FBI搜查加州Beverly Hills一处豪宅：与前众议员Eric Swalwell所涉调查相关，屋主为其前支持者Stephen Cloobeck
据路透社与美联社报道，联邦调查局（FBI）探员10月27日清晨搜查了位于加州洛杉矶县Beverly Hills的一处豪宅，这次搜查与针对前联邦众议员Eric Swalwell的一项调查相关。被搜查的住宅位于North Roxbury Drive，屋主是富商Stephen Cloobeck——Diamond Resorts International创始人，也是Swalwell此前的支持者。
据多家媒体报道，探员于当天约7时抵达该住宅，Cloobeck当时不在家，搜查中无人被捕。FBI发言人对媒体表示，探员当晨在洛杉矶地区执行了与一项进行中的刑事调查相关的行动，对此无进一步评论。据路透社援引一名高级执法官员的说法，探员在此次搜查中寻找与卖淫事项相关的电子设备与记录；搜查令目前仍处于密封状态。
这不是该调查中的第一次搜查行动。据路透社、CNN等媒体报道，今年8月，FBI曾在旧金山国际机场向Swalwell送达搜查令并扣押其包括手机在内的电子设备，同时搜查了他在华盛顿特区的住所。纽约与洛杉矶的地方执法机构此前也宣布对相关指控展开调查。
Swalwell是加州民主党人，2013年起担任联邦众议员。今年4月，在四名女性指控他存在性不当行为、包括性侵犯后，他退出了加州州长竞选并辞去众议员职务。据路透社报道，Swalwell曾就「判断失误」致歉，但称这些指控不实，并表示将为之抗辩。路透社称，Swalwell与Cloobeck双方律师均未回应其置评请求。
截至目前，公开报道中未见Swalwell因该调查被提起刑事指控。Swalwell竞选州长期间曾多次借住Cloobeck的这处住宅，并在此举办政治活动；指控浮现后，Cloobeck已于今年4月公开表示与Swalwell划清界限。
FBI Searches Beverly Hills Mansion in Probe Involving Former Rep. Eric Swalwell; Home Belongs to Former Supporter Stephen Cloobeck
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents searched a mansion in Beverly Hills, in Los Angeles County, California, early on October 27, in a step connected to an ongoing investigation involving former U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell, according to Reuters and the Associated Press. The home, on North Roxbury Drive, belongs to businessman Stephen Cloobeck, the founder of Diamond Resorts International and a former supporter of Swalwell.
Agents arrived at the property at about 7 a.m., according to multiple news reports. Cloobeck was not home at the time, and no one was arrested. An FBI spokesperson told reporters that agents had conducted an operation in the Los Angeles region related to an ongoing criminal investigation and had no further comment. A senior law enforcement official told Reuters that agents were looking for electronic devices and records pertaining to prostitution; the search warrant remains sealed.
It was not the first search in the investigation. In August, according to Reuters, CNN and other outlets, the FBI served Swalwell with a search warrant at San Francisco International Airport and seized his electronic devices, including his cell phone, and also searched his Washington, D.C., home. Local law enforcement agencies in New York and Los Angeles have also announced investigations into the allegations.
Swalwell, a California Democrat who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013, dropped out of the race for California governor and resigned his House seat in April after four women accused him of sexual misconduct ranging from sexual assault to sending unsolicited explicit images. According to Reuters, Swalwell has apologized for "mistakes in judgment" but has said the allegations are false and has vowed to fight them. Attorneys for Swalwell and Cloobeck did not respond to Reuters' requests for comment.
As of now, no criminal charges against Swalwell have been reported in connection with the investigation. During his gubernatorial campaign, Swalwell stayed at Cloobeck's home several times and used the property for political events; after the allegations surfaced, Cloobeck publicly cut ties with him in April.
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图片来源：前联邦众议员Eric Swalwell的国会官方肖像（美国众议院摄影办公室，公共领域，经Wikimedia Commons）。
