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LIVE FROM KCRA THREE NEWS. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS IN THE RACE FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR. CONGRESSMAN ERIC SWALWELL SUSPENDING HIS CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR. IT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE AND CNN REPORTED ON SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS MADE BY FOUR WOMEN, INCLUDING ONE WHO SAYS HE RAPED HER. TONIGHT, SWALWELL MAINTAINING THOSE ALLEGATIONS ARE FALSE. IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST JUST MINUTES AGO, SWALWELL SAYS, QUOTE, TO MY FAMILY, STAFF, FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS, I AM DEEPLY SORRY FOR MISTAKES IN JUDGMENT I’VE MADE IN MY PAST. I WILL FIGHT THE FALSE ALLEGATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, BUT THAT’S MY FIGHT, NOT A CAMPAIGN’S. WE’RE STAYING O
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The House Ethics Committee has begun an investigation into whether Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., engaged in sexual misconduct toward an employee working under his supervision, the panel announced Monday.The announcement comes one day after Swalwell suspended his campaign for California governor after the emergence of allegations that he continues to deny.Democrats quickly abandoned support for Swalwell after allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman twice, including when she worked for him. The reports published in the San Francisco Chronicle and later by CNN came as Swalwell began to emerge as a leading contender in the crowded race.“I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made — but that’s my fight, not a campaign’s,” Swalwell said in a social media post.The Ethics Committee said the mere fact that it is investigating these allegations, and publicly disclosing its review, does not itself indicate that any violation has occurred.
The House Ethics Committee has begun an investigation into whether Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., engaged in sexual misconduct toward an employee working under his supervision, the panel announced Monday.
The announcement comes one day after Swalwell suspended his campaign for California governor after the emergence of allegations that he continues to deny.
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Democrats quickly abandoned support for Swalwell after allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman twice, including when she worked for him. The reports published in the San Francisco Chronicle and later by CNN came as Swalwell began to emerge as a leading contender in the crowded race.
“I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made — but that’s my fight, not a campaign’s,” Swalwell said in a social media post.
The Ethics Committee said the mere fact that it is investigating these allegations, and publicly disclosing its review, does not itself indicate that any violation has occurred.
