Communist Spy Asset and Adulterer Eric Swalwell Referred to the DOJ for Mortgage Fraud

Imma be honest with y'all, I think this is the weakest such referral yet.

Unless he's did what "Big Tish" James and claimed multiple properties to be his primary residence in applying for reduced mortgage rates, I think he skates.

The basic claim here is that he said his DC residence was his "primary" residence and got a $1.2 million mortgage. The purported inconsistency is that a California representative is supposed to be primarily domiciled in California. But he's claiming his DC mansion is his primary residence, so he's not actually a California resident! And if he's telling the truth about being primarily domiciled in DC, he can't be a Representative from California!

Uhhhh... I mean, kind of? I don't think it will hold up. Again, not unless he is claiming both a California home as his primary residence for mortgage purposes along with his DC house. In that case, there's a clear inconsistency between the representations he's making to banks.

But... yeah I don't know if maintaining a residence in California while claiming primary residence in DC is "fraud."

Maybe his alleged "constituents" in California have reason to not vote for him, given that he legally considers himself a DC resident, but... I don't think he's guilty of criminal fraud based on only this.

Sort of like Donald Trump's "fraud" on Deutsche Bank for giving his collateral properties a supposed over-evaluation is really Deutsche Bank's bitch to pitch, not Soros DA Alvin Bragg's. But then, the left thought that was a perfectly reasonable prosecution, sooooo...

NY Post:

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) was hit with a federal criminal referral for alleged mortgage and tax fraud related to his purchase of a $1.2 million home in Washington, DC, that he claimed as a primary residence, The Post has confirmed.
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte in a Wednesday letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi requested an investigation of Swalwell based on allegedly false and misleading statements he made about the purchase, NBC News first reported.
The California Democrat was able to secure millions of dollars' worth of loans and refinancing based on the primary residence declaration in DC, a source familiar with the referral said.
The designation could constitute mortgage fraud, insurance fraud and state and local tax fraud, among other charges, the source noted.
In addition to the Department of Justice criminal referral, FHFA's inspector general is probing the alleged mortgage fraud.
"As the most vocal critic of Donald Trump over the last decade and as the only person who still has a surviving lawsuit against him, the only thing I am surprised about is that it took him this long to come after me," Swalwell responded in a statement.

"Like James Comey and John Bolton, Adam Schiff and Lisa Cook, Letitia James and the dozens more to come -- I refuse to live in fear in what was once the freest country in the world," added the California congressman, who is now the fourth Democratic official to be targeted for mortgage fraud by the Trump administration.

Yeah they're all guilty. Saying you're just as innocent as they are does you no good.

Go do anal with a Chicom spook grooming you for intelligence and influence, Fartwell.

What an asshole.

🚨 BREAKING: Disgraced Rep. Eric Swalwell has been referred to the DOJ for potential CRIMINAL CHARGES after evidence of mortgage fraud was found by FHFA Chair Bill @Pulte, per NBC

Swalwell not only committed mortgage fraud — he deemed himself INELIGIBLE to be a member of… pic.twitter.com/6jNvQH4RVA
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) November 13, 2025

🚨🇺🇸 ERIC SWALWELL REFERRED TO DOJ FOR CRIMINAL PROBE!

Accused of mortgage fraud! pic.twitter.com/qU8e3KgG52
— Starship Alves 🚀 (@StarshipAlves) November 13, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 04:10 PM

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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at November 13, 2025 04:11 PM (XKYub)

2 Guess I'll go nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at November 13, 2025 04:12 PM (XKYub)

3 Thanks for the nood, brother.

Posted by: the insensible rock at November 13, 2025 04:13 PM (jc0TO)

4 This is like going after Al Capone for Tax Fraud. But if it works, it works.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 13, 2025 04:13 PM (uWKK8)

5 Hola otra vez.

Posted by: Thanatopsis at November 13, 2025 04:13 PM (XKYub)

6 Mortgage fraud. Evetybody does it.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 13, 2025 04:14 PM (JVuEd)

7 Swalwell wouldn't do well in prison. He should do time . Heh heh heh

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 13, 2025 04:14 PM (bfwj/)

8 Swallwell strikes me as a pointless human being.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 13, 2025 04:15 PM (kTd/k)

9 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:15 PM (Zz0t1)

10 LOL

Posted by: Pam Bondi at November 13, 2025 04:15 PM (abIsI)

11 President Trump is brilliant at a tactic the left long used against the Right: Make an accusation which requires denial.

Swallwell will deny but, hey, it's the seriousness of the charge, right?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (UJMvS) at November 13, 2025 04:15 PM (UJMvS)

12 Laws are for THEE!!!! Not MEEEEEEE!!!!!!1

Posted by: Eric Swalwell at November 13, 2025 04:16 PM (Zz0t1)

13 The process is the punishment.
Moar punishment.

I'm tired of lawfare only being used by the Left against us.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 13, 2025 04:16 PM (xcxpd)

14 Does he have ANY residence in California?

Posted by: Orson at November 13, 2025 04:16 PM (dIske)

15
Unconstitutional, but inactionable. Right.

Hey, it's their democracy.

Posted by: Auspex at November 13, 2025 04:16 PM (Y8DZL)

16 The case is weak but, any stick will do to beat a dog.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 13, 2025 04:16 PM (jc0TO)

17 Swallwell strikes me as a pointless human being.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 13, 2025 04:15 PM (kTd/k)
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He's got some stiff company, what with Rosa DeLaurio or whatever the name that purple haired hag goes by.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (UJMvS) at November 13, 2025 04:17 PM (UJMvS)

18 15
Unconstitutional, but inactionable. Right.

Hey, it's their democracy.
Posted by: Auspex at November 13, 2025 04:16 PM (Y8DZL)

Their precious, precious Democracy....

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 13, 2025 04:17 PM (xcxpd)

19 "Uhhhh... I mean, kind of? I don't think it will hold up. Again, not unless he is claiming both a California home as his primary residence for mortgage purposes along with his DC house. In that case, there's a clear inconsistency between the representations he's making to banks."

This might not even get to an indictment. So far, this creepy pervert Fartosaurus has only been referred to the DOJ.

I have long said that nothing will come of any of these mortgage-fraud prosecutions. This does seem like the weakest of the bunch.

I hope I'm wrong. But I don't think I am.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2025 04:17 PM (iFTx/)

20 Swallwell will experience many s criminal probe in prison.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 13, 2025 04:17 PM (kTd/k)

21 It’s not illegal when a democrat does it.

Duh.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2025 04:18 PM (YQBrg)

22
Ewww, I don't need to think about stiff Swallowell, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 13, 2025 04:18 PM (3ek7K)

23 Forget about espionage and sedition, we'll bag him for mortgage fraud. F*cking clown show.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 13, 2025 04:19 PM (abIsI)

24 The process is the punishment.

Posted by: qwerty at November 13, 2025 04:19 PM (E7DRw)

25 In before the 'nothing will happen' guy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:19 PM (Zz0t1)

26 Wait, so his two choices seem to be:

1) He told the truth on his mortgage app, and thus he did NOT commit mortgage fraud BUT is NOT eligible to represent California or any other state;

or...

2) He lied on his mortgage app, and does have a California domicile and thus CAN represent the state of California BUT IS guilty of mortgage fraud.

Posted by: Crusader at November 13, 2025 04:19 PM (TN0g+)

27 By the way, did Swallwell give up on his stupid tough guy videos in which he uses a bunch of foul language to let everyone know he's hard ass?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (UJMvS) at November 13, 2025 04:19 PM (UJMvS)

28 The last house I sold there was a tiny crack in the tile in the breakfast area. I didn't disclose it.

Should I find a criminal defense lawyer?

Posted by: BurtTC at November 13, 2025 04:20 PM (dGCAG)

29 As per Mark Steyn.

Posted by: qwerty at November 13, 2025 04:20 PM (E7DRw)

30 Hint: They all FUCKING do it, and it is illegal.

You get one primary residence for mortgage purposes. Not 2, or 3, or 5. And claiming something as a primary residence means you get a lower interest rate. It can mean saving thousands per year, which is why these people do it.

They do this knowingly, and it is a corrupt practice. And it has gone on for decades.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at November 13, 2025 04:20 PM (gDhA9)

31
I think we were just about to discuss Italian Subs (the sammiches) in thread below.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 13, 2025 04:20 PM (V69UB)

32
So there's this, as rickb223 pointed out last thread:

Swalwell not only committed mortgage fraud — he deemed himself INELIGIBLE to be a member of Congress, as he declared his DC residence his primary residence.

No public record searches show a home owned or leased by Rep. Swalwell in California.

Members of Congress are required under Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution to be “inhabitants” of the state they represent at the time of their election.

Rep. Swalwell was not and IS not an inhabitant of California, it seems.

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The question is, what is the supposed legal remedy for the Constitutional violation? Expel him from Congress? Order him to buy a home in Cali within the next 30 days?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 13, 2025 04:20 PM (I3KId)

33 If Trump paying lenders back early, including millions of interest, is fraud; then this is fraud.

Who is John Galt ?

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at November 13, 2025 04:21 PM (FIXtj)

34 By the way, did Swallwell give up on his stupid tough guy videos in which he uses a bunch of foul language to let everyone know he's hard ass?
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He curses like Spock did in "The Voyage Home". Just one damn minute, Admiral.

Posted by: Crusader at November 13, 2025 04:21 PM (TN0g+)

35
The question is, what is the supposed legal remedy for the Constitutional violation? Expel him from Congress? Order him to buy a home in Cali within the next 30 days?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 13, 2025 04:20 PM (I3KId)

Nuke him. It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:22 PM (Zz0t1)

36 The State Department on Thursday announced that it has designated four groups in Europe affiliated with Antifa as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specifically Designated Global Terrorists.
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Now do USA.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 13, 2025 04:22 PM (VX4XC)

37 *nervous fart*

Posted by: Eric Swalwell at November 13, 2025 04:22 PM (gKWVE)

38 The only reason these assholes won't get prosecuted is because everyone in power pulls the same fucking scam.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at November 13, 2025 04:22 PM (gDhA9)

39 The State Department on Thursday announced that it has designated four groups in Europe affiliated with Antifa as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specifically Designated Global Terrorists.
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Now do USA.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 13, 2025 04:22 PM (VX4XC)

I thought Trump already had antifa declared a domestic terrorist organization.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:23 PM (Zz0t1)

40 Bataclan

Ten years ago, on November 13, 2015, Paris was hit by a cowardly terrorist attack claimed by ISIS, which shocked the entire world. A ferocity that has left an indelible mark on everyone's memories and consciences. ...the Bataclan and the other places in the French capital hit, the streets, the sirens.

The bombers took the lives of 130 innocent people, … Ten years after that massacre, we cling to ... those of all the victims, with the same emotion as then. No terrorism or fundamentalism will ever be able to extinguish the light of freedom that unites our peoples and animates our civilization.
_Giorgia Meloni

https://tinyurl.com/yp8msfeb

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 13, 2025 04:23 PM (VX4XC)

41 Various Congresscritters have been shown to reside more out of their "home state" than in. I don't recall any major repercussions, even though the issue is addressed in the Constitution.

Posted by: pookysgirl remembers Tom Harkin's Bahamas home at November 13, 2025 04:23 PM (Wt5PA)

42 Hint: They all FUCKING do it, and it is illegal.

You get one primary residence for mortgage purposes. Not 2, or 3, or 5. And claiming something as a primary residence means you get a lower interest rate. It can mean saving thousands per year, which is why these people do it.

They do this knowingly, and it is a corrupt practice. And it has gone on for decades.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at November 13, 2025 04:20 PM (gDhA9)

You can also deduct your interest on your primary residence.

Not that congresscritters pay taxes though.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 13, 2025 04:23 PM (dGCAG)

43 So what's the recourse for someone violating Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution, requiring members of Congress be "inhabitants" of the state they represent at the time of election?

Posted by: bearski at November 13, 2025 04:23 PM (Bhsk7)

44 Ten years ago, on November 13, 2015, Paris was hit by a cowardly terrorist attack claimed by ISIS, which shocked the entire world. A ferocity that has left an indelible mark on everyone's memories and consciences. ...the Bataclan and the other places in the French capital hit, the streets, the sirens.

25 years ago, islham showed the world who it's followers are, yet they've been importing them by the million ever since.

The world is f*cking stupid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:24 PM (Zz0t1)

45 I may be mistaken, but didn't think the primary basis of the Swalwell referral was centered on his mortgage. I thought it was based on the inability to find any residences/ addresses in California under his name, thus not fulfilling the requirements to serve as a representative of that state. The reference to using the DC address as primary was not a misrepresentation. It was an obligation since he didn't have a California address.

Posted by: Orson at November 13, 2025 04:24 PM (dIske)

46 Go after him for Treason -- with a capital T -- and execute his treasonous Fang-Fang ass.

I saw Treasonous Fang-Fsng Ass open for ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 13, 2025 04:24 PM (f7ucq)

47 Now, pederasty I could see.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 13, 2025 04:24 PM (L/fGl)

48
I don't know how much they can dig into his financials but he's on the take or compromised by China (or Chin-nah) for sure

Posted by: Blanco at November 13, 2025 04:24 PM (q83gU)

49 I saw Treasonous Fang-Fsng Ass open for ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 13, 2025 04:24 PM (f7ucq)

Ugly Mustard at Lalapalooza in '97.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:25 PM (Zz0t1)

50 Nothing will happen to him.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 13, 2025 04:25 PM (0N4FZ)

51 I had never seen a pic of Eric Smallberries before, but he looks pretty much like I thought he would. A mug begging for a Michael Palin Fish Slap.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at November 13, 2025 04:25 PM (PSEDc)

52 The last house I sold there was a tiny crack in the tile in the breakfast area. I didn't disclose it.

Should I find a criminal defense lawyer?
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You are always advised to consult an attorney if you have issues over a legal matter. Regarding the sale of your last house, you're welcome to consult an attorney. Its also possible that:

* The buyer doesn't find it objections
* The buyer signed a closing acknowledgement and release form at closing that provides some sort of indemnity
* Your nondisclosure could be deemed immaterial and/or un-intentional.

Posted by: Crusader, Realtor at November 13, 2025 04:25 PM (TN0g+)

53 Didn't Newsom appoint someone to the Senate who resides in Maine or some such? No legal residence in CA at all?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (UJMvS) at November 13, 2025 04:25 PM (UJMvS)

54 Did anyone nood?

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2025 04:25 PM (PCK5/)

55 I should note that the Letitia James case wasn't even dug up by Trump but by some ex-CPA who now investigates this kind of stuff for a hobby.

I sure hope our elected officials who pass these laws now are running a little skeered.

Posted by: coba at November 13, 2025 04:25 PM (IuIym)

56 Please can we get 1 indictment to lead to a conviction?

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2025 04:25 PM (+qU29)

57 I hope they have hundreds of individual charges lined up against this cocksucker and all other dems. don't care if they stick or not. punish the everlovin fuck out of them all with process

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at November 13, 2025 04:26 PM (fs0vJ)

58 How does he gain a mortgage for a $1.2m house making $174,000* a year?

*I don't know how much they make, but I know it's not enough to be millionaires

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:26 PM (Zz0t1)

59 Nothing will happen to him.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 13, 2025 04:25 PM

Let me amend this post to read:

Nothing will happen to him and he will pull the martyr card and fund raise off the fact that Trump is persecuting him.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 13, 2025 04:26 PM (0N4FZ)

60 He's got some stiff company, what with Rosa DeLaurio or whatever the name that purple haired hag goes by.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker

**********

Slight disagreement. DeLaurio serves the purpose to remind all of us what the witch in Hansel and Gretal looked like.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at November 13, 2025 04:27 PM (f+vT9)

61 Did anyone nood?
Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2025 04:25 PM (PCK5/)

Thanatopsis did.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:27 PM (Zz0t1)

62 56 Please can we get 1 indictment to lead to a conviction?
Posted by: Skip

LOL

Posted by: Pam Bondi at November 13, 2025 04:27 PM (abIsI)

63 Nothing will happen to him.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)
......

He will be there so long it will take a broken hip to get rid of him.

Posted by: wth at November 13, 2025 04:27 PM (v0R5T)

64 DeLauro’s mansion is made of Gingerbread.

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2025 04:27 PM (PCK5/)

65 How does he gain a mortgage for a $1.2m house making $174,000* a year?

*I don't know how much they make, but I know it's not enough to be millionaires
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:26 PM (Zz0t1)

Probably being paid for by a Chi Com front company.

Posted by: Beartooth at November 13, 2025 04:28 PM (0714D)

66 I do have to say, though, that this looks like a technicality. If DC was in Texas, where the legislature doesn't meet all that much, then sure - the legislator from Odessa (say) shouldn't have his primary residence in Austin.
But Texas has the luxury of letting DC do its foreign policy and trade policy. Texans don't need a legislature running throughout every year.
DC does, like it or not. So whoever is representing Odessa to DC might actually need to spend most his/her time over there.
If it's a legal fiction that the Odessa rep has its "home" among the cows and high school football stadium, when it's actually living around Capitol Hill or Georgetown most of the time; then it holds true for that flatulent gasbag from California too.

Posted by: gKWVE at November 13, 2025 04:28 PM (gKWVE)

67 You are always advised to consult an attorney if you have issues over a legal matter. Regarding the sale of your last house, you're welcome to consult an attorney. Its also possible that:

* The buyer doesn't find it objections
* The buyer signed a closing acknowledgement and release form at closing that provides some sort of indemnity
* Your nondisclosure could be deemed immaterial and/or un-intentional.
Posted by: Crusader, Realtor at November 13, 2025 04:25 PM (TN0g+)

What if I have bodies buried under the crawlspace.

Is it advisable to disclose a minor "immaterial" non-disclosure, to try to keep them from looking... deeper?

Posted by: BurtTC at November 13, 2025 04:28 PM (dGCAG)

68 What did Swallwell do before Congress?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 13, 2025 04:28 PM (kTd/k)

69 "The purported inconsistency is that a California representative is supposed to be primarily domiciled in California."

I'm not seeing where that is required. There's a requirement that a representative be an "inhabitant" of the state they represent at the time of election. But "inhabitant" seems to be something less than "primary domicile."

I'll bet 100s of representatives claim their DC homes are "primary" for mortgage purposes.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2025 04:28 PM (iFTx/)

70 These people in washington are always stealing, lying, ass fucking and more.

I think I want to work there.

Posted by: Joe Sixpack at November 13, 2025 04:29 PM (iISCR)

71 Hmm. I guess everyone (D)oes (D)o it.

Posted by: Pj at November 13, 2025 04:29 PM (DyvBy)

72 This guy leans into scummy. Always unkempt. Lowlife.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 13, 2025 04:29 PM (wGerL)

73 37 *nervous fart*
Posted by: Eric Swalwell at November 13, 2025 04:22 PM (gKWVE)

He should be thrown out on his ear for that alone. Conduct unbecoming. Stench of evil.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 13, 2025 04:29 PM (yKmBH)

74 68 What did Swallwell do before Congress?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 13, 2025 04:28 PM (kTd/k)

Dairy cattle inseminator, I believe.

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2025 04:29 PM (PCK5/)

75 >>68 What did Swallwell do before Congress?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA

Carny ticket taker?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 13, 2025 04:30 PM (abIsI)

76 TRUMP IS A FUCKING GODDAMN ASSHOLE TRUMP IS A FUCKING GODDAMN ASSHOLE
TRUMP IS A FUCKING GODDAMN ASSHOLE
TRUMP IS A FUCKING GODDAMN ASSHOLE
TRUMP IS A FUCKING GODDAMN ASSHOLE

Posted by: Eric Swalwell, 25-8 at November 13, 2025 04:30 PM (sVOFR)

77 What did Swallwell do before Congress?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 13, 2025 04:28 PM (kTd/k)

$5 handies in the back alley.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:30 PM (Zz0t1)

78 Dairy cattle inseminator, I believe.
Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2025 04:29 P
A CF?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 13, 2025 04:30 PM (kTd/k)

79 >>>
I thought Trump already had antifa declared a domestic terrorist organization.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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Yes, he has. September 22, 2025
Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Order to designate Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.

The Order notes that Antifa is a militarist, anarchist enterprise that calls for the overthrow of the U.S. government, law enforcement authorities, and our system of law—using illegal means, including violence and terrorism, to accomplish these goals.
The Order directs the Federal government to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle all illegal operations conducted by Antifa ...etc

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 13, 2025 04:31 PM (VX4XC)

80 The basic claim here is that he said his DC residence was his "primary" residence and got a $1.2 million mortgage. The purported inconsistency is that a California representative is supposed to be primarily domiciled in California. But he's claiming his DC mansion is his primary residence, so he's not actually a California resident!

And if he's telling the truth about being primarily domiciled in DC, he can't be a Representative from California!

Ding ding! Residency requirements exit for a reason.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 13, 2025 04:31 PM (FTMM2)

81 73 37 *nervous fart*
Posted by: Eric Swalwell at November 13, 2025 04:22 PM (gKWVE)

He should be thrown out on his ear for that alone. Conduct unbecoming. Stench of evil.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 13, 2025 04:29 PM (yKmBH)

Leave him be. He took my advice.
You can go to Xinjiang Province and fix tractors.

Posted by: Mao at November 13, 2025 04:31 PM (sVOFR)

82 These people in washington are always stealing, lying, ass fucking and more.

I think I want to work there.
Posted by: Joe Sixpack at November 13, 2025 04:29 PM (iISCR)

I'm your huckleberry.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at November 13, 2025 04:31 PM (Zz0t1)

83 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:26 PM (Zz0t1)

Look at the lender and you'll know your answer.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 13, 2025 04:32 PM (wGerL)

84 There's a pic of Fartswell on a balcony overlooking the backyard of his DC home. The place is a disgusting mess fit only for a pig. Clothes strewn everywhere, grass is filthy and unkept, cheap Temu inflatable kids' pool, etc. God only knows what the inside of the place looks like.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2025 04:32 PM (iFTx/)

85 Look at the lender and you'll know your answer.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 13, 2025 04:32 PM (wGerL)

Fanny Mac? Freddie May?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:32 PM (Zz0t1)

86 "Does he have ANY residence in California?"

He does work the one corner of the back lot at that truck stop.

So I guess he could qualify by using that.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 13, 2025 04:32 PM (a1415)

87 >>>Imma be honest with y'all, I think this is the weakest such referral yet.

Meh.

The process is the punishment. He's fair game.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 13, 2025 04:32 PM (i24o9)

88 Swalwell has never had a private job. First leftist ADA, on the city council and then into Congress. I'm sure he simply could not process that someone might bust him for lying either in office or in a mortgage app. He has no point of reference for honesty

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 13, 2025 04:33 PM (bfwj/)

89 There's a pic of Fartswell on a balcony overlooking the backyard of his DC home. The place is a disgusting mess fit only for a pig. Clothes strewn everywhere, grass is filthy and unkept, cheap Temu inflatable kids' pool, etc. God only knows what the inside of the place looks like.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2025 04:32 PM (iFTx/)

Ever see the 60 Minutes where they visited Chuck Schumer's DC apartment?

They ALL live like pigs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:33 PM (Zz0t1)

90 "Dairy cattle inseminator, I believe."

Bull semen collector.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 13, 2025 04:34 PM (a1415)

91 They ALL live like pigs.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:33 PM (Zz0t1)

High on the hog?

Posted by: Eromero at November 13, 2025 04:34 PM (i+bC1)

92
Well, mission accomplished for Dickboy Dr. Evil. He got NASA's ESCAPADE spacecraft deployed an on their way, and landed his first booster on the barge.

All in all, it's good have to more than one outfit capable of doing this. So good on you, dickboy.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 13, 2025 04:35 PM (w6EFb)

93 They ALL live like pigs.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Even the gay ones? I'd expect Peter Buttergig is fastidious.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 13, 2025 04:35 PM (kTd/k)

94 What if I have bodies buried under the crawlspace.

Is it advisable to disclose a minor "immaterial" non-disclosure, to try to keep them from looking... deeper?
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Full disclosure is always advised. One Broker I know asserted that if one spilled a cup of water on a kitchen counter, it was better to disclose that than risk later being accused of non-disclosure. I used the phrase "immaterial" in my previous post because the nicked tile you described was in plain sight and noticeable not only at showing but also through-out the inspection process. If it was never brought to your attention throughout the showing and inspection process, it likely was considered unimportant to the buyer.

Posted by: Crusader, Realtor at November 13, 2025 04:35 PM (TN0g+)

95 OH NO!!!!

Rev. Jesse Jackson Hospitalized to Manage Neurodegenerative Condition

Anyway......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:35 PM (Zz0t1)

96 The basic claim here is that he said his DC residence was his "primary" residence and got a $1.2 million mortgage. The purported inconsistency is that a California representative is supposed to be primarily domiciled in California. But he's claiming his DC mansion is his primary residence, so he's not actually a California resident! And if he's telling the truth about being primarily domiciled in DC, he can't be a Representative from California!

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He defrauded the United States of America!!!!!!

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at November 13, 2025 04:35 PM (Vh9CX)

97
Even the gay ones? I'd expect Peter Buttergig is fastidious.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 13, 2025 04:35 PM (kTd/k)

That's Chasten's job. Bootygig is above all that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:36 PM (Zz0t1)

98 How does he gain a mortgage for a $1.2m house making $174,000* a year?

*I don't know how much they make, but I know it's not enough to be millionaires
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:26 PM (Zz0t1)

It's probably doable at around $200K a year.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 13, 2025 04:36 PM (dGCAG)

99 Afternoon, All.

Posted by: Bulg at November 13, 2025 04:36 PM (77rzZ)

100 Adam Schiff is also under investigation for
mortgage fraud related to his properties in California and Maryland, but, reports seem to indicate that Feds. do not currently have enough evidence to bring charges against him.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 13, 2025 04:37 PM (NpAcC)

101 Ding ding! Residency requirements exit for a reason.
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Well put.

Posted by: Crusader at November 13, 2025 04:37 PM (TN0g+)

102 99 Afternoon, All.
Posted by: Bulg at November 13, 2025 04:36 PM (77rzZ)

Indeed it is.

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2025 04:37 PM (PCK5/)

103 If it was never brought to your attention throughout the showing and inspection process, it likely was considered unimportant to the buyer.
Posted by: Crusader, Realtor at November 13, 2025 04:35 PM (TN0g+)
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Housing was moving so fast in CA when my wife and I sold our house, the person who bought it waived the inspection. We disclosed everything we could think of then, a couple of years later, I realized we'd missed one. But, we're far enough out it probably won't ever matter.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (UJMvS) at November 13, 2025 04:37 PM (UJMvS)

104 STEINER WILL COME

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 13, 2025 04:37 PM (troLc)

105 Rev. Jesse Jackson Hospitalized to Manage Neurodegenerative Condition
Anyway......
Posted by: Sponge

Be a real shame if somebody spits in his hospital food

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at November 13, 2025 04:37 PM (fs0vJ)

106 If prosecuted he'll get free legal representation from some leftist attorney. But, I'd go with it anyway.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 13, 2025 04:37 PM (NwnyJ)

107 Rev. Jesse Jackson Hospitalized to Manage Neurodegenerative Condition

is he in a hospital in Hymietown?

Posted by: Ironical at November 13, 2025 04:38 PM (iISCR)

108 How does he afford a $1.2 million mortgage on a congress critters salary?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 13, 2025 04:38 PM (2UnvF)

109 Full disclosure is always advised. One Broker I know asserted that if one spilled a cup of water on a kitchen counter, it was better to disclose that than risk later being accused of non-disclosure. I used the phrase "immaterial" in my previous post because the nicked tile you described was in plain sight and noticeable not only at showing but also through-out the inspection process. If it was never brought to your attention throughout the showing and inspection process, it likely was considered unimportant to the buyer.
Posted by: Crusader, Realtor at November 13, 2025 04:35 PM (TN0g+)

So you're saying I should just leave the bodies where they are, rather than go back to the house, kill the family living there now, and try to find somewhere else to dump ALL the bodies?

Posted by: BurtTC at November 13, 2025 04:39 PM (dGCAG)

110 108 How does he afford a $1.2 million mortgage on a congress critters salary?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 13, 2025 04:38 PM (2UnvF)

His wife works ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 13, 2025 04:39 PM (VE6XX)

111 108 How does he afford a $1.2 million mortgage on a congress critters salary?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 13, 2025 04:38 PM (2UnvF)

He’s on that 50 year plan.

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2025 04:39 PM (PCK5/)

112 I consider it fraud if he claims his DC residence as his "Primary" residence and he claims to be a resident of California to be a Congress Sewer Dweller.

Also, if he got an advantageous rate by declaring the DC home as his primary residence, that is fraud every day of the week.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 13, 2025 04:39 PM (qoLdL)

113 Adam Schiff is also under investigation for
mortgage fraud related to his properties in California and Maryland, but, reports seem to indicate that Feds do not currently have enough evidence to bring charges against him.
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They likely DO have enough evidence--they just don't have enough lender-related experience on staff to advise them. Have Bondi call me--Bob from NSA can provide my contact information.

Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at November 13, 2025 04:39 PM (TN0g+)

114
It's probably doable at around $200K a year.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 13, 2025 04:36 PM (dGCAG)

If you have an incredibly low debt to income ratio, maybe.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:40 PM (Zz0t1)

115 The question is, what is the supposed legal remedy for the Constitutional violation? Expel him from Congress? Order him to buy a home in Cali within the next 30 days?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 13, 2025 04:20 PM (I3KId)

I hear wonderful things about Oakland.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 13, 2025 04:40 PM (Sco7b)

116 Nancy Mace will come.

Posted by: Steiner at November 13, 2025 04:40 PM (jc0TO)

117
I should note that the Letitia James case wasn't even dug up by Trump but by some ex-CPA who now investigates this kind of stuff for a hobby.

I sure hope our elected officials who pass these laws now are running a little skeered.
Posted by: coba

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I'm guessing this is a fairly unchallenging hobby, unlike, say, jading or birdwatching. Probably there's a Dem mortgage fraudster under every rock in DC.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 13, 2025 04:41 PM (I3KId)

118 116 Nancy Mace will come.
Posted by: Steiner at November 13, 2025 04:40 PM (jc0TO)

Oh my.

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2025 04:41 PM (PCK5/)

119
His wife works ?
Posted by: It's me donna at November 13, 2025 04:39 PM (VE6XX)

Is he married? Was he married when he bang bang Fang Fang?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:41 PM (Zz0t1)

120 So you're saying I should just leave the bodies where they are, rather than go back to the house, kill the family living there now, and try to find somewhere else to dump ALL the bodies?
Posted by: BurtTC at November 13, 2025 04:39 PM

Make sure it's a DEEP grave. The shallow grave stuff never works.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 13, 2025 04:42 PM (jc0TO)

121 Nancy Mace will come.
Posted by: Steiner at November 13, 2025 04:40 PM (jc0TO)

Haaarrrrd.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:42 PM (Zz0t1)

122 When Jesse Jackson dies the funeral will be as long and as awful as McCain's

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 13, 2025 04:42 PM (bfwj/)

123 108 How does he afford a $1.2 million mortgage on a congress critters salary?

At Fang Fang's House of Pleasure, you don't pay her....SHE PAYS YOU!

Posted by: Hap Davis at November 13, 2025 04:42 PM (5ecWR)

124 So you're saying I should just leave the bodies where they are, rather than go back to the house, kill the family living there now, and try to find somewhere else to dump ALL the bodies?
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I don't know man--I mean when you buried the bodies did you comply with all of the local environmental requirements? Because we can't just go around destroying the planet all because you can't be bothered to go do a fresh batch of murders and move all of the bodies to another location.

Posted by: Crusader at November 13, 2025 04:42 PM (TN0g+)

125 118 116 Nancy Mace will come.
Posted by: Steiner at November 13, 2025 04:40 PM (jc0TO)

Remember the rule about crazy

Posted by: It's me donna at November 13, 2025 04:42 PM (VE6XX)

126 I've seen reports that Swalwell doesn't have a California. Not a primary or secondary, none.

Don't know if it's true but that would seem to be a problem.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 13, 2025 04:42 PM (viF8m)

127 120 So you're saying I should just leave the bodies where they are, rather than go back to the house, kill the family living there now, and try to find somewhere else to dump ALL the bodies?
Posted by: BurtTC at November 13, 2025 04:39 PM

Make sure it's a DEEP grave. The shallow grave stuff never works.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 13, 2025 04:42 PM (jc0TO)

It’s a matter of coyotes.

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2025 04:42 PM (PCK5/)

128 Nancy Mace will come.
Posted by: Steiner at November 13, 2025 04:40 PM (jc0TO)

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Rule number one, general.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 13, 2025 04:42 PM (2UnvF)

129
I'm not seeing where that is required. There's a requirement that a representative be an "inhabitant" of the state they represent at the time of election. But "inhabitant" seems to be something less than "primary domicile."

I'll bet 100s of representatives claim their DC homes are "primary" for mortgage purposes.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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But there's this:

No public record searches show a home owned or leased by Rep. Swalwell in California.

So he's not even an inhabitant.

Besides which, do we think the Constitution meant "primary domicile as recorded on a mortgage application"?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 13, 2025 04:43 PM (I3KId)

130 Could not happen to a nicer guy

Posted by: Jonah at November 13, 2025 04:43 PM (YCxFk)

131 Guess Fang-Fang Bang-Bang is unavailable to be a character witness.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2025 04:43 PM (RhjSY)

132 OT: Thought - someone needs to get with the White House and start a season of joy for this Thanksgiving and Christmas period.

For 9 months, most of everything has been of a negative nature...which it needed to be - deportations needed to happen, funds and feds needed to be cut, the military and foreign countries/companies needed to be put back in line...

But now I think everyone needs a little boost. And it doesn't need to be monetary. It just needs to stop the relentless focus on the negative and use the season to emphasize the positive. Melania might be perfect here...

I just think it will go a long way with everyone. Like this is a "what makes America" great as we enter next year's celebrations.

A spotlight on a small town, a heroic act, a 95 year volunteer, a beautiful holiday site, etc...Have people nominate what makes America great for social media and the press secretary to have a new story for the day.

Yes, this probably drives no hardcore male voters, but stopping the female and LIV bleed would be good...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 13, 2025 04:43 PM (tOcjL)

133 It’s a matter of coyotes.
Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2025 04:42 PM

Yeah, don't just throw a few twigs over them and call it a day.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 13, 2025 04:43 PM (jc0TO)

134
I've seen reports that Swalwell doesn't have a California. Not a primary or secondary, none.

Don't know if it's true but that would seem to be a problem.
Posted by: JackStraw

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I don't have a California either. And it is a problem.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 13, 2025 04:44 PM (I3KId)

135
Too many friends and family have fallen victim to Parkinson's to mock the REVEREND Jackson.

I saw him some 30 years ago at the University Club in Chicago having lunch with some fawning fatcats, probably to flatter him and insure the absence of angry agitators outside their places of business.

My brother remarked at the time that it was the whitest group in the room.

Posted by: Auspex at November 13, 2025 04:44 PM (Y8DZL)

136 I should note that the Letitia James case wasn't even dug up by Trump but by some ex-CPA who now investigates this kind of stuff for a hobby.
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Court house records searches were part and parcel to most bank examinations back in the day. I'm sure they could be quite fruitful today if anyone were interested.

Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at November 13, 2025 04:44 PM (TN0g+)

137 So, Nancy Mace, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Loraine Boebert walk into a bar, the bartender says…

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2025 04:44 PM (PCK5/)

138 Go do anal with a Chicom spook grooming you for intelligence and influence,

Curious, what does it pay? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 13, 2025 04:44 PM (bQ4nt)

139 Smarmy person; makes the skin crawl. (I note that applies to all pols currently charged with mortgage fraud.)

Hook em, book em, cook em.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at November 13, 2025 04:44 PM (NFX2v)

140
Nancy's ex or whoever is countersuing her now, alleging that she's the actual creepy stalker and spy cam operator, and it was all a plot to confiscate his assets, including a house or two via lawsuit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 13, 2025 04:45 PM (w6EFb)

141 OT: Thought - someone needs to get with the White House and start a season of joy for this Thanksgiving and Christmas period.

Thanksgiving doesn't exist anymore. Everyone has already moved on to Christmas.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:45 PM (Zz0t1)

142 Hell, they all sound like a bunch of crooks. But then look who they are.

Posted by: Case at November 13, 2025 04:45 PM (9HFDU)

143 Here's where I think this is going:

1. Swalwell doesn't own residential property or rent residential property in California.
2. He hold a Campaign office in California on zoned commercial.
3. When he travels to California he stays in a Hotel.
4. The residence in DC is listed as primary because he has not other residences.
5. He's a representative of a State in which he doesn't reside.

Posted by: Orson at November 13, 2025 04:45 PM (dIske)

144 Live by the mortgage prosecution, die by the mortgage prosecution.

Posted by: WisRich at November 13, 2025 04:45 PM (G0vdT)

145 So, Nancy Mace, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Loraine Boebert walk into a bar, the bartender says…
Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2025 04:44 PM (PCK5/)

What's that smell?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:45 PM (Zz0t1)

146 The U.S. Constitution sets the exclusive qualifications for serving in the House of Representatives.

Article I, Section 2 specifies three requirements: a person must be at least 25 years old, have been
a U.S. citizen for seven years, and, at the time of the election, be an “Inhabitant of that State in
which he shall be chosen.”

This language, known as the Inhabitant Clause, is the only residency requirement imposed by the Constitution.

The key detail is that a representative must live in the state they represent, not necessarily the specific congressional district. The framers chose the word “inhabitant” over “resident” to accommodate individuals who might be away from home for extended periods. As long as a candidate resides within the state’s boundaries at the time of the election, they have met the constitutional standard for residency, even if their home is located miles outside their district’s lines.

https://tinyurl.com/3ffmj9hu

Posted by: rickb223 at November 13, 2025 04:45 PM (FTMM2)

147 Hoping that Fetterman is OK. Politically, Shapiro would appoint a successor if he resigns. But Fett seat not up until 2028, so there would be a special election in 2026.

GOP Attorney General in Penn, is very popular

Posted by: Jonah at November 13, 2025 04:46 PM (YCxFk)

148 osted by: Nova Local at November 13, 2025 04:43 PM (tOcjL)

I like the idea

Posted by: It's me donna at November 13, 2025 04:46 PM (VE6XX)

149 Mace is a loon.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at November 13, 2025 04:46 PM (P7vXf)

150 It's probably doable at around $200K a year.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 13, 2025 04:36 PM (dGCAG)

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Plus if he bought in 2020 he got a good interest rate, which makes a huge difference.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 13, 2025 04:46 PM (DRSnL)

151
They likely DO have enough evidence--they just don't have enough lender-related experience on staff to advise them. Have Bondi call me--Bob from NSA can provide my contact information.
Posted by: Crusader

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How hard is this? Isn't it all reflected in the paperwork?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 13, 2025 04:47 PM (I3KId)

152 I've seen reports that Swalwell doesn't have a California. Not a primary or secondary, none.

Don't know if it's true but that would seem to be a problem.
Posted by: JackStraw

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I don't have a California either. And it is a problem.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 13, 2025 04:44 PM (I3KId)
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Fartswell probably has some shared residence somewhere, maybe just a room. All these leeching cocksuckers basically live full-time in DC.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2025 04:47 PM (iFTx/)

153 141 OT: Thought - someone needs to get with the White House and start a season of joy for this Thanksgiving and Christmas period.

Thanksgiving doesn't exist anymore. Everyone has already moved on to Christmas.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:45 PM (Zz0t1)

Nah, the 4Fs will always be there - food, faith, family/friends, and football. It's good there was never an f for shopping b/c that's kinda now all month...

Was explaining that the 1st 3 - food/faith/football give such a multitude of topics to explore that families can sit together and not talk politics (we never have)...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 13, 2025 04:47 PM (tOcjL)

154 The bartender says your drinks are on the House, because most of the time ya have been good conservative women with bigger balls, than most Republican men

Posted by: Jonah at November 13, 2025 04:48 PM (YCxFk)

155
Nancy is also threatening to sue anybody and everybody over that airport meltdown of hers the other day, claiming her civil rights were violated.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 13, 2025 04:48 PM (w6EFb)

156 Haven’t read all of the comments yet, so maybe someone else has addressed this, but if he has no California address, did he pay California income tax? If not, not a resident, also goes to scienter for fraud.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at November 13, 2025 04:48 PM (hlNLQ)

157 JackStraw,

You have mentioned that you enjoy rum.

Do you have any special rums that you care to mention?

Posted by: pawn at November 13, 2025 04:48 PM (sPsWv)

158 Mace and Massey need a room, at Bedlam.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2025 04:48 PM (RhjSY)

159 Nah, the 4Fs will always be there - food, faith, family/friends, and football. It's good there was never an f for shopping b/c that's kinda now all month...

Was explaining that the 1st 3 - food/faith/football give such a multitude of topics to explore that families can sit together and not talk politics (we never have)...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 13, 2025 04:47 PM (tOcjL)

There are several homes around these parts that have already decorated and lit their homes for Christmas. Not one fall decoration or Thanksgiving themed anything.

It just seems no one really cares about that anymore.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 13, 2025 04:49 PM (Zz0t1)

160 How ya doing Nova? Rough couple of weeks. Is Kaine taking heat from the far left in Va, for his shutdown vote?

Posted by: Jonah at November 13, 2025 04:49 PM (YCxFk)

161 Was explaining that the 1st 3 - food/faith/football give such a multitude of topics to explore that families can sit together and not talk politics (we never have)...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 13, 2025 04:47 PM (tOcjL)

Talking about religion always brings people together.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 13, 2025 04:49 PM (PiwSw)

162 I don't care--screw these assholes. This is, at least technically, a violation of an actual law, unlike the crap they threw at Trump.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 13, 2025 04:49 PM (XMwZJ)

163 Dog adoption segment on KTLA. Referring to dog as she or her, but that mutts got a pecker!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 13, 2025 04:50 PM (troLc)

164 A spotlight on a small town, a heroic act, a 95 year volunteer, a beautiful holiday site, etc...Have people nominate what makes America great for social media and the press secretary to have a new story for the day.

Yes, this probably drives no hardcore male voters, but stopping the female and LIV bleed would be good...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 13, 2025 04:43 PM (tOcjL)

You can start with that recent story of the Viet Nam vet who shot the naked guy that broke into those girls's apartment. Heartwarming story. Hallmark-worthy, actually....

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 13, 2025 04:50 PM (nbLIj)

165 How hard is this? Isn't it all reflected in the paperwork?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

You are correct--there are (in Oklahoma) at least two places in the closing documents where a Buyer affirms that they are (or are not) occupying the home as their primary residence.

Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at November 13, 2025 04:50 PM (TN0g+)

166 Nancy Mace is a strange bird.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 13, 2025 04:50 PM (a1415)

167 The only real interesting question: Will Swalwell fart at his arraignment… and blame it on a cup scraping across the bailiff’s table….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 13, 2025 04:51 PM (P/Wjn)

168 "Go do anal with a Chicom spook grooming you for intelligence and influence, Fartwell.

What an asshole."

Lot of sodomy going on there.

Huh. My phone just said it did not recognize sodomy. Go on phone, pull the other one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 13, 2025 04:51 PM (zZu0s)

169 Swalwell also dated a Chines spy

Posted by: Jonah at November 13, 2025 04:51 PM (YCxFk)

170
Even Hillary found a lair in Chappaqua before running for the Senate to make it legal.

Posted by: Auspex at November 13, 2025 04:51 PM (Y8DZL)

171 160 How ya doing Nova? Rough couple of weeks. Is Kaine taking heat from the far left in Va, for his shutdown vote?
Posted by: Jonah at November 13, 2025 04:49 PM (YCxFk)

Not that I see...everyone here wanted it to end from top to bottom. VA was losing so much money, and some won't come back (like the defense contractor folks furloughed between Oct 27 and Nov 1). Gov is 100% backing Kaine, and she won in a landslide, so that's keeping things quiet, even if there are malcontents.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 13, 2025 04:51 PM (tOcjL)

172 Nancy Mace is a strange bird.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 13, 2025 04:50 PM (a1415)

She’s more than that… she’s bat shit insane

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 13, 2025 04:52 PM (P/Wjn)

173 "I think this is the weakest such referral yet."

Weak sauce or not, the process is the punishment. Make them choke on it.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at November 13, 2025 04:52 PM (pkhvN)

174 I still want DOGE and the IRS to investigate Pelosi and everyone else who made big bucks while in office.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 13, 2025 04:52 PM (Sco7b)

175 Dog adoption segment on KTLA. Referring to dog as she or her, but that mutts got a pecker!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 13, 2025 04:50 PM (troLc)

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Don't judge the pooch, he's living his truth!!!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 13, 2025 04:53 PM (2UnvF)

176 172 Nancy Mace is a strange bird.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 13, 2025 04:50 PM (a1415)

She’s more than that… she’s bat shit insane
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 13, 2025 04:52 PM (P/Wjn)

She’ll go far in DC then.

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2025 04:53 PM (PCK5/)

177 161 Was explaining that the 1st 3 - food/faith/football give such a multitude of topics to explore that families can sit together and not talk politics (we never have)...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 13, 2025 04:47 PM (tOcjL)

Talking about religion always brings people together.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 13, 2025 04:49 PM (PiwSw)

Not religion - faith - aka, the giving thanks to a higher power for what one has. Going around the table to say what one is personally thankful for (and no one here is dumb enough to bring up politics - maybe it's b/c I've hosted random bachelor friends who have nowhere to go - got another one from my daughter this year, no longer my spouse's)...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 13, 2025 04:53 PM (tOcjL)

178 She’ll go far in DC then.
Posted by: tubal
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She's leaving Congress to run for South Carolina governor.

Posted by: whig at November 13, 2025 04:54 PM (WDjG6)

179 I think you’re right that he skates, but screw it, let’s drag his dishonest ass through the process-is-the-punishment system Democrats use so often. Make him hire lots of lawyers and bankrupt him even if he walks.

Posted by: OnPoint at November 13, 2025 04:54 PM (RK/h9)

180 "But then, the left thought that was a perfectly reasonable prosecution, sooooo..."
Exactly.

Posted by: Chemist at November 13, 2025 04:54 PM (mBijg)

181 JackStraw,

You have mentioned that you enjoy rum.

Do you have any special rums that you care to mention?
Posted by: pawn

Not JackStraw, but Sebastian's on the Beach.
Tortola BVI. They have a local that makes it for their hotel. Dark rum. Smooth as candy.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 13, 2025 04:54 PM (FTMM2)

182
Swalwell's appearance has changed in the last two years. He looks like a puffy alcoholic.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 13, 2025 04:54 PM (azNOR)

183 178 She’ll go far in DC then.
Posted by: tubal
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She's leaving Congress to run for South Carolina governor.
Posted by: whig at November 13, 2025 04:54 PM (WDjG6)

So soon?? Does it pay better, a Gov’s gig?

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2025 04:54 PM (PCK5/)

184 I wonder if Swallwell thinks that pitiful beard makes him look macho. He looks like he needs a good scrubbing.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at November 13, 2025 04:56 PM (Lo97M)

185 "So soon?? Does it pay better, a Gov’s gig?"

Comes with a free Volvo from the Ridgeville plant, maybe.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 13, 2025 04:56 PM (a1415)

186 Isn't Mace running for governor of SC?. What's the old line about SC, "too small for a republic , too large for an insane asylum". She'll be a perfect governor

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 13, 2025 04:57 PM (bfwj/)

187 >Imma be honest with y'all, I think this is the weakest such referral yet.
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so what
make him sweat

Posted by: Don Black at November 13, 2025 04:57 PM (AOsQT)

188 117
I should note that the Letitia James case wasn't even dug up by Trump but by some ex-CPA who now investigates this kind of stuff for a hobby.

I sure hope our elected officials who pass these laws now are running a little skeered.
Posted by: coba

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I'm guessing this is a fairly unchallenging hobby, unlike, say, jading or birdwatching. Probably there's a Dem mortgage fraudster under every rock in DC.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 13, 2025 04:41 PM (I3KId)

Indeed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 13, 2025 04:57 PM (ynpvh)

189 I’m not sure that the process is the punishment for these people… if/when Swalwell and Comey etc get off they’ll be crowing from rooftops for months and the FNM will echo them as nauseum…. I’m not sure it’s worth it unless you’re fairly sure you can get a conviction

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 13, 2025 04:59 PM (OW907)

190 California doesn’t require that members of Congress maintain a residence in their district. Tom McClintock,who was my Congressman until they redrew the districts after the 2020 census, owns a house in Elk Grove, which was not part of the district he represented….it always bugged me, but it was ok by state rules

Posted by: Monica at November 13, 2025 04:59 PM (Lo91X)

191
So soon?? Does it pay better, a Gov’s gig?
Posted by: tubal
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You get free trips to Argentina while your office claims you are hiking on the Appalachian Trail.

Posted by: whig at November 13, 2025 04:59 PM (WDjG6)

192 >>Do you have any special rums that you care to mention?

I like different rums for different times/drinks.

My go to all around is Mount Gay. But I also drink Myers, Cockspur, Cruzan, etc. different times.

For sipping straight I like Diplomatico.

Not a big fan of spiced or flavored rums.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 13, 2025 05:00 PM (viF8m)

193 Schadenfreude

Posted by: cherries in season at November 13, 2025 05:00 PM (JPSVz)

194
Wartime consigliere Marco Rubio just told the euroweenies to get fucked over their objections to our blowing up the cartel drug boats. France joined in with the scoldings.

Rubio said the EU doesn't get to define international law, and certainly doesn't get a say in how we handle our hemisphere.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 13, 2025 05:00 PM (w6EFb)

195 Fox (Will Cain) reporting Swallwell looking into running for governor of California.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 13, 2025 05:01 PM (pkeXY)

196 For the record I'm man enough to say I enjoyed the probings I got from Fang Fang

Posted by: Eric Fartwell at November 13, 2025 05:02 PM (sKqQm)

197 SO Europe is mad we are blowing up drug boats importing drugs into the US AND mad we aren't blowing up more Russian pipelines?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 13, 2025 05:03 PM (sKqQm)

198 Imma be honest with y'all, I think this is the weakest such referral yet.
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so what
make him sweat
Posted by: Don Black

To steal a play from the Dem playbook:

The process is the punishment.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 13, 2025 05:03 PM (FTMM2)

199 Fox (Will Cain) reporting Swallwell looking into running for governor of California.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Not from his domicile in DC he won't!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 13, 2025 05:05 PM (FTMM2)

200 FoxNews ....The Five.

AOC tells people to welcome Trump people into the coalition. Okay guys. She's still doable. This is your shot.

Just tell her nothing says Welcome like a hummer.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 13, 2025 05:05 PM (Sco7b)

201 The Euroweenies are back to caterwauling while the serious guys take care of business.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (UJMvS) at November 13, 2025 05:05 PM (UJMvS)

202 And the punishment is the process, too.

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2025 05:05 PM (PCK5/)

203 @155. Come on media, how dare you ask Nancy a question she doesn't want to answer! Don't you know WHO she is?
And she was having a bad day. The power went off and melted some of her ice cream. Poor thing.

Posted by: Case at November 13, 2025 05:06 PM (9HFDU)

204 There are several homes around these parts that have already decorated and lit their homes for Christmas. Not one fall decoration or Thanksgiving themed anything.

It just seems no one really cares about that anymore.
Posted by: Sponge

A house near me has it all hanging out. Inflatable turkey thing in the yard. All kinds of pumpkins and gourds on the porch.

Still has the plastic skeletons out from Halloween, but now they're wearing Santa hats.

And the little dog skeleton has a reindeer-horn headband. I should walk by at night and see if his nose glows.

Posted by: mikeski at November 13, 2025 05:07 PM (nhCoE)

205 203 @155. Come on media, how dare you ask Nancy a question she doesn't want to answer! Don't you know WHO she is?
And she was having a bad day. The power went off and melted some of her ice cream. Poor thing.
Posted by: Case at November 13, 2025 05:06 PM (9HFDU)

Now, Which Nancy are we talking about?? You said meltdown, after all.

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2025 05:07 PM (PCK5/)

206

THere are 5 candidates in the R field for SC governor now. While it's early, Nancy and current Lt. Gov Pam Evette are leading, in a statistical tie for the R primary.

If that holds up, I'll imagine we'll have one hell of cat fight next year.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 13, 2025 05:08 PM (w6EFb)

207 188 117
I should note that the Letitia James case wasn't even dug up by Trump but by some ex-CPA who now investigates this kind of stuff for a hobby.

I sure hope our elected officials who pass these laws now are running a little skeered.
Posted by: coba

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I'm guessing this is a fairly unchallenging hobby, unlike, say, jading or birdwatching. Probably there's a Dem mortgage fraudster under every rock in DC.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 13, 2025 04:41 PM (I3KId)

Indeed.
Posted by: jim
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Eddie Antar, the ex CPA was Crazy Eddie famous for all sorts of criminal actions (owned a chain of electronics stores in NY area) that sent him to prison back in the day. Guy knows how to do it legal and illegal and he works for the good guys now highlighting ruling class lawbreaking.

Posted by: whig at November 13, 2025 05:08 PM (WDjG6)

208 Again, If Trump can be brought on charges for merely declaring a subjective value for his properties, then these humps who are clearly committing fraud can be too.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 13, 2025 05:08 PM (XV/Pl)

209 In the butt dude!

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at November 13, 2025 05:08 PM (qI77G)

210
California doesn’t require that members of Congress maintain a residence in their district. Tom McClintock,who was my Congressman until they redrew the districts after the 2020 census, owns a house in Elk Grove, which was not part of the district he represented….it always bugged me, but it was ok by state rules
Posted by: Monica

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That's the story of Maxine Waters from way back.

But what about residence in the fricking STATE they nominally represent?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 13, 2025 05:09 PM (I3KId)

211 It's only punishment if they have to pay legal fees. Many won't.

Convictions? Hardly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 13, 2025 05:09 PM (NwnyJ)

212 206

THere are 5 candidates in the R field for SC governor now. While it's early, Nancy and current Lt. Gov Pam Evette are leading, in a statistical tie for the R primary.

If that holds up, I'll imagine we'll have one hell of cat fight next year.
Posted by: publius
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Nancy is doing her best to implode before the primary next year.

Posted by: whig at November 13, 2025 05:09 PM (WDjG6)

213 Eddie Antar, the ex CPA was Crazy Eddie famous for all sorts of criminal actions (owned a chain of electronics stores in NY area) that sent him to prison back in the day. Guy knows how to do it legal and illegal and he works for the good guys now highlighting ruling class lawbreaking.
Posted by: whig at November 13, 2025 05:08 PM (WDjG6)
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What's his name, Frank Abagnale Jr. did the similar for check fraud.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (UJMvS) at November 13, 2025 05:10 PM (UJMvS)

214 How can anyone top Nikki Haley?

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2025 05:11 PM (PCK5/)

215 FETTERMAN WAS PUSHED

Posted by: Don Black at November 13, 2025 05:12 PM (AOsQT)

216
New one

Posted by: fourseasons at November 13, 2025 05:14 PM (3ek7K)

217 Still seeing lots of Halloween decorations up

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2025 05:14 PM (+qU29)

218 204 There are several homes around these parts that have already decorated and lit their homes for Christmas. Not one fall decoration or Thanksgiving themed anything.

It just seems no one really cares about that anymore.
Posted by: Sponge

I'm in Canada and Thanksgiving is over so I'm finishing putting up the outside lights now. Usually it's the day after Halloween but it's been a horrible year.

Beautiful party with my friends yesterday. The kids love to decorate the tree. I'm pretty much all set for Christmas now.

I still have one more time to do leaves but I do want to put out spotlights. Spotlights shining up into the hige trees look very beautiful. Mom and I were transitioning to all LED lights.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 13, 2025 05:15 PM (Sco7b)

219 192 No Thomas Two from Newport, RI?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at November 13, 2025 05:17 PM (wBaIH)

220 Nood

Chinese quality bridge collapses.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 13, 2025 05:18 PM (Sco7b)

221
But there's this:

No public record searches show a home owned or leased by Rep. Swalwell in California.

So he's not even an inhabitant.

Besides which, do we think the Constitution meant "primary domicile as recorded on a mortgage application"?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 13, 2025 04:43 PM (I3KId)

!?-----

He's probably renting an apartment.

I remember one Repub congressman from Indiana was doing that. Home in DC and apartment back with the hicks. Far as I recall he never actually set foot in the apartment.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at November 13, 2025 05:20 PM (Vh9CX)

222 What's his name, Frank Abagnale Jr. did the similar for check fraud.
Posted by: blake

Eddie was playing all kinds of accounting games from wiki, "Almost from the beginning, Crazy Eddie engaged in fraudulent business practices, including under-reporting income, skimming sales taxes, and paying employees off the books. These practices, in conjunction with aggressive sales tactics, enabled Crazy Eddie to significantly undercut competitors and grow rapidly. During the process of going public, Crazy Eddie continued to engage in fraud, over-reporting profits, inflating inventory and duping auditors. Unable to sustain his fraudulent business practices, co-founder Eddie Antar cashed in millions of dollars' worth of stock and resigned from the company in December 1986. "

Posted by: whig at November 13, 2025 05:22 PM (WDjG6)

223 Fetterman did not push himself.

Posted by: alpine_beer at November 13, 2025 05:23 PM (van9r)

224 So, if his primary residence is DC, likely for property taxes, then he is a DC resident. If I recall correctly, that means he should be paying DC income taxes.
Not that DC would ask him to pay even though they need the money.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at November 13, 2025 05:25 PM (exHt/)

225 On top of all this, he is one homely looking bastid.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 13, 2025 05:54 PM (MAl//)

226 "What an asshole."

Indeed.

The theme we operated on for all three of my GenZers is: "Don't be a dick."

It has worked well.

Posted by: Danimal28 at November 13, 2025 06:08 PM (mNOhh)

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