One of the biggest advocates for attacking Donald Trump and impeaching him, Eric Swalwell, is out of Congress after shocking misconduct accusations. The fallout is just beginning. So why did the Democrats turn on him so quickly? We explain all of it to you in today's 47 Morning Update.
00:01:20.240And for how long have they been covering up the abuse
00:01:23.320at the hands of Congressman Eric Swalwell?
00:01:26.740Now, multiple women, at least four, have now come forward accusing Swalwell of sexual misconduct,
00:01:33.220including allegations of sexual assault, non-consensual contact, sending explicit messages and images,
00:01:41.520and in the most serious case, an allegation of rape involving a former staffer.
00:01:47.700One accusation involves an alleged encounter in 2024 that prosecutors are now reviewing.
00:01:55.440Swalwell has denied the most serious allegations, calling them false as he's resigned from Congress,
00:02:02.500but acknowledges mistakes and judgment as he described it and said his resignation was meant to avoid becoming a distraction.
00:02:12.640Now, the other part of this story that's really important to understand is why all of this and the investigations are now becoming the center point of Eric Swalwell's demise.
00:02:22.660this was done by design Democrats knew for quite some time about what was going on behind closed
00:02:29.880doors with Eric Swalwell and they did everything they could to protect him and make sure that none
00:02:36.880of what they're now reporting on saw the light of day the only thing that changed was Eric Swalwell
00:02:44.100was going to ruin they believe their chances in the governor's mansion could cost them the
00:02:50.460governor's mansion in california and that is why they decided to get rid of him now which brings us
00:02:58.900to all of the known investigations this is what has been confirmed so far number one there was a
00:03:07.760house ethics committee investigation investigating the alleged sexual misconduct including towards a
00:03:13.820staff member that could have led to discipline or expulsion if he stayed in congress which is part
00:03:19.780the reason why he decided to resign now to be clear the same democrats that are saying we gotta0.64
00:03:26.080kick him out were the same ones protecting him when apparently he was sleeping with a chinese
00:03:31.960spy which brings us to number two the manhattan district attorney criminal probe that is now
00:03:40.720investigating at least one allegation of sexual assault and it focuses on a reported 2024 incident
00:03:48.340in new york city the question becomes obvious again what did the democrats know and when did
00:03:55.280they know it number three an additional local prosecutor review in california yes liberal
00:04:02.600california the la times has said that authorities there are reviewing whether criminal conduct
00:04:08.160occurred in their jurisdiction we go back to the same question what did the democrats know
00:04:16.140when do they know it and how long have they been covering it up and then there's the fourth
00:04:22.520investigation that we know about it involves the department of homeland security looking into
00:04:28.040claims involving a nanny allegedly working without proper authorization now at least three separate
00:04:35.240investigative tracks are happening that would be congressional criminal and federal they're all
00:04:41.700active at the same time now these aren't the only controversies that have erupted over the last week
00:04:48.360there's now the new nanny controversy that is separate from the misconduct allegations it's
00:04:53.980another controversy that has absolutely exploded because democrats are willing to destroy eric
00:04:59.820swalwell to protect the governor's mansion in california from going to a republican they knew
00:05:05.380about this for quite some time the allegations are this that he continued to employ her after
00:05:13.000her visa status lapsed paying her improperly or even under the table and using campaign funds
00:05:21.700to cover child care expenses for his own family now here are the key distinctions that you need
00:05:28.560to understand all of these claims are under investigation they originated from a formal
00:05:34.620complaint but that complaint was filed by a figure described in reporting as a conspiracy theorist
00:05:41.560which raises credibility questions i wish i was joking i'm literally not but the democrats said
00:05:48.100let's do it anyway federal agencies including dhs are reviewing the allegations but no findings of
00:05:55.800wrongdoing have been announced yet but the damage had already been done and that was the whole plan
00:06:01.060of the Democratic Party which brings us back to the big question I mentioned at the beginning
00:06:06.400what do the Democrats know and when and that is where the facts matter the most what is confirmed
00:06:13.960is this Democratic leaders quickly called for accountability only after they saw the poll
00:06:21.260numbers showing that Eric Swalwell could be a spoiler it is absolutely wild how the Democratic
00:06:27.940party literally covered up for eric swalwell for decades because it suited their political
00:06:34.420purposes and this new wave of sexual assault accusations against swalwell only hit on friday
00:06:43.480and the time since a number in the media and the political sphere have claimed that they knew all
00:06:50.480long that the california congressman was at best a pest and at worst involved in behavior that might
00:06:56.740be criminal but they never went public with that information for decades as they enabled him made
00:07:03.700him bigger more powerful and even covered for him when it was exposed that he was sleeping with a
00:07:09.500Chinese spy named Fang Fang local reporter for example Stephen Tavares author of the East Bay
00:07:17.780Insider said that he had been covering Swalwell for more than a decade beginning when he was just
00:07:23.500a member of the Dublin City Council and that he and others had been well aware of Squalwell's
00:07:29.660well excitement that he liked in his life for years quote I've covered Eric Squalwell since
00:07:36.480he was a member of the City Council shortly after being elected into Congress in 2013
00:07:40.980his behavior towards women was known by all levels of our local government and the Alameda
00:07:49.060County Democratic Party is what the reporter posted on X adding don't get it twisted nobody
00:07:56.320has been more critical of Swalwell over the years I tried repeatedly to get those stories out I can't1.00
00:08:02.520force women to speak out and when they choose not to I didn't publish I also knew that Swalwell was
00:08:08.960known for threatening litigation but as critics are pointing out and I'm one of them knowing
00:08:16.920information like that and not reporting it could put young women on his staff and around him at
00:08:23.000risk radio host dana lash summed it up this way saying quote and at no time did you think gee
00:08:31.880maybe i should report about this she's absolutely right you're giving yourself a lot of undeserved
00:08:38.140credit with the words covered when you knew this information for at least 13 years before swalwell
00:08:45.480was in Congress and never reported it is what another conservative commentator said about the
00:08:51.200local man that claimed I've been covering him for years and I wanted to report it but I just
00:08:56.800couldn't and it wasn't just by the way local journalists who said they had known for a long
00:09:02.180time that they had dirt on Swalwell. Swalwell's situation was shall we say quote widely rumored
00:09:08.920and it's interesting that the gossip doesn't seem to have made its way all the way to the big shots
00:09:14.760out west is what a bloomberg columnist wrote this morning progressive activists and commentators
00:09:21.760also are among those claiming to have known years earlier that swalwell's behavior was problematic
00:09:28.300one of them saying this okay just to show how insane this is i was aggressively hit on two
00:09:36.000separate times by eric swalwell one after dnc meeting at the hotel in front of a ton of notable
00:09:42.860folks and one in my dms i don't think he remembered me from the first time when he hit on me or hit me
00:09:50.600up in dms is what the liberal influencer posted on saturday i showed disinterest and like many
00:09:58.280others heard stories which makes me wonder why house leadership who most certainly knew
00:10:04.380continued to protect a member without looking into it the liberal commentator continued and
00:10:12.200how pathological of him to pressure and allegedly essay subordinates and think he was protected
00:10:20.220question mark i hope the new york ag's office investigates thoroughly and it sends a message
00:10:25.780to other people in power who sexually abuse and harass to stop and get out of politics
00:10:30.680and for other survivors to know they have a voice and power now this goes back to the core question
00:10:38.000How many years or even decades did Democrats know what he was doing and they did everything in their power to make it disappear?
00:10:49.860That is the question that everyone needs to be asking right now.
00:10:54.740Swalwell is done, but not because he did anything wrong, but because the Democratic Party was worried they could lose the governor's mansion in California.
00:11:06.940That is the only reason why any of this is coming out right now.
00:11:12.820And so if you think the Democrats are doing the right thing, you're wrong.
00:11:17.100Thank goodness they've gotten rid of him, whether it was for the right or wrong reason.
00:11:21.780At least now he's been exposed for exactly who he is.
00:11:25.580Thank you for listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
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