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Local U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Livermore) was selected by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to serve as an impeachment manager for the upcoming trial of now-former President Donald Trump.

The U.S. House of Representatives impeached Trump in a mostly party-line vote (232-197) on Jan. 13 on one article of incitement of insurrection in the wake of a mob of Trump supporters breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 while attempting to prevent congressional certification of the Nov. 3 presidential election, which Trump lost. It marked Trump’s second impeachment by the House.

Swalwell will be among a team of nine impeachment managers presenting House Democrats’ case to the U.S. Senate for conviction — proceedings that will take place with Trump out of office, since new President Joe Biden was sworn in on Wednesday. A hearing schedule is not yet known.

“America is under an attack incited by President Donald Trump. Lives have been lost and future plans are in place to stop a transition of power. A president’s greatest responsibility is to protect American lives and defend American ideals. Donald Trump has failed to do both,” Swalwell said in a statement before voting to impeach Trump.

“It is a solemn privilege to be named an impeachment manager. I vow to work collaboratively with the impeachment managers team to make a case to the Senate for conviction,” the congressman added.

This would make the second straight impeachment trial to feature an impeachment manager with deep Tri-Valley ties.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Pasadena), who grew up in Alamo and graduated from Monte Vista High School in Danville, served as the lead impeachment manager in the trial before the Senate in January 2020 over the Trump-Ukraine scandal. The Senate acquitted Trump of both charges at that time.

Jeremy Walsh is the editorial director of Embarcadero Media Foundation's East Bay Division, including the Pleasanton Weekly, LivermoreVine.com and DanvilleSanRamon.com. He joined the organization in late...

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  1. How rich is it that Nancy Pelosi appoints Eric Swalwell as an Impeachment Manager in the impeachment of President Trump, and will let him retain his seat on the House Intelligence Committee. Swalwell is a joke as a Congressman, and is currently under investigation for cavorting with the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) spy, Fang Fang (a.k.a. Bang Bang Fang Fang). He has no business being appointed to either position.

  2. Go to his website and try to figure out what he has actually done for us. Funny and sad at the same time. I’ll bet his wife is pretty ashamed.

  3. This is vintage Nancy Pelosi – IN YOUR FACE – to all of her critics. “I am the speaker, I am the boss, what I want is what I get.

    The total legislation Eric Swalwell passed in his six plus years in Washington representing us, is renaming the Post Office in Dublin California.

  4. She clearly wants to “check the box” and not actually get it done.

    This guy is just a fall guy for her. Kiss his political career goodbye. He will fail at this just like everything else.

    Is there a recall Swalwell petition?

  6. You will never recall Swalwell just like you will never recall Gavin Newsome…Ya, you may get it up fora vote, but it’s not gonna fly. Out numbered 4-1 in state and 10-1 in Alameda County. You got your vote taken from you.

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