Drunk on Power: FEC Shows Swalwell Alcohol Spending
In this case, the sheer number of alcohol purchases can raise some questions about whether the campaign funds were being used for a proper purpose.”
Former Rep. Eric Swalwell is facing scrutiny over a pattern of alcohol-related campaign spending, with Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings showing repeated charges at liquor stores, delivery services, and wineries spanning multiple years and continuing even after he resigned from Congress earlier this week after accusations of sexual assault.
Public records show that Swalwell’s campaign placed nine separate orders through the alcohol delivery service Drizly, totaling $566, with charges ranging from $5.79 to $124.86. The campaign also made seven trips to Capitol Hill Wine and Spirits, a liquor store on the House side of the U.S. Capitol, spending $1,151 on “refreshments,” and spent nearly $4,400 at two California wineries on a single day.
While the winery charges could have been tied to a campaign event, the liquor store purchases and Drizly orders were less clearly connected to campaign activity.
A review of federal campaign disclosures found that the alcohol spending ran much deeper. Over a four-year period starting in 2020, Swalwell’s campaigns recorded more than 100 separate Drizly charges totaling roughly $6,100. His Drizly spending alone accounted for roughly a quarter of all payments to the service from candidates’ campaigns, political committees, and PACs since 2019. The charges overlapped with multiple trips to Las Vegas in the summer of 2021, during which he billed his campaign for alcohol deliveries alongside hotel and restaurant tabs.
“In this case, the sheer number of alcohol purchases can raise some questions about whether the campaign funds were being used for a proper purpose,” Loyola Law School Professor Jessica Levinson told The Post.
“Somebody should sort out whether these purchases fall within election laws,” she added.
That pattern continued even after Drizly shut down and was folded into Uber Eats in early 2024. Records show Swalwell’s campaigns used the app more than 220 times, totaling more than $19,000.
More recent Q1 2026 FEC filings show the spending continued well after Swalwell bowed out of the race and resigned his seat. In January 2026, the campaign logged a $44 charge at Harry’s Reserve, a Washington, D.C. liquor store, along with $664 and $520 tabs at The Battery, a private San Francisco members’ club with a well-stocked bar. The same filing shows six separate $1,598 payments to Stanford Hotels Corporation and nearly $500 in combined charges at Talay Thai, an upscale Thai restaurant, across two visits. The Uber Eats app, which absorbed Drizly’s alcohol delivery functions, also continued to appear throughout the quarter.
“We’re not talking about somebody spending their own money,” Levinson said, adding that it’s “absolutely fair” to be scrutinizing Swalwell’s use of campaign funds after his resignation from Congress on Tuesday. “We’re talking about somebody spending donors’ money.”
While Swalwell has denied the sexual misconduct allegations against him, he has not directly addressed the campaign expenditures, and his campaign did not respond to requests for comment.
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That explains why someone leaked that Patel was drunkenly passed out in his office.
Patel? they got the name wrong.
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Nobody ‘leaked’ any such thing. The Atlantic ran the story with anonymous sources when every other leftist reporter passed on it.
And Patel is rightly suing them.
The Atlantic story is quite something. Alleged, unnamed sources, sources requesting anonymity, actions characterized as… A ton of wiggle words, no hard sources just a National Enquirer type story no one else would touch with a 10 foot pole until The Atlantic thought it was a good idea.
Well, he had to entertain Gallego properly.
I was joking… but this is all the sweeter since its source is Santos:
https://azfreenews.com/2026/04/sen-gallego-accused-of-engaging-in-sexual-romps-in-d-c/
As far as I’m concerned he didn’t drink enough.
What a waste of money. This clown wouldn’t know the difference between fine wine and box wine. Now Nancy, she knows her scotch.
Witchypoo Pelosi: “Bring me some of your oldest, and most expensive. It’s a deductible business expense, and I’m worth it.”
Cool. Speaking of wineries, let’s dig deeper into Omar’s sudden wealth and just as sudden disappearance of wealth most of it seemingly tied to a winery that doesn’t exist and that never produced a product. How about AOC’s $19,000 spent on a psychiatrist? Swalwell is a sleaze but this is small potatoes
To be fair, Swalwell use the alcohol for medicinal purposes: drugging women.
Just the latest sacrificial goat for the Dem altar. They are all doing this…on both sides…and we are hyper-focused on the gimmick prop that the magicians have tossed out to misdirect on their larger scheme.