SWALWELL DEMANDS TRANSPARENCY—JUST NOT FOR HIM

Eric Swalwell, champion of transparency and sworn enemy of secrecy—unless it’s about him—has reached a new peak of selective outrage, demanding Jeffrey Epstein’s files see the light of day while simultaneously sending lawyers after the FBI for wanting to do the same with the Fang Fang files, which just happen to involve his alleged past romantic espionage interest. This is the political equivalent of yelling “release the receipts!” on someone else’s scandal while passionately insisting your own diary stays under lock and key—and if you breathe a word about your D.C. mortgage or your one-room “California residence,” well, suddenly it’s a partisan witch hunt. Swalwell’s past as an impeacher and self-appointed defender of electoral purity is a charming footnote here, proving that the loudest calls for open justice often come from people who prefer their kompromat served on a silver platter—as long as it’s someone else’s platter. So let’s raise a glass to equal protection of the law, as best as one can when everybody’s legal team is doing their best Tuesday night comedy sketch about hypocrisy.