Rep. Eric Swalwell threatens lawsuit against DA Pamela Price over ‘malicious’ statements

A war of words between Rep. Eric Swalwell and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price has heated up, with the congressman threatening a lawsuit over “malicious” statements about his past as a prosecutor in the DA’s office.

“Your false public statements and posts about Congressman Swalwell were widely disseminated and almost certainly made in retaliation for his support of the recall campaign against you,” Swalwell’s attorney Charles Stone wrote in an Oct. 19 letter to Price.