as his “principal residence” as a condition of the loan.
The deed includes explicit language making the borrower liable for false or misleading statements regarding occupancy.
“Borrower shall be in default if… Borrower gave materially false, misleading, or inaccurate information or statements to Lender… Material representations include Borrower’s occupancy of the Property as Borrower’s principal residence.”
Under Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, members of Congress must be “inhabitants” of the state they represent at the time of their election.
In California, maintaining this inhabitancy means holding tangible, verifiable ties to the state, such as owning or renting a residence, registering to vote, paying state income taxes, and possessing a California driver’s license.
California Elections Code 349 goes even further. A domicile is defined as “the place in which his or her habitation is fixed” and “the place where a person intends to return and remain.”
If Swalwell’s true domicile is in Washington, DC, the city where he has declared his principal residence, he may no longer meet the basic requirement of being a California “inhabitant.”
Public records searches have not revealed any home ownership or lease under Eric Swalwell’s name in California.
The address most often associated with his background in Livermore, 320 Michell Court, is only a three-bedroom, 1,350 square feet home that belongs to the Mrzywka family who has lived there continuously since 2008, making it highly unlikely that Swalwell resides there today.
Failure to maintain a legitimate residence in California could expose Swalwell to legal, ethical, and electoral repercussions. A false declaration of residency risks tax violations, misrepresentation to lenders, and challenges to his eligibility for re-election.
Politically, the revelation of a Washington DC “principal residence” undermines Swalwell’s credibility and fuels accusations of hypocrisy, especially since Swalwell rose to power by attacking his predecessor Pete Stark for being “out of touch” with the district due to Stark’s residency outside California.
During the 2012 campaign, Swalwell’s mailers mocked Stark as “missing” from his constituents. Now, Swalwell himself may be the one who’s gone completely missing from the state he’s supposed to represent.
Swalwell’s inability to maintain a California home may stem from personal financial mismanagement. His 2025 Financial Disclosure Report paints a bleak picture.
Despite earning $174,000 per year for 13 years in the US Congress, Swalwell has failed to pay down his student loans, remains mired in credit card debt, and has even cashed out his pension.
In fact, Swalwell’s debts have remained largely unchanged since his first campaign in 2011.
Student loans remain between $50,001-$100,000, and credit card balances are still between $15,001-$50,000 with both American Express and Chase Bank.
For a sitting member of Congress, such persistent financial instability raises serious questions about judgment, responsibility, and ethics. But it could also explain why Swalwell cannot afford to maintain a California home.
Like Adam Schiff and Letitia James, who have faced scrutiny over conflicting “primary residence” claims, Swalwell has built his political brand on attacking Donald Trump.
After the events of January 6, 2021, Swalwell loudly demanded Trump’s removal, and later filed a civil lawsuit accusing Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani, and Mo Brooks of inciting the Capitol breach.
To this day, Swalwell continues to portray himself as a moral authority, insisting that Trump “cannot defend democratic ideals like the peaceful transfer of power.”
Yet while preaching accountability, Swalwell appears unwilling to meet the most basic standards of his own office, there appears to be a lack of truthfulness and transparency about where he actually lives.
It is time for Eric Swalwell to come clean. As he declared his Washington, DC house as his principal residence, while not disclosing any verifiable domicile in California, he is deceiving both his lenders and his voters.
The law is clear: a member of Congress must remain an inhabitant of the state they represent. By abandoning any genuine California address, Swalwell risks disqualification and betrays the very district that elected him.
The hypocrisy is glaring. The man who once accused others of being “out of touch” has literally moved out of state. If Swalwell cannot demonstrate a legitimate home in California, he should resign immediately, before voters, creditors, and the law force him to do so.
Joel Gilbert is a Los Angeles-based film producer and president of Highway 61 Entertainment. He is the producer of the new film Roseanne Barr Is America. He is also the producer of: Dreams from My Real Father, The Trayvon Hoax, Trump: The Art of the Insult, and many other films on American politics and music icons. Gilbert is on Twitter: @JoelSGilbert.
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