Overview
- The Manhattan District Attorney opened a sexual assault investigation Saturday and urged tips to its Special Victims Division.
- Four women have accused the congressman of sexual misconduct, including a former staffer who says he raped her in 2024 and assaulted her in 2019.
- CNN says it reviewed contemporaneous texts, medical records, and statements from friends and family that corroborate parts of the accounts.
- Democratic leaders pulled endorsements, senior aides resigned, ActBlue listed his campaign as not taking donations, and a pro-Swalwell group froze its activity.
- Swalwell denied the allegations in a statement and video, his lawyer sent cease-and-desist letters to at least two women, and Alameda County prosecutors said they are reviewing related claims as the June 2 primary nears.