{"id":35310,"date":"2026-08-09T22:49:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T17:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=35310"},"modified":"2026-08-09T22:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T17:49:51","slug":"katie-millers-reported-tryst-with-eric-swalwell-sparks-social-media-eruption-among-observers-on-the-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=35310","title":{"rendered":"Katie Miller\u2019s Reported Tryst With Eric Swalwell Sparks Social Media Eruption Among Observers on the Left"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5749573 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/08\/swalwell.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Swalwell, Katie Miller\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News that conservative podcaster <strong>Katie Miller <\/strong>had a &#8220;fling&#8221; with disgraced Democratic Rep. <strong>Eric Swalwell<\/strong> (D-CA) when she was a 22-year-old Capitol Hill intern has left political observers reeling.<\/p>\n<p>Miller is a former Trump administration official and wife of current White House Deputy Chief of Staff <strong>Stephen Miller<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Independent Capitol Hill blog <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcessay.news\/p\/eric-swalwell-katie-miller-former-cross-party-fling-provides-leverage-in-doj-fang-fang-file-drop-per\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Sources Say News<\/a> \u2014 run by journalist <strong>Juliegrace Brufke<\/strong> \u2014 broke the story which has sparked a ton of reaction, particularly among left-leaning critics.<\/p>\n<p>Liberal influencer and political commentator <strong>Jo Carducci<\/strong> wrote, &#8220;Katie Miller said she was &#8216;positive&#8217; there were other interns involved with Eric Swalwell. Well, well, fucking well. Turns out SHE was one of them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"fba7c9a2e2a079df7f017634ba8302c0\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Katie Miller said she was \u201cpositive\u201d there were other interns involved with Eric Swalwell.<\/p>\n<p>Well, well, fucking well.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out SHE was one of them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tFXI0DwVzk\">pic.twitter.com\/tFXI0DwVzk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoJoFromJerz\/status\/2086183554765955506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Liberal commentator <strong>Jamie Bonkiewicz<\/strong> added, &#8220;Katie Miller\u2019s type appears to be the worst men in American politics. Which makes perfect sense because garbage attracts garbage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"cd77496072b01224dbbf143e105fbb7d\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Katie Miller\u2019s type appears to be the worst men in American politics. Which makes perfect sense because garbage attracts garbage.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jamie Bonkiewicz (@JamieBonkiewicz) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JamieBonkiewicz\/status\/2086442813810450594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Other high-profile liberal influencers sounded off as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact that Katie Miller refuses to call out anybody in Trump&#8217;s orbit that are all cankles deep in this Epstein ring is just really stunning to me,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ub0B52bVL2Y\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said left wing podcaster<\/a> <strong>Jennifer Welch<\/strong>. &#8220;And at the same time [she] talks about family values.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Swalwell ended up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/breaking-eric-swalwell-resigns-from-congress-following-sexual-assault-allegations\/\">resigning from Congress<\/a> and dropping out of California&#8217;s race for governor in April due to sexual assault allegations against him.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote on social media, &#8220;I will fight the serious, false allegation made against me. However, I must take responsibility and ownership for the mistakes I did make.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Katie Miller&#8217;s name came into play as Swalwell worked to prevent the release of a Justice Department investigation into his relationship with suspected Chinese intelligence operative <strong>Christine Fang<\/strong> between 2011 and 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;According to information provided to Sources Say News, Swalwell\u2019s side raised the prospect that releasing the files could be viewed as a punitive attempt to weaponize the Department, pointing to the congressman\u2019s long-concluded sexual relationship with former senior administration official Katie Miller from roughly a decade ago,&#8221; Brufke wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Miller responded to Brufke&#8217;s story on X, writing, &#8220;I was an intern working on Capitol Hill.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"8bc86d237bbd19ca5bd7c4c6fe7819a0\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I was an intern working on Capitol Hill. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cafxSo4CzX\">https:\/\/t.co\/cafxSo4CzX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katie Miller (@KatieMiller) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KatieMiller\/status\/2085551658822422639?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Swalwell did not respond to requests for comment, per Sources Say News.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/katie-millers-reported-tryst-with-eric-swalwell-sparks-social-media-eruption-among-observers-on-the-left\/\">Katie Miller\u2019s Reported Tryst With Eric Swalwell Sparks Social Media Eruption Among Observers on the Left<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News that conservative podcaster Katie Miller had a &#8220;fling&#8221; with disgraced Democratic Rep. 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