{"id":7998669,"date":"2026-04-12T14:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T21:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/?p=7998669"},"modified":"2026-04-12T14:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T21:41:23","slug":"d-c-insiders-begin-to-pile-on-open-secret-of-eric-swalwell-allegations-serial-womanizer-sociopathic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/media-platforms\/politics\/d-c-insiders-begin-to-pile-on-open-secret-of-eric-swalwell-allegations-serial-womanizer-sociopathic\/","title":{"rendered":"D.C. Insiders Begin to Pile on &#8216;Open Secret&#8217; of Eric Swalwell Allegations: &#8216;Serial Womanizer,&#8217; &#8216;Sociopathic&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>With the floodgates of allegations against Eric Swalwell open, several D.C. insiders began piling on this weekend, describing the California congressman and gubernatorail candidate as a &#8220;serial womanizier&#8221; and &#8220;sociopathic&#8221; on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Swalwell was accused of sexual misconduct and assult by four women last week in interviews cited by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/eric-swalwell-allegations-22198271.php\">the Chronicle<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/10\/us\/eric-swalwell-sexual-misconduct-allegations-invs\">CNN<\/a>, Reps. Byron Daniels and Pramila Jayapal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/media-platforms\/politics\/house-reps-vote-expel-swalwell-gonzales-video\/\">both called for<\/a> Swalwell&#8217;s resignation on Sunday morning&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press.&#8221; On Saturday, Swalwell&#8217;s staffers circulated a letter saying they were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/media-platforms\/politics\/eric-swalwell-staffers-call-for-support-of-sexual-misconduct-accusers-as-scandal-widens-were-horrified\/\">&#8220;horrified&#8221; by the allegations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cmclymer\/status\/2043224585219277106\">activist Charlotte Clymer<\/a> wrote that it&#8217;s &#8220;been a pretty open secret in D.C. for years that Eric Swalwell is a serial womanizer.&#8221;<\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s sociopathic that Eric Swalwell hasn&#39;t dropped out of the race yet &#8211; which I guess fits with the behavior he&#39;s been accused of, for which there&#39;s ample evidence to support.<\/p>&mdash; Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonfavs\/status\/2042958121069613077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s sociopathic that Eric Swalwell hasn&#8217;t dropped out of the race yet &#8211; which I guess fits with the behavior he&#8217;s been accused of, for which there&#8217;s ample evidence to support,&#8221; wrote &#8220;Pod Save America&#8221; Jon Favreau <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jonfavs\/status\/2042958121069613077\">on X<\/a>.<\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s been a pretty open secret in D.C. for years that Eric Swalwell is a serial womanizer. <br \/><br \/>It&#39;s crossed my mind that every woman in D.C. may have no more than 3 degrees of separation: being hit on by him, knowing a woman who&#39;s been hit on by him, or knowing someone who knows a\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Charlotte Clymer \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@cmclymer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cmclymer\/status\/2043224585219277106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Clymer also accused Swalwell of having potentially hit on hundreds, if not thousands, of women in the city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is all to say that Swalwell was pretty widely known as a serial womanizer years ago, and if you&#8217;re using a bit of common sense here, you can make a reasonable distinction between a grown man who&#8217;s an inelegant horndog but still acting ethically and a grown man who treats women like disposable collectibles and leverages his position of power to &#8216;collect&#8217; them,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democratic strategist Adam Parkhomenko, whose wife Ally Sammarco is one of Swalwell&#8217;s accusers, has shared several messages in recent days about the Congressman.<\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I wish the best for his family, and I hope he gets the help he needs. But if Eric Swalwell or his attorney makes a single statement that disparages my wife, I will be filing a lawsuit against him. I\u2019ve already made clear that if he believes anything I\u2019ve said is untrue, he should\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamParkhomenko\/status\/2043215973960815070?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I wish the best for his family, and I hope he gets the help he needs. But if Eric Swalwell or his attorney makes a single statement that disparages my wife, I will be filing a lawsuit against him,&#8221; he wrote in one <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamParkhomenko\/status\/2043215973960815070\">shared on X<\/a>. &#8220;I\u2019ve already made clear that if he believes anything I\u2019ve said is untrue, he should sue me immediately. As he considers his next steps in the coming days, he should be very careful about what he chooses to say. He should also resign immediately.&#8221;<\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just want to make one final point tonight. A number of women received cease-and-desist letters from Eric Swalwell. My wife did not. Every woman involved, except my wife who went on the record, has remained anonymous. So here\u2019s the question no one can ignore: how did he know who\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamParkhomenko\/status\/2043209815460028486?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sammarco <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamParkhomenko\/status\/2043209815460028486\">later added<\/a>, &#8220;I just want to make one final point tonight. A number of women received cease-and-desist letters from Eric Swalwell. My wife did not. Every woman involved, except my wife who went on the record, has remained anonymous. So here\u2019s the question no one can ignore: how did he know who to send those letters to if they were anonymous?&#8221;<\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ok just to show how insane this is I was aggressively hit on two separate times by Eric Swalwell (one  after a DNC meeting at the hotel in front of a ton of notable folks) and one in my DMs. I don\u2019t think he remembered me from the first time when he hit me up in DMs. (1\/2)<\/p>&mdash; Nomiki &#8211; @nomiki.bsky.social (@NomikiKonst) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NomikiKonst\/status\/2043078728956207583?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Journalist and activist Nomiki Konst said she was once approached by Swalwell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I showed disinterest &amp; like many others, heard stories,&#8221; she shared <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NomikiKonst\/status\/2043078728956207583\">on X<\/a>. &#8220;Which makes me wonder why House leadership (who most certainly knew), continued to protect a member w\/out looking into it. And how pathological of him to pressure and allegedly SA subordinates &amp; think he was protected?&#8221;<\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I owe an apology to every person I introduced to Eric Swalwell over the years.<br \/><br \/>The rumors about him weren\u2019t new. They had been circulating for a long time, and many people were aware of them.<br \/><br \/>When he asked for my support in the California gubernatorial race, I raised those\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Shawn VanDiver (@shawnjvandiver) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shawnjvandiver\/status\/2043128685960851902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shawn VanDiver, who founded #AfghanEvac, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shawnjvandiver\/status\/2043128685960851902\">admitted<\/a>, &#8220;I owe an apology to every person I introduced to Eric Swalwell over the years. The rumors about him weren\u2019t new. They had been circulating for a long time, and many people were aware of them.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I should have listened more carefully to the people who warned me,&#8221; VanDiver also wrote. &#8220;I regret not taking those concerns more seriously, and I regret the role I played in lending him credibility.&#8221;<\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am going to say this very slowly, it\u2019s coming out that Eric Swalwell would discuss his conquests to fellow House members and former house members that he considered \u201cgood friends, best friends\u201d, now here is why me saying this slowly matters, think long and hard before you deny\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Michael Trujillo (@mikehtrujillo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikehtrujillo\/status\/2043141134537691571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I am going to say this very slowly, it\u2019s coming out that Eric Swalwell would discuss his conquests to fellow House members and former house members that he considered &#8216;good friends, best friends&#8217;, now here is why me saying this slowly matters, think long and hard before you deny it,&#8221; Democratic strategist Michael Trujillo <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mikehtrujillo\/status\/2043141134537691571\">wrote on X<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked why he didn&#8217;t report the accusations, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mikehtrujillo\/status\/2043304186214060360\">Trujillo insisted<\/a> he&#8217;s &#8220;called electeds, chief of staffs, union presidents, Dem party leaders, like literally I\u2019ve done so much to get this out, but until a victim tells their story folks just assume I\u2019m pushing some intense rumor.&#8221;<\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve known Eric Swalwell for several years. We\u2019ve texted recently, spoken, and I hosted his wife at a major Democratic function several years ago in Florida when I was still a member and active in the party. <br \/><br \/>This isn\u2019t easy to say, but the disturbing allegations of sexual\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Travis Akers \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@travisakers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/travisakers\/status\/2042949495739081164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Retired Navy intelligence officer Travis Akers said he&#8217;s met Swalwell several times \u2014 and insisted the alleged victims should be believed. &#8220;For the sake of those women, for a nation already in turmoil, and for basic integrity in public service, Eric must immediately withdraw from the California governor\u2019s race and resign from Congress,&#8221; Akers wrote <a 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