{"id":193604,"date":"2026-04-11T19:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/193604\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T19:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:30:30","slug":"eric-swalwell-under-investigation-by-manhattan-da-following-2024-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/193604\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Swalwell under investigation by Manhattan DA following 2024 allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eric Swalwell under investigation by Manhattan DA following 2024 allegations<\/p>\n

The Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office has launched a formal investigation into California Representative Eric Swalwell following allegations of a 2024 sexual assault.<\/p>\n

The inquiry centers on claims made by a former congressional staffer who alleged the incident occurred in New York City after a charity gala.<\/p>\n

The accuser, who worked for Swalwell between 2019 and 2021, told the San Francisco Chronicle that the Congressman assaulted her on two separate occasions, once while she was his employee and again in 2024.<\/p>\n

She stated she \u201cblacked out\u201d during the encounters and sought medical testing following the New York incident.<\/p>\n

Swalwell, a leading candidate for California Governor, has vehemently denied the claims calling them politically motivated.<\/p>\n

In a video statement, he asserted \u201cThese allegations of sexual assault are flat false. They are absolutely false, they did not happen. They have never happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite his denial, House Democratic leaders have called for his withdrawal from the gubernatorial race, stating, \u201cAll perpetrators of sexual assault and harassment must be held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swalwell\u2019s campaign has seen an exodus of top advisors and the suspension of major financial backing as the legal investigation begins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eric Swalwell under investigation by Manhattan DA following 2024 allegations The Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office has launched a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-193604","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-manhattan","9":"tag-manhattan-headlines","10":"tag-manhattan-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}