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senseandsensibility

(25,168 posts)
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 03:47 PM Apr 11

MSNOW laying out what evidence it has confirmed about Swalwell

Mychael Schnell told Alex Witt that she has spoken to the alleged victim who provided a medical report from a practitioner who called her a strong survivor (I guess in the report) and text messages. The text message that Schnell elaborated on was during the time frame of the alleged attack, but was not between Swalwell and the victim. It was between the victim and a friend, and the victim told the friend about the alleged attack.

I also wanted to add that MSNOW led with a videotaped, unilateral denial from Eric Swalwell. I did think that he seems sincere in his denial. But of course, that's subjective, and I really have no idea what to think at this point.

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MSNOW laying out what evidence it has confirmed about Swalwell (Original Post) senseandsensibility Apr 11 OP
I'm taking a wait an see approach MustLoveBeagles Apr 11 #1
Well said, friend Grim Chieftain Apr 11 #3
Also the Rapist PEDO in the Damaged WH... Cha Apr 11 #12
I know, and it just makes me soooooooo pissed. a kennedy Apr 11 #20
I am also sitting back and collecting data.... FarPoint Apr 11 #6
Particularly as Kash Patel in on record Retrograde Apr 11 #7
To believe this was republican ratfuckery requires suspension of reality Fiendish Thingy Apr 11 #23
I thought I heard them say one alleged incident was only a couple of years ago at a hotel in NYC. There should Vinca Apr 11 #2
Most places don't keep their security videos for years. LisaL Apr 11 #16
The truth will prevail. Soon, I think. Joinfortmill Apr 11 #4
About the instance in the hotel room, does the woman claim they were both too drunk? Katinfl Apr 11 #5
The problem is that it is impossible (literally) to prove one didn't do something. So the burden is on the "victim," SheltieLover Apr 11 #8
I didn't know that that about Kash Patel MustLoveBeagles Apr 11 #10
Just read it in another thread. SheltieLover Apr 11 #11
Yeah MustLoveBeagles Apr 11 #14
I must have missed something along the way, but fargone Apr 11 #17
Isn't some of the "evidence" texts? SheltieLover Apr 11 #18
Thanks. If texts are involved I missed that. fargone Apr 11 #21
... SheltieLover Apr 11 #27
Meanwhjle, Trump was found liable for sexual assault and the Republicans did not call for him to Redleg Apr 11 #9
I want so much for this not to be true but after reading the whole CNN article -Yikes. Marie Marie Apr 11 #13
Yeah. This is no Franken situation. druidity33 Apr 11 #19
He needs to drop out so focus moonscape Apr 11 #24
All of this was in the original SF Chronicle article WhiskeyGrinder Apr 11 #15
Thank you for your opposition to this "wait and see" bullshit. hunter Apr 11 #22
That would make one wonder if she had been drugged. MichMan Apr 11 #25
Sure sounds like it to me LeftInTX Apr 11 #28
I have an old fashioned attachment to the presumption of innocence. TomSlick Apr 11 #26

MustLoveBeagles

(16,820 posts)
1. I'm taking a wait an see approach
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 03:52 PM
Apr 11

I'm not calling anyone a liar but Democrats have been ratfucked too many times for me to take it on faith.

Grim Chieftain

(1,871 posts)
3. Well said, friend
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 03:58 PM
Apr 11

Right there with you.

And did you notice, the rules only apply to Democrats, not to them? Case in point, the felon in chief.


FarPoint

(14,875 posts)
6. I am also sitting back and collecting data....
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 04:15 PM
Apr 11

No Knee jerk response for me....He has done us well in politics so far....so, no rush...I can't control the lynch mob mentality.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,463 posts)
23. To believe this was republican ratfuckery requires suspension of reality
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 05:59 PM
Apr 11

The earliest allegation dates to 2019, meaning republicans would have had to plant an operative on Swallwell’s staff six years before he decided to run for governor.

Republicans would have also had to have planted three other staffers to make “false” accusations, and also plant four staffers to work faithfully until this week, and then quit once the news broke.

Republicans may take advantage of this scandal, but they didn’t create it.

Vinca

(54,144 posts)
2. I thought I heard them say one alleged incident was only a couple of years ago at a hotel in NYC. There should
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 03:52 PM
Apr 11

be a record of both parties staying at the hotel and maybe security video at least showing them walking through the lobby. Something concrete to at least put them in the same place.

Katinfl

(852 posts)
5. About the instance in the hotel room, does the woman claim they were both too drunk?
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 04:12 PM
Apr 11

I read where she said she was too drunk so I don’t know if he was also.

SheltieLover

(81,228 posts)
8. The problem is that it is impossible (literally) to prove one didn't do something. So the burden is on the "victim,"
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 04:28 PM
Apr 11

and pls remember it is easy to spoof phone numbers. ruskie are especially great at hacking.

I've read Manson Eyes patel has been "looking for dirt on Swalwell," so maybe he manufactured some...

Smells like rat fuckery to me and, imo, repukes have NO room to point fingers as their party leader is an adjudicated rapist and 34-count felon.

Tell them to fuck off.

SheltieLover

(81,228 posts)
11. Just read it in another thread.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 04:42 PM
Apr 11

Sorry, I can't recall which one.

Swalwell has been very outspoken about Kraznov, hence, this dirty attack, imo.

fargone

(639 posts)
17. I must have missed something along the way, but
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 05:00 PM
Apr 11

I don't understand how the ease of spoofing phone numbers is related.

SheltieLover

(81,228 posts)
18. Isn't some of the "evidence" texts?
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 05:07 PM
Apr 11

Could be wrong on that, but I'm pretty sure I read that.

What a nest of rat fuckery.

Bottom line is Swalwell has bn outspoken about kraznov, hence this dirty attack, imo.

I do not live in CA, so I don't get to vote there. Jmho.

fargone

(639 posts)
21. Thanks. If texts are involved I missed that.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 05:21 PM
Apr 11

So the texts could be corroborated or denied by the person being spoofed if spoofing was happening.

Redleg

(6,974 posts)
9. Meanwhjle, Trump was found liable for sexual assault and the Republicans did not call for him to
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 04:40 PM
Apr 11

end his candidacy nor are they calling on his to resign from office. The so-called "party of personal responsibility."

Marie Marie

(11,375 posts)
13. I want so much for this not to be true but after reading the whole CNN article -Yikes.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 04:52 PM
Apr 11

And it is the number of women making these claims and they are not random. Most started by admiring him and some worked for him. I hope it can be proven false but I just don't know.

druidity33

(6,927 posts)
19. Yeah. This is no Franken situation.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 05:09 PM
Apr 11

He should resign. I hope he drops out of the primary, though i don't think it will matter. He's toast.



WhiskeyGrinder

(27,077 posts)
15. All of this was in the original SF Chronicle article
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 04:53 PM
Apr 11
https://archive.ph/IDj4E

Five years later, the woman said, she attended an April 2024 charity gala where Swalwell was honored. The woman, who no longer worked for Swalwell, said they met for drinks afterward, during which she became so inebriated that she remembers only snippets of the night, including pushing Swalwell away and telling him, “No,” while he allegedly forced himself on her.

The woman texted a friend three days later that she was “sexually assaulted” by Swalwell. She wrote in a series of messages reviewed by the Chronicle that she had “blacked out” but “woke up once during it and even told him to stop at one point.”

“This happened one other time when I was working with him, but I convinced myself I was an equal party in it even though same pattern: I blacked out and he had sex with me,” she wrote, referring to the 2019 incident.

The Chronicle spoke with the friend and the woman’s then-boyfriend, whom she said she told about the alleged 2024 assault when she got home the next day. Both described her as still disoriented that morning, and her then-boyfriend said he encouraged her to report Swalwell to the police.

hunter

(40,766 posts)
22. Thank you for your opposition to this "wait and see" bullshit.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 05:58 PM
Apr 11

It's making me so angry I can hardly type.



This is a job he's applying for. I don't want him working for me. It's as simple as that.

"Wait and see" is for when he's tried in court. If he ever is.

Apparently a lot of very respectable California Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi, agree.

MichMan

(17,253 posts)
25. That would make one wonder if she had been drugged.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 06:10 PM
Apr 11

In both instances she claims to have "blacked out" before a sexual assault

TomSlick

(13,054 posts)
26. I have an old fashioned attachment to the presumption of innocence.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 07:29 PM
Apr 11

If there is credible evidence of rape, Swalwell should be charged and a jury decide if the evidence overcomes the presumption of innocence.

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