1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,280 Speaker 1: And we continue at two five in the afternoon on 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: the John Phillips Show, Mister Randy Weggs in Culver City. 3 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 2: It is a very busy day here. I'm refreshing Twitter 4 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 2: by the second. The allegations have come out against Eric Swalwell, 5 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 2: and already several candidates have called for Swalwell to drop out, 6 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 2: some of call for him to resign from Congress. Matt 7 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 2: Mayhan wrote this two minutes ago to the survivor who 8 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 2: risked everything to come forward, I believe you. To the 9 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 2: Democratic Party, you better hold him accountable. If we don't, 10 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 2: we have no credibility asking anyone else to do the same. 11 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 2: To at Eric Swalwell drop out. Tony Thurman just posted 12 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 2: this video he was ready to go Eric Swalwell. 13 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 3: Nissa Trump out of the race for governor and resigned 14 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 3: from Congress. Multiple women, former staffers, interns, young women who 15 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 3: came to Washington to serve the public and to work 16 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 3: for someone they trusted. What they're describing is not a misunderstanding. 17 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: Oh does he know more? That's coming out today? A 18 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: lot of people do. 19 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 3: It is a pattern of manipulation, exploitation, and using a 20 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 3: position of mentorship and power to harass and abuse the people. 21 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 2: But Johnny, is this the reason that nobody dropped out? 22 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 1: One hundred percent? It's like what they always say, Randy, 23 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: It's always the ones you most suspect. So when Tony 24 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: Thurman and Antonio Viragosa and Javier Bisera and Betty ye 25 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 1: all got that call from Rusty Hicks saying, you guys 26 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: got to drop out because Swallwell is going to get 27 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: this thing, they said, We're just gonna wait. They said, 28 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: what are you? And then they used a word that 29 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: I could have used in the nineteen nineties, in the 30 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: early two thousands, but can't use now on the air. 31 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 2: Here's an interesting one. This is from one minute ago. 32 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 2: Ian calderon the candidate that did drop out of the 33 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 2: race and immediately endorsed Eric Swalwell Well. The allegations against 34 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 2: Eric Swalwell are deeply disturbing and troubling. My thoughts are 35 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 2: with anyone affected, and I unequivocally support all survivors seeking 36 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 2: justice and accountability. Eric Swalwell must immediately suspend his campaign 37 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 2: and resign from Congress. California deserves leaders who uphold the 38 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 2: highest standards of integrity, moral responsibility, and ethical conduct. How 39 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 2: pissed do you think he is that he dropped out. 40 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: Well, he wasn't going anywhere anyway. But this is the 41 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: wild part. They all knew. They all knew. This isn't 42 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,799 Speaker 1: something that was a secret. The question was what is 43 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: it going to break? If you notice my questions to 44 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 1: many of these candidates that we've had on one of 45 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: the questions that almost all of them gets is you 46 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 1: have three highly problematic people pulling in the top of 47 00:02:55,360 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: the poll. Any of them could implode at any moment time. 48 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: Is that part of the reason why you're not dropping out? 49 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: And all of them knew exactly what I was talking about. Yes, 50 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: they did. Go back to that interview with Katie Porter 51 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 1: yesterday on CNN. We'll have to replay that portion, maybe 52 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:25,239 Speaker 1: because you could tell both of them knew this was coming, 53 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: and they had to have a conversation where they had 54 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: to pretend like they didn't know this was coming down 55 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: the pike, and so they kind of danced around it 56 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: and they kind of played foot see with it, but 57 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: they didn't directly acknowledge reality. Because she was the first 58 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:51,119 Speaker 1: one to use the word sexual assault, and she let 59 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: the cat out of the bag as to what was 60 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: coming the moment she said that. Here was Katie Porter 61 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: on with Casey Hunt two days ago. 62 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 4: I think that speaks to moment that we're in with 63 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 4: regard to Congressman Swallwell, I have seen allegations coming from 64 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 4: women's staffers. They are very, very troubling allegations. It is 65 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 4: those women's stories to tell when they are ready, and 66 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 4: I hope that they feel safe and supported if they 67 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 4: choose to do so. 68 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,480 Speaker 5: Have you seen additional evidence of that? We should know 69 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 5: what we hear at CNN have seen the reports. We 70 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 5: have not confirmed them at this point, but have you 71 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 5: seen evidence or additional information around this? 72 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 4: I have seen the allegations. I have not spoken to 73 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 4: any women who are saying that they're going to come forward. 74 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 4: But again, our folks here ought to be on protecting 75 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,919 Speaker 4: these victims, if they have been victims of sexual harassment, 76 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 4: sexual assault, we ought to be making sure that they 77 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 4: feel safe and comfortable speaking up. 78 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: There you go, sexual assault now keep it going because 79 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 1: case Behind talks about that. 80 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 4: Yep. This is about building a politics that works for people, 81 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 4: that is focused on living our values, and I believe women. 82 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 4: I think that has to be the starting place here. 83 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 4: So when those women speak up, I will be there 84 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 4: helping to amplify their truths. I think that's the important 85 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 4: role that I can play. 86 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 1: She called for him to drop out, yet I got 87 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,479 Speaker 1: to check her Twitter. I think she's laying low because 88 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: I think a lot of these allegations are coming from 89 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: her OPO research. Well, and that's the thing. 90 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 2: What we learned about in the Chronicle story is this 91 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 2: staffer that spoke to the Chronicle said that she found 92 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 2: out her name was in another candidate's opera research. 93 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 5: Fair enough, Again, we should acknowledge we here at CNN 94 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 5: have not confirmed any reports of I think you mentioned 95 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 5: sexual assault. I just want to be clear and where 96 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 5: we are on that, it's of course your issue to 97 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 5: raise as his opponent. 98 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:46,840 Speaker 1: There you go. So the likely scenario as I see it, 99 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,039 Speaker 1: And just to be clear, I'm not reporting this to 100 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: be true. This is merely my opinion is that this 101 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 1: alleged assault happened between Swallwell and the staff are going 102 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 1: back to what twenty nine team for employment in his office. Yeah, 103 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: she worked on his presidential campaign and then worked in 104 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: his office going back to twenty nineteen, and then there 105 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: was another incident in twenty twenty four. Okay, So whatever 106 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,679 Speaker 1: happened between the two of them happened, and this woman 107 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 1: told a handful of people but never went public. Clearly, 108 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 1: she told enough people to where it ended up in 109 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:30,919 Speaker 1: the oppo research report of another candidate. We then found 110 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: out that a woman who is an attorney who ran 111 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: for Congress herself from Orange County, who is a graduate 112 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: of UCI Law School, which is where Katie Porter taught. 113 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: Katie Porter, spoke at the graduation. I think she did 114 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: some kind of internship for UCI in Washington, DC, and 115 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,919 Speaker 1: then endorsed Katie Porter for US Senate and was a 116 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 1: donor and there's pictures of the two of them on 117 00:06:55,680 --> 00:07:00,159 Speaker 1: the internet. She was the ring leader at bringing these 118 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 1: women out. And it's not just this one, but there 119 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: are other women and I have read as many as 120 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: double digits. Oh, we're going to be coming forward with 121 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: some allegation. 122 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 2: As far as I'm seeing right now, I don't see 123 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 2: any other statements from any of the other candidates, but 124 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 2: Mayhon and Thurmond have called for him to drop out. Calderon, 125 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 2: who had endorsed Swalwell, has called for him to drop 126 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,559 Speaker 2: out and resign. And I'm sure as this has only 127 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 2: been breaking. In the last forty five minutes, you're going 128 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 2: to see a lot more action on this. Well and 129 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 2: Antonio via Ragoso we just confirmed we'll be here at 130 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 2: forty five minutes past the hour, and he is going 131 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 2: to react to these allegations against Eric Swalwell. Should we 132 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 2: go back to the San Francisco Chronicle story. Let's do that, 133 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 2: all right. This is from the story that broke. You 134 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 2: can read it at SF Chronicle dot com. It is 135 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 2: incredible reporting and they've got a lot to back this 136 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 2: up on. They're not naming the staffer because it's their 137 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 2: policy not to name the victims of sexual assault. The 138 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 2: former staffer began working for Swalwell during his short lived 139 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 2: presidential campaign in twenty nineteen, following her college graduation. She 140 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 2: was then hired into his district office in July after 141 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 2: he dropped out of the race. She said, Swalwell, who 142 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 2: was thirty eight at the time, began messaging her on Snapchat. 143 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 2: If you don't know, Snapchat is the app where when 144 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 2: you send someone a picture of the pictures disappear. The 145 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 2: messages were initially welcome, the woman said. Alone in a 146 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 2: new community across the country from where she grew up. 147 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 2: She said she felt encouraged by his friendly outreach and 148 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 2: was flattered that he was paying attention to her. 149 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: They call this grooming. And before we get too deep 150 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 1: into this, I know a lot of you are thinking, Okay, 151 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 1: what is this woman doing getting obliterated with her boss? 152 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: What in the world is wrong with her? And here's 153 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: the reality. I'm not defending binge drinking. I'm not defending 154 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:09,839 Speaker 1: that sort of behavior. However, that is one of those 155 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: professions where alcoholism is really high because think about it. 156 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:20,679 Speaker 1: You are three thousand miles away from your family. You 157 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: are in a city where you're expected to go to 158 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: receptions and fundraisers and events on a nightly basis. Where 159 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: what do they serve at these things? They serve appetizers. 160 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: You get your pigs in a blanket, you get your 161 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:41,439 Speaker 1: fried wan cons, you get your pizza pockets, you get 162 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: your shrimp on a stick, those sorts of things. And 163 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: they have open bars and you bounce from one to 164 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 1: the next, to the next, to the next to the next. 165 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: And that is where you socialize with your peers. That 166 00:09:56,880 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: is where you meet your future bosses, that is where 167 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 1: you build your social network. Everything in that city revolves 168 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: around alcohol. They're not doing this in the morning, hopping 169 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 1: from Starbucks to Starbucks. They're doing it at night, and 170 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 1: they're hopping from reception to reception. And if you are 171 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 1: I don't know, the Peach Growers Association, and you're trying 172 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: to get people who sit on the agriculture committee to 173 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: come meet with your people and have a drink with 174 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 1: your people, how do you get them there? You have 175 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: the best venue, You offer an open bar, and you 176 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 1: offer the best food. And many of these people, the 177 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:42,719 Speaker 1: ones I know who live there, they don't cook when 178 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:46,839 Speaker 1: they're in Washington, DC, especially if you're an elected you're 179 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,959 Speaker 1: there three days a week or four days a week. 180 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: Your bread's gonna grow mold, your milk's gonna go bad. 181 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: There's no point in buying food that you know is 182 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: just gonna spoil. So what they frequently do is they 183 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: turn these receptions into an expectation of where they're going 184 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: to get their dinner. And if you're the staffer that 185 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: has caught the eye of the boss, the boss gets 186 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 1: the invitations to all of these things. If they bring 187 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: you to these things, man, you have the golden ticket. 188 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: And if the boss has thrown him back and he's 189 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: a big guy. If he's thrown him back, then you're 190 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 1: keeping up with him. And big guys can drink a 191 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 1: lot more booze than little girls. And I'm not a 192 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: bit surprised that she took him up on the offer 193 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: to go to these events, and I'm not a bit 194 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 1: surprised that he drank her under the table. Anyway, we 195 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 1: can move on with the article. 196 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 2: In the last three minutes, Tom Steyer has now commented 197 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 2: on this quote. I commend the brave former staffer who 198 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,959 Speaker 2: came forward with their story about Eric Swawell speaking out 199 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:55,439 Speaker 2: as never easy and her account must be taken seriously. 200 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 2: In a moment like this, we must make sure that 201 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 2: women are hurt and justice is pursued. Notably, he's not 202 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 2: saying drop out or resign. No, no, he's not. 203 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: But I'm sure his opposition research told him that this 204 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: was going to come out. By the way, we are 205 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:14,479 Speaker 1: ninety percent sure he's going to be on the program 206 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 1: on Monday reacting to this, unless you just cursed it, 207 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: which I tend to do. Let's go back to the 208 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 1: chronicle when Swalwell flirted with her and started asking for 209 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: pictures first of her face, then her naked body and genitalia. 210 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: The woman said she went along with it, both intrigued 211 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 1: by him and worried about upsetting her new boss. I 212 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 1: feel like we take seminars on the web every quarter 213 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 1: about how you're not supposed to do that in the workplace. Yeah, 214 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 1: and guess what, nobody pays attention. 215 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 2: His advances progressed rapidly from there, the woman said, within 216 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 2: a few weeks. As she drove Swalwell back to his 217 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,959 Speaker 2: hotel one night from a donor meeting at the Hey, 218 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 2: we've been there. 219 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that's in San Francisco. 220 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 2: That's a cool club, he tried to kiss her, she said, 221 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 2: when she resisted, noting that he was married. The woman said, 222 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 2: he suggested that their Snapchat messages had been leading towards this. 223 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 2: When they messaged on Snapchat, Swawell sometimes sent photos of 224 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 2: himself shirtless or his penis. 225 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 1: The woman said, Oh my. 226 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 2: She said he once sent her a video of himself 227 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:37,960 Speaker 2: sitting on an airplane. 228 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: Um uh, doing the most with his ends through his pants. 229 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: Whoa right there in the seat or in the lab? 230 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 2: This says, sitting on an airplane could be in the 231 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 2: hopefully it's in the bathroom. If he's bold enough to 232 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 2: be doing that in coach, Oh my. 233 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: Goodness, hopefully it wasn't a middle seat. 234 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 2: A few weeks later, the woman was driving Swalwell to 235 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:13,599 Speaker 2: an event in his district when she said to quote Seinfeld. 236 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: He took it. 237 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 2: Out and then he asked her, would you help me out? 238 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 2: She said She began to perform oral sex on him 239 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 2: in a parking lot, but stopped because it was the 240 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 2: middle of the day and she was afraid someone would 241 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 2: see them. 242 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 1: Holy cow, or maybe she said, hey, is this a 243 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 1: handicap space? Someone in a wheelchair might want to go 244 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 1: to the grocery store. 245 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 2: I can't believe how bold and brazen all of this is. 246 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 2: I mean, I guess I can believe it, but oh 247 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 2: my goodness. 248 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: Well, hopefully it wasn't it a Costco, because Costco gets 249 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 1: a lot of traffic in those parking lots. 250 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 2: On September twenty seventh, twenty nineteen, the woman said Swalwell 251 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 2: invited her in a g group of friends to join 252 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 2: him and an adviser at HAPs, a steakhouse in downtown Pleasanton. 253 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 2: The woman had been drinking before the gathering, she said, 254 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 2: and Swalwell bought her more alcohol. When she arrived, she 255 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 2: said she became so inebriated that she doesn't remember how 256 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 2: she left the restaurant, only that she woke up the 257 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 2: next morning in Swalwell's hotel bed naked. She also was 258 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 2: a brief recollection of him sucking her toes, which she 259 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 2: said disgusted her. 260 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: Oh oh, oh boy, oh boy. 261 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 2: The woman said she could feel the effect of intercourse, 262 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 2: but they did not discuss it, and Swalwell sent her 263 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 2: off to work, which included staffing an event in the morning, 264 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 2: and when she went hiking with constituents, Swalwell was distant 265 00:15:56,080 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 2: after the woman said, and treated her more professionally, which 266 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 2: made her feel dirty. 267 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 1: Okay, I want to put a pin in this for 268 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: a second, because go back to the conversation that we 269 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 1: had with the filmmaker who was alleging that Swalwell doesn't 270 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: live in California. 271 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 2: Boy, did he realize did he not realize there's a 272 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 2: much bigger scandal of bruin. 273 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, he was chasing the wrong bone. But one of 274 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: the things that he said when he was on this 275 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: program that proved that Swalwell didn't live here was that 276 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: when Swalwell was in his district, he would rent hotel 277 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 1: rooms and not stay at the house that he was 278 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 1: claiming to live in. Why would you rent a hotel 279 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: room when you have a house in the same community. 280 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: I guess we now know why. 281 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 2: And to the who's brain who is now reporting on 282 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 2: this story? KTLA's tweeting about it. That's the first local 283 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 2: news station I've seen that's covering it. Oh boy, And 284 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 2: look at this Rob Pires. So if you don't follow 285 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 2: Rob Pires, he follows all the ad guys, nurches and 286 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 2: educators supporting Swalwell for Governor have just canceled their ad buy. 287 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: But okay, don't give them too much credit because the teachers, 288 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 1: when the allegations first started to emerge, said we don't care. 289 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: We're continuing with our ad buy. That's all you need 290 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 1: to know about the California Teachers Association. 291 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:27,880 Speaker 2: Alex is tweeting about it, Alex Badia is tweeting about 292 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 2: the Olympics. 293 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, how about is Bliss and buddy Adam Schiff. I 294 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: wonder what he has to say. 295 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:38,879 Speaker 2: Nothing so far from the shift Gift. Let's go back 296 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,440 Speaker 2: to well, let's take a break and then we will 297 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 2: go back to this completely insane story. 298 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 1: My god, this is like a penthouse forum. It's a 299 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 1: wild one. Yeah, to say the least. 300 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 2: Swalwell has been a bad boy. 301 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 1: The wife knows about all this probably usually, I guess 302 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: it's usually not a surprise, yeah, because look, you get 303 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 1: to know someone when you live with them, and you 304 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 1: take the good with the bad. It's just some people 305 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 1: have higher standards than others. You think, No knew that 306 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 1: her husband was a bimbo. I don't know, but he's 307 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 1: probably the happiest person on planet Earth that this story broke. 308 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 309 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:44,120 Speaker 1: telephone number. What eight hundred two two two five two 310 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 1: two two. If you'd like to email the show, you 311 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:49,160 Speaker 1: can do so at Johnny don't Like show at gmail 312 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: dot com. That's Johnny Don't Like Show at gmail dot com. 313 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: And Randy. Today is one of those days where I 314 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: think we both worked to midnight for free if we could. 315 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 1: But we sign off the air at three. If you 316 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,160 Speaker 1: want to continue listening to us, you can. 317 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 2: Search for the John Phillips Show wherever you get your podcast. 318 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 2: You can listen to last Hour where we initially reacted 319 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 2: to this breaking news. And I will be live on 320 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 2: KABC at five if Eric Swalwell drops out by then. 321 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 322 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 1: a telephone number? What eight hundred two two two five 323 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: two two two on what turned out to be Randy 324 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,639 Speaker 1: a very very busy Friday afternoon. 325 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 2: You're getting statement after statement after statement of anyone that's 326 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 2: ever heard of Eric Swalwell talking about the story that 327 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 2: has dropped in the San Francisco Chronicle alleging that Eric 328 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 2: Swalwell committed sexual assault multiple times on a former staffer 329 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 2: in the last ten minutes. Here's what I have for you. 330 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 2: Representative Jimmy Gomez, who was on the Swalwell campaign, he's 331 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 2: quitting today. I learned shocking information about Eric Swalwell, containing 332 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 2: the ugliest and most serious accusations imaginable. My involvement in 333 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 2: any campaign begins and ends in trust. I cannot, in 334 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 2: good conscience remain in any role within this campaign, and 335 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 2: I step down from it, effective immediately. The Congressman should 336 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 2: leave the race now so there could be full accountability 337 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 2: without doubt, distraction, or delay. And the latest candidate to 338 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 2: comment on the Eric Swalwell story. 339 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 1: Is Katie Porter. 340 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 2: Says the allegations against Congressman Swallwell are horrifying. I'm thinking 341 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,160 Speaker 2: of the courageous women who have come forward to share 342 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 2: their stories. We believe you and we stand with you. You know, 343 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 2: if you go into a McDonald's early in the morning 344 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 2: and you see the old guys sitting there with the 345 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 2: newspaper or their cup of coffee talking about news and 346 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:47,439 Speaker 2: politics in ady McDonald's in the country, you'll see that 347 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 2: crowd in there, and when they're talking about something like this, 348 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 2: usually you hear I hate the mud slinging. I hate 349 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 2: the negativity of politics. I hate the fact that they 350 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 2: always have to roll around in the mud. I want 351 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 2: to make one thing clear as we covered the story. 352 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,959 Speaker 2: I live for this. 353 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 1: This is the reason I get up out of bed 354 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:17,919 Speaker 1: in the morning, John Weeds, this is the reason I 355 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:19,120 Speaker 1: love politics. 356 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,479 Speaker 2: We now have a statement from the chair of the 357 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:28,880 Speaker 2: California Democrat Party, Rusty Hicks. The allegations against congress Member 358 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 2: Swallwell are deeply disturbing. First, the stories of the victims 359 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 2: and survivors should be heard in believed period. Second, any 360 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:41,199 Speaker 2: person engaged in misconduct must take responsibility and held accountable 361 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,199 Speaker 2: for their actions, including a member of Congress and a 362 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 2: candidate for governor. Finally, my call for all, repeat all 363 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 2: candidates for governor to honestly assess the viability of their 364 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 2: candidacy and campaign still stands, and in fact the call 365 00:21:57,119 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 2: is more important now than ever before. 366 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,359 Speaker 1: This bald idiot was trying to clear the field for 367 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 1: Eric Swallwell a month ago. Yes he was. I'll tell you, Ben, 368 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:16,719 Speaker 1: these people are as about as duplicitous as possible. And 369 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 1: you know who's behind this too? Is Katie Porter? Oh yeah, oh, 370 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 1: one hundred percent. If this woman claims that she was 371 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:29,040 Speaker 1: contacted by an oppo research firm for one of the 372 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 1: other candidates and the ring leader behind the whole thing 373 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 1: is a big Katie Porter supporter, her fingerprints are all 374 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 1: over it, chicking dinner. 375 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 2: Maybe that's why in her statement she hasn't straight up 376 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 2: called for him to resign or to get out of 377 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 2: the race. 378 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,439 Speaker 1: Well, she doesn't want to be too gratuitous, because I 379 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:50,679 Speaker 1: feel like you and I are doing play by play 380 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: outside of Spark Steakhouse right after a mob hit took 381 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,919 Speaker 1: place and there's still bullet holes in the light fixtures. 382 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 2: Now, not that this matters in way too many people 383 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 2: put way too much into this, but the betting markets 384 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 2: are bandoning Swallwell. Oh, I can imagine now they say 385 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 2: it's going to be styre. But let's go back to 386 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:17,479 Speaker 2: the incredibly graphic story that this staffer told the San 387 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 2: Francisco Chronicle, and they vetted this story for over a month. 388 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 2: So she talked about how they had an encounter. She 389 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 2: woke up and saw him sucking her toes, and then 390 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 2: he sent her off to work and went off hiking 391 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:36,919 Speaker 2: with constituents. Swalwell posted photos from the hike on his 392 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 2: official Facebook page later that day. Great weather, beautiful scenery, 393 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 2: and a great discussion, he wrote. There appeared to be 394 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 2: two Swalwells, the woman said, the one on Snapchat and 395 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 2: the one in real life. She said she started to 396 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 2: feel the same about herself as she tried to compartmentalize 397 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,360 Speaker 2: what had happened between them. 398 00:23:58,800 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: It made me. 399 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 2: Question who I was, because the person that I was 400 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 2: wouldn't harbor something so awful, she said. Swalwell continued to 401 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,919 Speaker 2: pull away after the alleged assault, even as she reached 402 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:14,160 Speaker 2: out seeking his attention. She believed he had romantic feelings 403 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:19,360 Speaker 2: for her, but she said his snapchat messages became less frequent. 404 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 1: Well he moved on to another The woman. 405 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,159 Speaker 2: Continued work for Swalwell, moving to a new job in 406 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 2: his office in DC. She said she felt conflicted wanting 407 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:34,399 Speaker 2: to stay close to Swalwell professionally while also being scared 408 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,440 Speaker 2: of being exposed and of people believing she had only 409 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 2: advanced in her career by having an inappropriate relationship with him. 410 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:45,160 Speaker 2: She left Swawell's office in twenty twenty one, but continued 411 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 2: to work in politics. She said Swalwell occasionally stayed in 412 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:51,919 Speaker 2: touch with her, including reaching out to her as she 413 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:56,640 Speaker 2: considered other job opportunities. In April of twenty twenty four, 414 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,159 Speaker 2: the former staffer attended an award ceremony in New York 415 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 2: hosted by a nonprofit organization. Swalwell was being honored alongside 416 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,440 Speaker 2: actors and athletes. What the hell nonprofit was this? 417 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:11,640 Speaker 1: Oh? It had to be a phony Bologne one. 418 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:16,120 Speaker 2: According to a document listing the attendees reviewed by the Chronicle, 419 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,919 Speaker 2: it includes both the woman's name and Swalwell's. Swalwell has 420 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 2: dabbled in film production, and his campaign is received from donation. 421 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:28,119 Speaker 1: Whoa whoa, whoa, whoa dabbled If he has a foot fetish, 422 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:29,640 Speaker 1: I think he put his toe in the water. 423 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 2: His campaign has received donations from Hollywood big wigs, including 424 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:40,919 Speaker 2: Sean Penn, ed Helms, and Robert De Niro. No Harvey Weinstein, 425 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 2: likeo ed Helms is in a sandwich between two Oscar winners. 426 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 2: It's Sean Penn, that guy from the office, and Robert 427 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 2: de Niro. At the event, he presented an award to 428 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:03,400 Speaker 2: a veteran studio executive who called Swalwell the hardest working 429 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:08,040 Speaker 2: man in Congress, describing him as a longtime friend an 430 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 2: occasional pickleball opponent. According to footage of the event, oh Boy, 431 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,919 Speaker 2: the former staffer said she met up with Swalwell before 432 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 2: the event to discuss her career. Because it went well, 433 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 2: she decided to meet him again after the event for 434 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 2: a drink, which she had hoped would be a chance 435 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 2: to prove to him that she should be taken seriously. 436 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,679 Speaker 2: Even though he had hurt me in the past. I 437 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,439 Speaker 2: felt like he was someone I could trust because we 438 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,880 Speaker 2: shared this secret together. It pulled me closer to him. 439 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 1: Okay, this is one of these scenes where when they 440 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 1: turn this into a movie, everyone in every theater that 441 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,639 Speaker 1: Magic Johnson owns is going to start screaming, don't go 442 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 1: in there now, the stay out. 443 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 2: The woman said they met up again around eleven thirty 444 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 2: pm or midnight, but as soon as they got into 445 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 2: a car together to ride to the bar, Swalwell grabbed 446 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 2: her leg. She said she told him no funny business. 447 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 2: The woman said she drank late into the night with Swalwell. 448 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 2: She said her last clear memory is of going to 449 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 2: the bathroom at the bar, and that she only has 450 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 2: flashes of what followed Swalwell's hotel room, him on top 451 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 2: of her, her pushing him off, and her telling him no. 452 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 2: I woke up during it and even told him to 453 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 2: stop at one point. The woman wrote to a friend 454 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 2: three days later in a text message, which the Chronicle reviewed, 455 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:48,199 Speaker 2: I just feel icky and gross, like I want to 456 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:49,920 Speaker 2: submerge myself. 457 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:54,200 Speaker 1: In hot lava. Oh. 458 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:56,879 Speaker 2: The next morning, the woman said she woke up and 459 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:01,640 Speaker 2: alone in hotel in Swalwell's hotel room at the Times 460 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 2: Square Edition Hotel Unsure, where she was disoriented and still 461 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 2: feeling drunk. Oh boy, I can't even say what the 462 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:11,399 Speaker 2: next thing is. 463 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 1: She wait, he just took off with everything, including the 464 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:17,679 Speaker 1: Hilton Otters points. I'm just gonna say it. 465 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:23,160 Speaker 2: She said she had vaginal bleeding and bruises, and there 466 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,719 Speaker 2: was no doubt in her mind. She said that Swalwell 467 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 2: had forcibly had sex with her. 468 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness. 469 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 2: Her friend told the Chronicle that he had asked the 470 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 2: woman to check in the night before when she made 471 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 2: it back to her hotel room, but never heard from her. 472 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,200 Speaker 2: He said he faced time with her as she waited 473 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 2: for her train home, and that she was very, very 474 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:50,479 Speaker 2: very out of it and seemed confused, very manic. Her 475 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 2: voice was shaky. I could tell something was wrong, but 476 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 2: she couldn't tell me, the woman said. Swalwell messaged her 477 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 2: on snapchat that morning and told her not to tell 478 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 2: anyone what had happened. 479 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:05,760 Speaker 1: He even sent me a. 480 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 2: Mess It's like a protector to me, doesn't he And 481 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,560 Speaker 2: I'm telling you right now, that's the tell that in 482 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 2: every campaign, at in every interview he talks about how 483 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:17,800 Speaker 2: he's a protector and a protector of women. He even 484 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 2: sent me a message saying you didn't remember anything last time. 485 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 2: I hope you do now. She texted her friend three 486 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 2: days later and I said, yeah, I'm trying to forget thanks. 487 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,720 Speaker 2: He was sending messages like we just had a romantic encounter. 488 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 2: Where he knows what he's doing, she wrote to her friend. 489 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 2: These are all the text messages that she said to 490 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 2: her friend in twenty twenty four that were verified by 491 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:47,920 Speaker 2: the Chronicle. He was gaslighting me into thinking it was consensual, 492 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:53,520 Speaker 2: the woman said. She asked Swallwell if it was possible 493 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 2: that he Oh, boy, I don't know. 494 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 1: You need the Queen of England to say this. No, 495 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 1: I don't even think Is it a description of his penis? 496 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:10,560 Speaker 2: No, it's about uh, let's just say he She was 497 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 2: asking Swollweld if it was possible that the end of 498 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:18,920 Speaker 2: the act happened where she did not want it to happen. Oh, 499 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 2: he played the back nine. Well no, no, no, no, no, 500 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:27,719 Speaker 2: he's as I can't just say it. It's too explicit. 501 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,400 Speaker 2: She makes it to me, and maybe I can come 502 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:33,960 Speaker 2: up with something. Okay, here's the way that I can 503 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 2: put it. She wanted to make sure that there's no 504 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 2: possible way she could be getting pregnant from this encounter. 505 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:40,440 Speaker 2: Does that make sense? 506 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:41,160 Speaker 1: Okay? 507 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 2: That is a reasonable thing to worry about, and he 508 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:50,000 Speaker 2: told her not to worry because he was snipped and 509 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:56,760 Speaker 2: he had a axectomy. She said she was furious because 510 00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:01,000 Speaker 2: that would not have protected her against potential STDs. 511 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 1: No, it wouldn't. 512 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,800 Speaker 2: When she got home, the woman said, she told her 513 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:09,920 Speaker 2: then boyfriend about what happened, and he suggested he reports 514 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 2: Swollwell to the police, but the woman said she resisted 515 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 2: the idea because she had already showered, fearing that an 516 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 2: examination would turn up no evidence, painting her as a liar. 517 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:23,400 Speaker 2: And by the way, this is all, this is all 518 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,120 Speaker 2: years and years and years after Weinstein and me Too 519 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,200 Speaker 2: and everything else, and women still are afraid to come forward. 520 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:34,040 Speaker 1: Well, also go back to remembering who he was. He 521 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 1: was a celebrity on the cable news circuit. So if 522 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:42,280 Speaker 1: you work in Democratic Party politics and you hate Donald Trump, 523 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,680 Speaker 1: he was one of the ones that was on TV 524 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:49,160 Speaker 1: every night trying to impeach him. Your proximity to Eric 525 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:53,080 Speaker 1: Swalwell gave you cachet. So if you work for him 526 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:58,040 Speaker 1: and you have no communication with him, your cachet goes away. 527 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,080 Speaker 1: And in that world, I'm sure she was a hot 528 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:04,600 Speaker 1: commodity at that time due to her proximity to him. 529 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 2: I never thought anyone would believe me because of how 530 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,920 Speaker 2: powerful he was, she said. I knew any police investigation 531 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:15,200 Speaker 2: would be made public, and I was still protecting myself 532 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 2: and in some ways him. The Chronicle spoke to her 533 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:21,680 Speaker 2: then boyfriend, who said that when she told him about 534 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,960 Speaker 2: the experience, he responded that it sounded like she was 535 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 2: describing an assault. At the end of that day, he 536 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,320 Speaker 2: said she did not want to report that, and I 537 00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:34,640 Speaker 2: respected that decision. The woman said she got pregnancy and 538 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:38,640 Speaker 2: STD tests and told the physician's assistant who administered them 539 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:42,360 Speaker 2: what happened. The Chronicle reviewed the office summary of her visit, 540 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 2: which took place a week after the alleged assault, and 541 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:50,280 Speaker 2: included a throat swab for chlamydia and gonorrhea, as well 542 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 2: as screenings for HIV and syphilis. 543 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:57,640 Speaker 1: Did she get any of them? I don't think so. 544 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:02,160 Speaker 2: You are a survivor and always so proud and admire 545 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:06,000 Speaker 2: your strength shine on, the provider wrote in her treatment plan, 546 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:10,200 Speaker 2: so she obviously told the physician's assistant what had happened. 547 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:15,720 Speaker 2: After denying the woman's claims, the Swawell campaign connected a 548 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:20,280 Speaker 2: reporter to Roni carn Batra, a friend of Swalwell's who 549 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 2: was with Swalwell on the evening of the gala. Batra 550 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,320 Speaker 2: confirmed to the Chronicle that he attended the gala, but 551 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:30,240 Speaker 2: he did not speak much with Swawell during the event. 552 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:33,800 Speaker 1: Wait, this is supposed to be his witness and doesn't 553 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 1: sound like he's doing him any favors. 554 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,479 Speaker 2: As the representative was busy speaking with others and presenting 555 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:41,920 Speaker 2: an award. Batra said he recalls running into Swawell in 556 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:45,880 Speaker 2: the hallway when the gala concluded sometime around sunset, which 557 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,440 Speaker 2: would have been shortly before eight pm, and that the 558 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:53,560 Speaker 2: congressman invited him to get drinks afterwards. Batra said he agreed, 559 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 2: and that they drove to a bar he spent. They 560 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:58,320 Speaker 2: spent little time at the gathering, talking to Swalwell, who 561 00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:01,320 Speaker 2: was occupied and talking with others. Botra said he left 562 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 2: after about an hour and a half because he was 563 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:05,440 Speaker 2: tired and had to get back to Jersey. That would 564 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,160 Speaker 2: have been around eleven thirty when the woman said she 565 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:11,200 Speaker 2: met up with Swalwell. So this still does sync up. 566 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:14,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, Swamwell seems like he's a guy who stays up 567 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:17,239 Speaker 1: late at night and he drinks a ton. 568 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,840 Speaker 2: In the two years since, the former staffer, who still 569 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:26,640 Speaker 2: works in Congress, said she had tried to stay on 570 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:30,920 Speaker 2: friendly terms with Swalwell to protect her career, though she 571 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:35,360 Speaker 2: had privately discussed her concerns about his behavior with some colleagues. 572 00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:40,120 Speaker 2: Without getting into details about her experience, she said she 573 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:43,760 Speaker 2: texted with Swalwell perhaps a dozen times in the last 574 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,160 Speaker 2: two years, including about a job offer to work on 575 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:51,640 Speaker 2: his gubernatorial campaign earlier this year, in which she said 576 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:56,319 Speaker 2: she turned down. And that is the entire story from 577 00:34:56,480 --> 00:35:00,000 Speaker 2: Alexi Koseph and Sophia Bullag of the San Francisco crime 578 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:05,759 Speaker 2: and they're detailing these allegations of straight up sexual assault 579 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:08,600 Speaker 2: by Congressman Eric Swalwell. 580 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,720 Speaker 1: Well, now you know why fang fangs back in China. 581 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:18,360 Speaker 1: Who needs all of this? I'd be behind that great 582 00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:24,120 Speaker 1: wall too. Explosive stuff. 583 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:28,359 Speaker 2: On a Friday afternoon, Oh boy, breaking news, breaking news, 584 00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:35,120 Speaker 2: breaking news, The California Teachers Association has pulled their endorsement 585 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:39,400 Speaker 2: of Eric Swalwell, writing the allegations are incredibly disturbing and 586 00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:43,600 Speaker 2: unacceptable against Eric Swalwell. We immediately suspend our support. Our 587 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,960 Speaker 2: elected board will be meeting as soon as possible to 588 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:50,000 Speaker 2: follow our union's democratic process to determine the next steps. 589 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:53,480 Speaker 1: And this is a group that will defend literally anything. 590 00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:59,520 Speaker 2: So far, we haven't seen the SCIU pull Itt, But 591 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:01,720 Speaker 2: this is going real quick. 592 00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:05,200 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two. He's 593 00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:08,439 Speaker 1: a telephone number one eight hundred two two two five 594 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:11,080 Speaker 1: two two two. If you'd like to email the show, 595 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:13,040 Speaker 1: you can do so at Johnny don't like show at 596 00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:16,600 Speaker 1: gmail dot com. That's Johnny, don't like show at gmail 597 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:22,840 Speaker 1: dot com. What a day? What a day? What a day. 598 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:26,640 Speaker 2: The latest candidate to call for Swalwell to drop out 599 00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:30,760 Speaker 2: is Betty Yee. The accusations outline against at Eric Swalwell 600 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,680 Speaker 2: are sickening. He needs to withdraw from the governor's race 601 00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:35,879 Speaker 2: and resign from Congress immediately. 602 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:40,520 Speaker 1: Let the women speak. Couldn't happen to a better guy? 603 00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:47,120 Speaker 1: Oh boy? You know, every so often there's someone that 604 00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:50,600 Speaker 1: just comes up on your television and you just don't 605 00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:55,000 Speaker 1: like the cut of their jib. I never like that guy. 606 00:36:56,200 --> 00:37:08,000 Speaker 1: He always came across as being sleazy, small, army, perverted, disgusting, deceitful, inauthentic, 607 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:14,040 Speaker 1: and a straight up liar. And it's good to see 608 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:19,040 Speaker 1: that my intuition was right. It's good to see that 609 00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:25,560 Speaker 1: I didn't see something that wasn't there. This guy's career 610 00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:29,080 Speaker 1: is toast if he thinks he's going to be the 611 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:33,439 Speaker 1: next governor of California. He's on drugs. He's not even 612 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:35,799 Speaker 1: going to be able to survive this term in Congress. 613 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:39,839 Speaker 1: They're going to make him resign from there, or they're 614 00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:42,719 Speaker 1: going to kick him out too. And you know what, 615 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:48,600 Speaker 1: that's exactly what he deserves. Eric Swallwell, it was nice 616 00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:52,760 Speaker 1: knowing you don't get your foot caught in the door 617 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:59,239 Speaker 1: as you leave the building. Turn out the lights, the 618 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:04,479 Speaker 1: party's over. That's gonna do it for us this week. 619 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:07,920 Speaker 1: But Randy, you're live on KABC today at five. 620 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:12,080 Speaker 2: I do the news splits locally on KABC at five o'clock. 621 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:15,080 Speaker 2: And if there are any updates to this story, you're 622 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,000 Speaker 2: gonna hear it right there. If there aren't, you'll hear 623 00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:20,319 Speaker 2: all the stories that we were gonna do today but 624 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:21,440 Speaker 2: couldn't because of this. 625 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,360 Speaker 1: All right, have a great weekend everyone. We'll see on Monday. 626 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:26,680 Speaker 1: It's The John Phillips Show.