House Ethics Committee Investigating Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Rep. Eric Swalwell

The House Ethics Committee announced Monday that it has opened an investigation into the intersexual misconduct allegations against Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif.

The committee's leaders said successful a connection that they would reappraisal whether he "violated nan Code of Official Conduct aliases immoderate law, rule, regulation, aliases different applicable modular of behaviour successful nan capacity of his duties aliases nan discharge of his responsibilities, pinch respect to allegations that he whitethorn person engaged successful intersexual misconduct, including towards an worker moving nether his supervision.”

A erstwhile Swalwell staffer alleged successful a San Francisco Chronicle article and successful an question and reply pinch CNN that she had respective intersexual encounters pinch nan congressman while she worked successful his office. She accused Swalwell of sexually assaulting her twice, saying she was excessively intoxicated to consent. NBC News has not verified her allegations. Several different women who said to CNN besides accused Swalwell of engaging successful intersexual misconduct.

Swalwell’s agency didn’t instantly respond to a petition for comment. In a video connected Friday, he called nan intersexual battle allegations "flat false... they did not happen, they person ne'er happened."

Swalwell dropped his gubernatorial bid successful California connected Sunday night. He said that while he had made "mistakes successful judgment" successful nan past, he would "fight nan serious, mendacious allegations that person been made — but that’s my fight, not a campaign’s.”

Several lawmakers, including immoderate Democrats, have urged him to resign from Congress arsenic good aliases look expulsion.

The Manhattan territory attorney's agency has besides opened an investigation into 1 of nan allegations against Swalwell.