Swalwell Campaigns Paid Lawyer Sara Azari Over $360,000 After Resignation

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 16

$360,000-plus in payments from Eric Swalwell’s congressional and gubernatorial campaign accounts went to lawyer Sara Azari in the weeks after he quit Congress and exited California’s governor race.
A $50,000 payment on April 24 came 11 days after his resignation, followed by three more gubernatorial-campaign payments in May, including $250,000 labeled for campaign legal compliance in California records.
The payments followed sexual misconduct allegations that sank Swalwell’s campaign, with women alleging he pursued intoxicated women, pressured employees into intimate situations and sought explicit images.
Azari was among the few public defenders of Swalwell after his exit, while he apologized for past “mistakes” but denied the allegations; she did not answer questions about the payments.
Swalwell now faces criminal investigations in New York and Los Angeles, along with a Justice Department inquiry into the alleged misconduct.