Swalwell Scandal (Part 1): CA Gov Candidate Now Under Criminal Investigation for Rape
Amy & T.J.
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🗓️ 12 April 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
The Manhattan DA’s office has opened a criminal investigation into the allegations made by Congressman Eric Swalwell’s former staff member who claims Swalwell raped her in a New York City hotel room in 2024. The young woman made several allegations against the leading Democratic candidate for California Governor that spanned several years along with 3 other women who made allegations of sexual harassment against Swalwell. Meantime, Swalwell’s senior staffers put out a joint statement distancing themselves from their boss, saying they stand with his accusers.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.0 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:07.1 | It is Sunday, April 12th, and a huge political story is now becoming possibly a criminal one. |
| 0:15.7 | Congressman Eric Swalwell, one of the leany candidates for governor of California facing allegations of rape. |
| 0:23.2 | And now a district attorney is asking possibly for more victims to come forward. |
| 0:29.9 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. Robes, there is now a criminal investigation |
| 0:34.4 | into an allegation we are just hearing about of the sexual assault |
| 0:38.9 | and rape of a former staff member. |
| 0:41.2 | Robes, not just looking into that matter, but looking into possible other matters. |
| 0:46.0 | Yes, this has become, it was at least in the beginning, a political nightmare for |
| 0:51.7 | Eric Swalwell, but this could now become, yes, a question of whether or not |
| 0:55.3 | he becomes criminally charged in this matter. And as you point out, potentially, other |
| 1:01.0 | possible incidents. And so, yes. Is that this something they put out? I was surprised to see, |
| 1:07.7 | do they know something we don't? Is this just standard fair? I don't know if this |
| 1:11.8 | is standard, but it definitely stood out to a lot of folks so we can actually read for you exactly |
| 1:16.0 | what the Manhattan District Attorney's Office put out, they put this out on Saturday, and they |
| 1:21.4 | urged survivors and anyone with knowledge of these allegations to contact our special victims division gave the number there, |
| 1:30.4 | our specially trained prosecutors, investigators, and counselors are well equipped to help you in a trauma-informed survivor-centered manner. |
| 1:39.7 | Wow. |
| 1:40.4 | That I have not, look, this you point out, might be standard operating procedure, but this seems like they know something. |
| 1:48.9 | There it is. That was a suggestion there that, and maybe there's, I don't know, maybe that's just the standard language they use. |
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