I just finished updating this earlier post with tweets from some of the Senators and congresspeople asking Rep. Swalwell to drop out of the California Governor’s race. The earlier post was based on an SF Chronicle report which told the story of one former staffer who claims Swalwell twice had sex with her when she was too drunk to consent.
Now, just a few hours later, CNN is reporting on allegations from four women, one of whom is the same woman who told her story to the Chronicle.
A former staffer of Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading Democratic candidate for California governor, says that the congressman raped her when she was heavily intoxicated and left her bruised and bleeding, an allegation Swalwell strongly denies.
“I was pushing him off of me, saying no,” the woman told CNN of the incident, which she said happened in 2024 after she had stopped working in Swalwell’s office. “He didn’t stop.”
The CNN version has a bit more detail, including the fact that Swalwell’s campaign called to offer her work in February.
In February, as his campaign for governor was picking up steam, Swalwell and his campaign manager both texted her, offering her work for his campaign, screenshots she provided to CNN show. She declined.
The CNN story also includes allegations from three additional women.
One woman who connected online with Swalwell over her interest in Democratic politics says she ended up extremely drunk inside his hotel room after a night out with the congressman, with little memory of what occurred. Earlier in the night at a bar, he kissed her and touched her leg without her consent, she said…
For the woman who connected online with Swalwell over Democratic politics, a family member and two friends confirmed she told them last year about the incident where she ended up intoxicated in his hotel room. CNN also reviewed messages between her and Swalwell, including a photo he sent her that matches footage of him during a CNN interview in her city on the night they met in person.
The other two women claim that Swalwell sent them nude photos on Snapchat. One of the women is identified as Ally Sammarco.
Eventually, Sammarco said, Swalwell started texting her late at night to ask personal questions. He sent her a photo of himself drinking wine at home, she said. One screenshot she provided to CNN shows Swalwell musing whether he should “pour a nightcap,” and telling the influencer “now you’re the bad angel tempting me” when she said he should. In another message she showed CNN, he asked, “are you on snap?”
Starting in September 2021, Sammarco said, she and Swalwell exchanged messages on Snapchat almost every day. Swalwell “became very inappropriate, like saying about how hot he thought I was, insinuating we should get together and hook up,” she said. “He was always like drunk texting me, saying, ‘Oh, I’m having a drink. What are you doing?’ And I’m like, ‘I am out with my friends.’ Like, I’m 24.”
The congressman sent Sammarco selfies of himself in bed or shirtless, as well as unsolicited photos of his penis, she said.
Sure enough, Sammarco’s X account is linking to the CNN story.
— Ally Sammarco (@Ally_Sammarco) April 10, 2026
There’s more to the story but the gist is that this is no longer a one-off. Three more women are telling similar stories of him using his position to gradually move toward sex talk with them on Snapchat, which he preferred because messages are automatically deleted.
Is that the end of it or will there be more stories tonight or tomorrow? We’ll have to wait and see. Meanwhile, yet another of Swalwell’s opponents in the governor’s race is asking him to drop out.
To the survivor who risked everything to come forward – I believe you.
To the Democratic Party – you’d better hold him accountable. If we don’t, we have no credibility asking anyone else to do the same.
To @ericswalwell – drop out. https://t.co/AiqEmWEuAP
— Mayor Matt Mahan (@MattMahanSJ) April 10, 2026
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