Eric Swalwell lawyer demands probe after feds allegedly sic air marshals to snoop on ex-congressman

Disgraced ex-congressman Eric Swalwell can’t even fly the friendly skies in peace.The FBI enlisted air marshals to secretly monitor Swalwell aboard a United flight from Germany in an effort to eyeball his electronic passcodes, The Atlantic revealed — prompting Swalwell’s attorney to demand a federal probe into alleged leaks surrounding the criminal investigation.“For nearly a decade, former Congressman Swalwell has been the subject of continuous federal scrutiny, investigations, and leaks — without any charges ever being brought,” said Sara Azari, the celebrity attorney Swalwell hired after he was accused of rape and sexual assault by multiple women.On Aug.8, Swalwell boarded a nine-hour United Airlines flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to Washington, D.C., unaware that federal air marshals had allegedly been tasked with watching him.The FBI asked the Federal Air Marshal Service to covertly monitor Swalwell throughout the flight and watch him use his electronic devices to determine whether officers could visually ascertain his passcodes, according to records obtained by The Atlantic.“Recent reporting that a federal air marshal was deployed to watch him enter his phone’s passcode during an international flight is an extraordinary escalation of that pattern,” Azari said.A representative for Swalwell did not respond to The California Post when asked why Swalwell was in Germany.Accusations that Swalwell sexually assaulted women surfaced this spring, prompting the former East Bay rep to suspend his campaign for governor and resign from Congress in mid-April.

He has denied wrongdoing.The covert surveillance came exactly one week before the federal investigation dramatically spilled into public view.On Aug.

15, FBI agents were waiting for Swalwell when he stepped off another flight at San Francisco International Airport.Surveillance footage exclusively obtained by The Post shows Swalwell — dressed incognito in a hat, black sweatshirt and sneakers — su...