Four women describe sexual misconduct by Rep. Eric Swalwell, including a former staffer who says he raped her

Prosecute Democrats Republicans and everybody equally. Nobody gets special treatment.

Then charge him and try him. Then go after everyone in the Epstein files

Investigate the charges. If guilty, lock him up. Or shouldn't be different based off of the party they belong to. Also FDT

If this is true, charge him. If it’s not, say so under oath. Either way, Congress should stop handling these things internally and require independent investigators by default.

Then investigate and jail him. Like everyone else who commits crimes.

Well this is terrible and it doesn’t matter what party he works for

So when is he running for president

That's going to hurt the tour

How did this not emerge when he ran for President??

> CNN found corroboration for key elements of each of the women’s claims, including the former staffer who said she was sexually assaulted. Two family members and a friend said in interviews with CNN that she told them about the alleged 2024 assault in the following days, and CNN also reviewed text messages she sent two friends describing her allegations at the same time. “I was sexually assaulted on Thursday,” she wrote to one of her friends, adding: “By Eric.” > The woman also shared medical records related to her receiving STD and pregnancy testing after the alleged assault. > For the woman who connected online with Swalwell over Democratic politics, a family member and two friends confirmed she told them last year about the incident where she ended up intoxicated in his hotel room. CNN also reviewed messages between her and Swalwell, including a photo he sent her that matches footage of him during a CNN interview in her city on the night they met in person. > The women described a similar pattern of events: Swalwell, who is married and has three children, showed close interest in their lives when they were in their twenties and finding their footing professionally, making them feel special and even starstruck. Then, they said, he would send them increasingly sexual messages. Many said they reciprocated and engaged with him in part because of his position of power. In some cases, those inappropriate exchanges escalated to alleged unwanted physical touch or sexual assault, often tied to episodes of heavy drinking. Swalwell is denying the allegations. But this should rule him out of the Democratic candidates for CA governor. People can choose from 9 other candidates: * Xavier Becerra, Democrat, former U.S. Health and Human Services secretary and former California Attorney General * Chad Bianco, Republican, Riverside County Sheriff * Steve Hilton, Republican, Fox News contributor and former adviser to conservative British prime minister David Cameron * Matt Mahan, Democrat, mayor of San Jose * Katie Porter, Democrat, former U.S. representative representing Orange County * Tom Steyer, Democrat, billionaire entrepreneur and former presidential candidate * Eric Swalwell, Democrat, U.S. representative from the Bay Area * Tony Thurmond, Democrat, state superintendent of public instruction * Antonio Villaraigosa, Democrat, former mayor of Los Angeles and former Assembly Speaker * Betty Yee, Democrat, former state Controller

If true, then he needs to be investigated and if there is enough for a grand jury and arrest then we can have a trial. If he is found innocent then we should allow that to speak for itself.

Regardless of whether it's true or not, he's got too much going on to stay in the governors race. He needs to drop out as the democratic vote is super fractured and the jungle primary is currently favoring the two Republicans with ~15% of the vote each over the ~9 Democrats splitting the rest

He should really just step down and force these women to go to court and provide discovery. An innocent man has no fear. I like him, but if there are s truth to this, he should be prosecuted

Why are so many politicians rapists? Is there some intersection between political ambition and sexual assault?

He always kinda reminded me of Dexter Morgan.

Wow now I understand why he got along so well with Pam Bondi

How many of them were spies this time?

This is so disheartening. I really liked him. Hopefully these women are able to have their stories heard

Great now do all the rest of the rapists and pedophiles in government. LOCK THEM ALL UP

Lock his ass up and continue to investigate the Epstein pedos

What a jerk, hope it costs him his job and a bunch of money and that his victims get the justice they deserve.

I’m so so tired of the r***

Given his history, this is not the least bit surprising.

Was wondering when a headline like this would appear…

Isn't he the guy who got honeyvaged by a chinese spy? Someone measure the libidos of people who go into politics--we need to put them on meds

This pathetic loser spoke at my friends’s graduation a few years back. His speech essentially was just recounting a time he was arrested as a teenager and his parents have to spend a lot of money on a lawyer to get him out of trouble. It was a really bizarre speech, and he honestly seemed like he might’ve been a little tipsy during it. Didn’t even realize until afterwards that he was sitting congressman smh.

I'd like to congratulate Governor Tom Steyer on his victory. This is his to lose now. I hope he does well and is more JB Pritzker than Michael Bloomberg.

It’s always the ones you most suspect

Ah yikes. Get rid of him.

What we won’t see are Democrats blaming the victims or calling them liars.

I read this article and if you notice people are wanting him to be held accountable and are demanding him to step aside and drop out, unlike the other side that would support him and say he did nothing wrong. One side wants accountability, which is something you should all want.

This idiot needs to drop out of the race for gov

I have to admit the timing of this is suspect but I hope the full truth ends up coming out.

That's awful and if he is proven guilty, give him prison time. Same should go for everyone, regardless of whether you are rapist Joe Schmoe or the president of the United States.

Aww to bad.... Time for him to go to jail!!!! Arrest them all!!!

Charge his ass then. If there's sufficient evidence the letter next to their name doesn't matter.

its basically a job requirement for Congress in this day and age.

Fang Fang. Calling Fang Fang

My daughter was a congressional intern in 2022 she said there were all sort of rumors swirling around amongst the other staffers in congress. It’s news but it’s been known for years

I hate that the dems are the only party who care about this issue. We have a rapist criminal as president and the republicans just laugh about it.

Then f****** arrest him

The evidence for this case seems pretty damning, ngl. I suppose I can imagine him maybe exonerating himself, but not likely.

Eric Swalwell used to like my tweets and I found that odd.

If he were a Republican candidate, this would put him over the top to cinch the nomination. Since he's a Democrat, he's fucked now.

I bet this is going to disappear as soon as he announces he's dropping out.

If he did these things, he belongs in prison. I’m tired of this two-tiered justice system we have here.

I think the Democrats need to stick together. They barely have a slim minority. If they prosecute him, it’s one less seat to stop Republicans. (See how f****** stupid that sounds?!)

The timing is suss, but medical exams and texts dated to the time of the alleged attacks are not. I was still on the fence anyway, but this really looks bad for him. He should drop out and be investigated. This isn't just a "some women said he did this" kinda situation, they have receipts...

so its 4, the news clips all have titles like it was one

sounds like hé is a good kandidate for president after Trump dies

what the f*** is wrong with politicians, are they all psychopaths???

So many of these guys with money, power and influence simply can’t just get a woman to like them with their personality. Makes you wonder.

His only way out of this is an immediate move to court to prove innocence. Otherwise, while I like his politics, he is DOA.

the pig should be in jail

Ok he should go then. This is good since the primaries were crowded

[So like only 1/6th as many women as Trump](https://www.axios.com/2024/10/28/trump-sexual-misconduct-allegations-women). I think it’s great that Dems are calling for him to resign as opposed to MAGA who flocked to their party’s rapist.

I bet Republicans are suddenly going to believe women’s accusations when it comes to this one.

As a dem I am sadly unsurprised tbh … I was a fan of his at first when he came on the scene but eventually something about him just seemed very dark and sinister

I saw his campaign ads against Tom Steyer...sometimes you can just look at someone and immediately know if they're toxic or not

So will Mike Johnson want a vote to get rid of him, when he has a sitting Republican doing the same thing?

No more electing sexual predators. This should not be that difficult.

Why is this a news story instead of a criminal investigation? Outrageous I hate these politicians who are ruining this country over their sick lust for power.