{"id":11909,"date":"2026-04-13T17:38:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=11909"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:38:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:38:48","slug":"eric-swalwell-resigns-from-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/eric-swalwell-resigns-from-congress\/njackson\/2026\/04\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Swalwell Resigns From Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>California Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell has officially announced he will resign from Congress in the wake of disturbing sexual misconduct allegations against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am aware of efforts to bring an immediate expulsion vote against me and other members,\u201d Swalwell said. \u201cExpelling anyone in Congress without due process, within days of an allegation being made, is wrong. But it\u2019s also wrong for my constituents to have me distracted from my duties. Therefore, I plan to resign my seat in Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that he plans to work with his staff in the coming days to ensure they are able to continue serving California\u2019s 14th Congressional District effectively in his absence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: REP. ERIC SWALWELL RESIGNS from Congress<br><br>He&#39;s SO done.<br><br>&quot;I must take responsibility and ownership for the mistakes I did make.&quot;<br><br>Now bring on LEGAL consequences! Good riddance! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LPW9Fc1ZmX\">pic.twitter.com\/LPW9Fc1ZmX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/2043804077377651053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Swalwell (D-Calif.) announced Sunday that he is suspending his campaign for governor of California, just over 48 hours after multiple reports surfaced alleging sexual assault and misconduct involving a former aide and other women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am suspending my campaign for Governor,\u201d Swalwell wrote in a post on the social platform X. \u201cTo my family, staff, friends, and supporters, I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I\u2019ve made in my past. I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made \u2014 but that\u2019s my fight, not a campaign\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The San Francisco Chronicle first&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/eric-swalwell-allegations-22198271.php\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;Friday that Swalwell allegedly sexually assaulted a former aide in 2019 and 2024, incidents in which the woman was said to be too intoxicated to give consent. CNN later reported that four women had accused Swalwell of sexual misconduct, including one who alleged rape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swalwell forcefully denied the claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey are absolutely false. They did not happen,\u201d Swalwell said in a video posted on X on Friday. \u201cThey have never happened, and I will fight them with everything that I have. They also come on the eve of an election where I have been the frontrunner candidate for governor in California.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This is a breaking news story. 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Eric Swalwell has officially announced he will resign from Congress in the wake of disturbing sexual misconduct allegations against him. \u201cI am aware of efforts to bring an immediate expulsion vote against me and other members,\u201d Swalwell said. \u201cExpelling anyone in Congress without due process, within days of an allegation being made, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[253,865,489,401,256],"class_list":["post-11909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-california-democrats","tag-eric-swalwell","tag-news","tag-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eric Swalwell Resigns From Congress - Great America News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/eric-swalwell-resigns-from-congress\/njackson\/2026\/04\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eric Swalwell Resigns From Congress - Great America News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"California Democrat Rep. 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