Overview
- The campaign’s finance report filed Thursday listed a $40,000 payment to attorney Sara Azari, who has defended him on NewsNation and publicly denied the allegations.
- A private investigator working for Azari’s team from Beau Dietl & Associates contacted a former staffer, who said she was told cooperation could avoid a subpoena, a claim Azari denies.
- The filings also show six-figure payments to the law firm Greenberg Traurig and about $22,549 to a longtime nanny, expenses that can be allowed for campaign activity while California bars using campaign money to pay sexual‑misconduct settlements.
- Prosecutors in Manhattan and Los Angeles, along with the Justice Department, are examining the allegations, and the former aide at the center of the New York case is cooperating with the DA, according to CNN.
- Swalwell suspended his governor bid on April 12 and resigned from Congress on April 14 after several women accused him of sexual misconduct, allegations he denies.