California Rep. Eric Swalwell could find himself in trouble for lavish child care spending after his 2022 campaign ended.

While candidates are allowed to dip into their campaign’s pockets to pay for child care in the thick of a race, they aren’t allowed to keep paying babysitters after Election Day. Swalwell, who spent roughly $17,000 on child care between Nov. 14, 2022, and the end of the year, appears to have broken that rule, according to an ethics watchdog organization.

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"It would be a violation if he used campaign funds to pay for child care after the election if they were not directly caused by campaign activity," Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust executive Director Kendra Arnold told the Washington Free Beacon.

Questions about how candidates are allowed to use campaign funds for personal use are thorny. The Federal Election Commission told Swalwell’s “Swalwell for Congress” committee in July 2022 it could cover child care expenses for him if he was traveling for campaign events and his wife wasn’t available to watch their children.

However, travel for other campaigns, or at the request of a “foreign government,” or trips in his capacity as a member of Congress, not as a candidate, weren’t eligible for his committee to cover, the FEC said.

"The Act and Commission regulations define 'personal use' as the use of campaign funds 'to fulfill any commitment, obligation, or expense of a person that would exist irrespective of the candidate’s election campaign' or duties as a federal officeholder," the FEC wrote.

FEC filings show Swalwell’s committee spent $1,120 on child care on Nov. 7, 2022, the day before Election Day.

That expenditure on child care should have been the last for the committee, according to the FEC. But the campaign spent almost $17,500 on “child care for campaign events” between Nov. 14 and Dec. 30.

Besides child care spending, Swalwell’s campaign also spent more than $500,000 on limos, flights, and hotels in Paris and Miami Beach during the 2021-2022 cycle, Fox News reported.

This isn’t the first time Swalwell’s campaign spending has been a concern for outside groups.

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In 2021, the controversial representative found himself in hot water when was using donor funds as a “private piggy bank.” At the time, Swalwell paid a family member more than $17,000 to provide child care and used campaign funds to preload Starbucks gift cards.

The Washington Examiner has contacted Swalwell's office for comment.