Eric Swalwell’s campaign records show $42,000 spent on childcare AFTER the election

U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell was bashed online after a report claimed his campaign spent tens of thousands of dollars on childcare in the months following the election.

The California Democrat raised concerns about potential ethics violations, as the Washington Free Beacon noted the use of the funds in the post-election months following November’s election.

“According to campaign finance records, the Swalwell campaign spent $42,321 on ‘childcare’ from Nov. 8, three days after the election, to March 31. The payments, which are roughly equal to the median American annual income, went to two of the Swalwell family’s longtime babysitters, and Bambini Play & Learning Center, a Washington, D.C.-area Spanish language immersion preschool where tuition is around $3,000 per month,” the outlet reported.

$42K in five months? How many nannies did he have working for him?
Make him pay it back. Every nickel.

— WhatsNewsHere (@WhatsNewsHere) April 23, 2025

The Washington Free Beacon noted that although the Federal Election Commission allows campaign funds to be used by candidates to cover childcare costs, this is “only for expenses incurred in connection with their campaigns.”

According to the Beacon:

Swalwell’s childcare expenditures work out to roughly $2,800 spent per month on each of the Democrat’s three children. It also works out to nearly $300 spent per day.

Swalwell makes nearly $180,000 from his congressional salary. He also was paid $31,815 for “consulting services” by Smersh LLC., a media production company founded by several former CIA officers. Swalwell’s wife reported between $100,000 and $1 million from her business, according to Swalwell’s most recent financial disclosure.

“If the spending is not directly related to campaign activities, then it is a personal expense—and it is illegal to use campaign funds for personal expenses,” Kendra Arnold, executive director of the conservative watchdog group Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, said. “However, where there is significant spending after an election or consistently high payments, these facts may indicate it is not a campaign related expense and is instead a personal one.”

Swalwell has previously been accused of spending his campaign funds on “luxury hotels, swanky restaurants, and luxury car services.”

Swalwell, who used $50k campaign funds to buy Super Bowl tickets for him and his wife last year, always spends heavily on childcare through campaign.

He’s rivaled only by his shirtless friend, Ruben Gallego, who paid $6k in December to “Au Pair in America.”

— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) April 22, 2025

Social media blasted the California Democrat.

How is tuition for his children’s school in Washington DC related to his campaign? He represents CA voters on the other side of the country. I think Eric is violating some campaign finance laws.

— Shanna ❤️‍♀️ (@Emily_lvs1) April 23, 2025

Do we need any more evidence that Swalwell is a creep and corrupt?

— Rob Eddie (@RobEddie1) April 23, 2025

Totally illegal.

— Solena1207 (@solena1207) April 22, 2025

$42K for 5 months of childcare? Is he putting them up in the Four Seasons with a personal nanny and private tutors? So infuriating the money these clowns steal from us for doing literally nothing other than preening and screwing everything up.

— Travel by the Mile (@TravelbytheCoin) April 22, 2025

I guess Fang Fang wasn’t available to babysit?

— ¿Theorhetorical? (@Theorhetorical) April 23, 2025

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