Democrat Eric Swalwell of California announced today he will resign his seat in Congress after

reports from multiple women accusing him of sexual misconduct, including in one case rape.

In a statement this afternoon, Swalwell wrote, quote, I will fight the serious false allegations

made against me, however, I must take responsibility and ownership for the mistakes I did make.

Earlier today, the House Ethics Committee had launched an investigation as some of his

Democratic colleagues called for his expulsion from the chamber. And over the weekend, he also

ended his campaign to be governor of California. Our congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardin

is here now with the latest.

So Lisa, just remind us what exactly were the allegations brought against Eric Swalwell?

Rumors first rose over social media for the past few days, but starting on Friday and over the weekend,

we saw reporting first from the San Francisco Chronicle and then CNN bombshell specific accusations against

Congressman Swalwell. CNN said that four women accused Swalwell of misconduct. Most were anonymous.

One was named. Now, those charges range from unsolicited, explicit messages or nude photos

to unwanted touching to one accusation of rape.

Now, we have not independently verified those charges.

The rape accusation in both stories is similar.

It's made anonymously by a woman who says when she worked for Swalwell,

he took her out for drinks, and then she passed out, and she believes she was raped while she was passed out by Swalwell.

She says years later after she stopped working for him, she again was alone with Swalwell.

And she says that time that she was raped after she said no to intercourse with him.

Now, Swalwell says none of that happened.

He has maintained his innocence about that sexual

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