disgraced former congressman Eric Swalwell Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego, a close aide on Capitol Hill, acknowledged that he had heard rumors that Swalwell flirted with women. However, he never discussed this issue with him.
Swalwell resigns from Congress california Five women were accused of sexual misconduct and rape on Tuesday, and Gallego said he was completely surprised after Swalwell claimed the accusations were baseless.
Gallego calls Eric Swalwell a ‘very good predator’
“I fell in love with it,” Gallego said while speaking outside his office in Washington, D.C., emphasizing Swalwell According to the New York Post, “He became very good at being a predator” and “very good at lying to us, lying to his family, lying to the community.”
Gallego further said Swalwell was known for “flirting” with women. However, after spending considerable time with Swalwell’s wife and family, he began to reconsider whether this was a fair assessment of someone he considered a friend.
When asked if he should have taken action when he first heard the “rumor”, Gallego admitted he should have discussed it with him.
‘I’m sorry,’ Ruben Gallego says of not fighting Swalwell
According to the Washington Post, Gallego said in touching remarks that he “trusted” Swalwell, but “he hurt a lot of people and it breaks my heart. It makes me angry that now we all have to deal with all of his BS, his family and the poor victims who still need to seek justice.”
He expressed deep regret for the way he was deceived, saying: “I was fooled like everyone else. I was fooled. I regret it. But that’s what happened.”
Swalwell Resignation and House Ethics Committee Investigation
Swalwell previously led campaigns to become the next governor of California. scandalHe submitted his congressional resignation to the House clerk on Tuesday after a fifth woman came forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct.
Swalwell refuted all accusations. “I will fight those serious, false accusations — but this is my fight, not the campaign’s fight,” Swalwell said in a social media post.
The House Ethics Committee said Monday, April 13, that it has launched an investigation to determine whether Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California engaged in sexual misconduct with a staffer he supervised.
The committee stressed that the investigation does not imply any wrongdoing.
“The fact that it is investigating the allegations … does not in itself indicate that any breach occurred,” the panel said.
