NEW: Leading Democrat Drops Out Of Race For CA Gov Amid Rape Investigation
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🗓️ 13 April 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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California Congressman Eric Swalwell has officially ended his bid for Governor, announcing on X late Sunday that it’s his fight to face false allegations, not his campaign’s. Swalwell is facing a criminal investigation in Manhattan for an alleged rape of a former staffer in 2024 and a possible expulsion vote in Congress this week. DHS has also opened an investigation into the Congressman over the legal status of his Brazilian nanny.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:07.1 | It is Monday, April 13th, and a breaking story that we saw coming for the past several days. |
| 0:14.6 | Eric Swalwell has dropped out of the race for California governor. |
| 0:19.0 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:21.6 | Robs dropped out because of serious allegations, including a rape allegation. |
| 0:26.5 | But Robs, it's important. |
| 0:27.8 | And we'll get into, dropped out of the race, did not resign from Congress. |
| 0:32.4 | We'll get into all of that. |
| 0:34.0 | But this is news. |
| 0:35.1 | He didn't have any other choice, did he? |
| 0:36.7 | No, there was not one ounce of support from anyone, coming from anywhere. And the calls were coming |
| 0:45.5 | from his own party, from the highest echelons, asking him, telling him, urging him to drop out |
| 0:51.7 | of the governor's race. But it's interesting because just by dropping out of the |
| 0:55.2 | governor's race, that doesn't end his problems. In fact, so many are just beginning. As you mentioned, |
| 0:59.4 | he's facing a criminal investigation here in Manhattan. We'll get into how some California DA is now |
| 1:05.4 | saying they're looking into possible charges, a Department of Homeland Security probe, and an expulsion vote in Congress. |
| 1:13.1 | Because as you point out, yes, he is still a sitting member of Congress. |
| 1:16.6 | His term does not end until January of 27. |
| 1:20.4 | Most popular state in the U.S., right? California. |
| 1:23.1 | Yes. |
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