Top Democrat in CA Gov Race Accused of Sexual Assault by Former Staffer
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Hey there, folks. It is Saturday, April 11th, and the leading Democrat in the race for California governor is being accused of rape by a woman named who once worked for him, and she is not the only woman speaking out right now against California Congressman Eric Swalwell. With that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ Ropes. This is a very explosive story politically. There's been a lot of activity just in the past 24 hours, but on the face of it, this is some pretty ugly stuff.
Yeah, and there are growing calls now for him to drop out of the race by some very prominent Democrats. So we haven't heard yet from the congressman about what his plans are in terms of continuing to seek office, but he has vehemently denied the allegations. He has done it on a video, and his attorney has been making the rounds on networks doing the same.
Yes. He absolutely denies, I think, Robes every bit so far of what has been alleged. But Eric Swalwell is who we're talking about. I think this was one person, Robes, that a lot of people, if you hear the name, you might not immediately place it.
What allegations are being made against Congressman Eric Swalwell?
But this is a guy who has gained a lot of prominence in recent years going head to head with President Trump. And I bet a lot of people, as soon as you see his face, you go... Oh, yeah, that guy.
Oh, that guy. Yes, he has been a sparring partner, if you will, with President Trump and has certainly been rising the ranks of the Democratic Party and even ran for president. I hadn't realized this early on, dropped out pretty quickly. Joe Biden ended up getting, of course, the nomination, but he has been laying the groundwork for a very powerful political career. He's a married father of three, and this is politically...
devastating criminally potentially even who knows what this young woman is willing to do or if she even plans to pursue charges on a criminal level so the woman we're talking about is a woman who has now done at least two interviews she is not naming herself or been named publicly but she did an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle and then she did an on-camera interview with CNN in which again she is she's blacked out you cannot see her and they do not name her Now, Robes, we talk about now we have the interviews. Now we have the stories from these news outlets. But this is a story that had been bubbling at least for the past few weeks on social media with, frankly, some social media influencers tracking down the story.
Yes, because the obvious most egregious allegation is the allegation of rape and at least two accounts of sexual assault by the same woman. But some of these social media influencers describe a similar pattern of how they claim he would reach out. and speak to some of these young women, DM them, move over to Snapchat, and they all describe him being flirtatious and then starting to get more sexually explicit as the conversations continued. So they just called him out, basically, I think once they realized his prominence and that he could very well become potentially the governor of California.
Yeah, so some of those, like you said, Robes, and Snapchat plays into a lot of these allegations, but somewhat flirtatious, lewd folks.
Dick pics, let's be honest.
Yeah, I mean, and stuff that's 100% inappropriate and that had come to light, you would say, yeah, you should probably drop out. It's probably not a good look for your wife. You should probably apologize. Yeah, all these things, but we're talking a different level something when you talk about a former staffer saying that this congressman raped me and this is she uses that word and it's certainly even if she didn't what she describes is no doubt that this is now raising it to a different level of conversation uh robes that is being taken seriously and everybody is leaving there is nobody standing by his side right now they are running as fast as they can away from this guy
Yeah, I actually don't remember the exact politician who wrote this, but he actually initially defended him and then went on social media and said, I apologize for initially defending him because once I read further into the allegations, I withdraw any support I gave him.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:28
2
What allegations are being made against Congressman Eric Swalwell?
1:28–5:17
3
How have prominent Democrats responded to Swalwell's allegations?
5:17–9:24
4
What details are known about the first accuser's allegations?
9:24–13:22
5
What are the significant patterns in the accusations against Swalwell?
13:22–23:36
Speakers
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