Fox News reports that senior Democrats have largely stayed quiet after the FBI seized former congressman Eric Swalwell's electronic devices at San Francisco airport and searched his Washington DC home, developments the article frames as vindicating former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's earlier decision to remove Swalwell from the House Intelligence Committee. McCarthy had cited Swalwell's past relationship with a suspected Chinese intelligence operative, a move Democrats at the time dismissed as politically motivated.

The article recalls the defences senior Democrats offered when McCarthy pushed to oust Swalwell from the committee, including characterisations of the allegations as "no concern," "pernicious nonsense," "spurious allegations" and a "frivolous, political exercise." It contrasts those past statements with what it describes as silence from top Democrats following the FBI's actions against Swalwell, though the article does not detail the specific findings or charges, if any, arising from the FBI's device seizure and home search.