There are two points about the allegations against Representative Eric Swalwell. The accusations are enormous. They included multiple women over several years. Not all allegations are anonymous and have been verified by media reports.
A former staffer for Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading Democratic candidate for governor of California, says the congressman raped her while she was heavily intoxicated, leaving her bruised and bleeding, a claim Swalwell strongly denies.
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She said it was the second time Swalwell had non-consensual sexual contact with her while she was intoxicated. In 2019, when she was still working for him, she said she woke up naked with him in a hotel room after a night of heavy drinking. She said she had no memory of what happened, but could physically feel that they had had sexual contact.
Three other women who spoke to CNN also alleged various types of sexual misconduct by the Democratic congresswoman — including Swalwell sending them unsolicited explicit messages or nude photos.
Rep. Swalwell released a video late Friday night denying all allegations, but he did make general references to not being perfect and making mistakes.
MS NOW independently confirmed some of the allegations and reported them on Saturday morning, and one of the women who made the allegations explained why she was coming forward now: “One more thing I want to read that the woman told me last night, I really felt a responsibility to protect younger staff members because no one was protecting me and I really didn’t want to move forward with knowing this information because I wondered if anyone else could get hurt by him.”
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Eric Swalwell only thinks about himself and his campaign, but this is about women, abuse of power and who the Democrats and the country want to be.
