Former allies of Democratic contender withdraw support after accusations in San Francisco Chronicle and on CNN
Congressman Eric Swalwell, a leading candidate to be California’s next governor, forcefully denied allegations of sexual assault on Friday night, as he faced escalating calls to withdraw from the race from prominent supporters, rivals and his won colleagues in Congress.
In a video statement shared on his Instagram and posted by his official congressional account on X, the California Democrat vowed to fight the allegations with “everything I have”.
Earlier on Friday, the San Francisco Chronicle published an account of a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by Swalwell on two separate occasions.
Timing is reeeeeeeally suspicious. Could have happened literally any time, but they chose the kickoff of the primary?
More information required, because so far it sounds like a coordinated attack on a candidate
Of course if this beard fruit he should withdraw. But judgement should be held for now
There was more than one woman (supposedly). And it was women who worked for him or with him.
Sorry I can’t give you a resource as I saw a video by such a woman on Instagram and the search feature on Instagram is basically garbage. I can’t find it but if I come across it again I’ll reply and add it.
I believe she said she used to work for him (or with him) and that he harassed multiple women there. And said that multiple women have come forward but I only saw her video.
So I’m not trying to spread false information. I can’t confirm that info but that’s what I recall she said.
That’s different than 1 woman who may have ulterior motives like revenge. Although statistically speaking, false accusations are incredibly rare.
But , we can’t dismiss the possibility that aipac/gop/dnc is using the lefts intolerance of sex crimes to clear out competition.
As for the timing. Yes the timing is important but. If you knew a rapist was about to get elected, maybe that would motivate you to speak up even if previously you just wanted to forget and move on.
Because you might think. He’s a bad person and people need to know because if he gets in that position, he’s going to be even worse and do it more to someone else.
There is too many unknowns right now. I typically side with victims first (tentatively) because , again, statistically they are more likely to be truthful. But I’m also open to the possibility of being played by people that see him as a threat to their power.
Edit:
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/10/us/eric-swalwell-sexual-misconduct-allegations-invs
Well this says 4 women
Yup.
Not really, could be that this person just hoped this would go away and tried to forget about it but when they saw his name in the news and realized he could become governor and do what they claimed he did to someone else they felt the need to act
Huh? He’s already a US senator, I don’t follow your logic.