When federal agents searched Stephen Cloobeck's Beverly Hills home in the probe of Eric Swalwell, the court-ordered warrant demonstrated that political standing cannot obstruct the execution of legal process.
The American political machine, I confess, often feels as polluted as the Mediterranean air after a summer heatwave—thick with exhaust fumes and old lies.
The spectacle of a federal raid on a former Congressman’s home—electronic devices seized at an airport, followed by a search in Washington, D.C.—is designed for maximum dramatic…