Overview
- Following Friday’s reporting by the San Francisco Chronicle naming a former staffer, CNN aired accounts from additional women who described nonconsensual encounters, unsolicited explicit photos and unwanted contact.
- House Democratic leaders Hakeem Jeffries, Katherine Clark and Pete Aguilar urged Eric Swalwell to end his governor campaign, and Nancy Pelosi said the investigation should proceed outside the race.
- Key backing unraveled as campaign co‑chair Rep. Jimmy Gomez resigned and major unions including the California Teachers Association and SEIU California suspended or rescinded support.
- The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office opened an investigation and asked anyone with information to contact its Special Victims Division, adding a criminal inquiry to the political fallout.
- Swalwell called the allegations false and politically timed, threatened legal action through cease‑and‑desist letters from his attorney, and posted a video saying he would fight the claims while apologizing to his wife.