{"id":265849,"date":"2026-04-13T17:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/265849\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:41:09","slug":"steve-hilton-calls-swalwell-allegations-an-open-secret-as-california-governors-race-heats-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/265849\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Hilton calls Swalwell allegations an \u2018open secret\u2019 as California governor\u2019s race heats up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dek\">\n              California GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton joins \u2018America\u2019s Newsroom\u2019 to discuss Rep. Eric Swalwell\u2019s, D-Calif., campaign suspension amid sexual assault and misconduct allegations.\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"dek long-dek\">California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton reacts to Rep. Eric Swalwell&#8217;s, D-Calif., campaign suspension over multiple sexual assault and misconduct allegations. Hilton asserts Swalwell&#8217;s alleged behavior was an &#8216;open secret&#8217; in Sacramento and on Capitol Hill, impacting the California governor&#8217;s race. Hilton, endorsed by President Donald Trump, expresses confidence in his lead against Democratic opponents Katie Porter and Tom Steyer, calling for change in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"California GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton joins \u2018America\u2019s Newsroom\u2019 to discuss Rep. Eric Swalwell\u2019s, D-Calif., campaign suspension amid&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[116274,7,9,8,5191,108384,108385,13,18552,112357,108387,108383],"class_list":["post-265849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-americas-newsroom","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-campaigning","tag-latest-news-videos","tag-on-air","tag-politics","tag-shows","tag-state-and-local-controversies","tag-v-video","tag-what-to-watch-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}