Why did Eric Swalwell's campaign spend $300K on white collar crime attorneys?

Eric Swalwell, the Bay Area congressman and candidate for California governor, spent more than $300,000 in campaign funds on private attorneys who specialize in white-collar criminal defense and employment law. Between 2016 and 2023, Swalwell's congressional campaign made 44 payments to Bay Area-based law firm Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLC totaling $305,118. According to federal campaign finance records, the payments range between $250 up to $35,623. KCRA 3 was the first to report the payments on Tuesday. In a statement to KCRA 3, a spokesman for Swalwell's campaign said the payments were for legal guidance amid President Donald Trump's "retaliatory investigations" into the congressman "that have put his family and staff at risk." President Trump was in office for four of the seven years' worth of payments.

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