{"id":200741,"date":"2026-04-10T17:33:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T00:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=200741"},"modified":"2026-04-10T17:33:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T00:33:36","slug":"congressman-swalwell-denies-sexual-misconduct-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=200741","title":{"rendered":"Congressman Swalwell Denies Sexual Misconduct Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles, CA \u2014 Today, Congressman Eric Swalwell released the following statement in response to an article by the San Francisco Chronicle:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/622100592_1462029078617663_3335894672375094568_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-200742\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/622100592_1462029078617663_3335894672375094568_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/622100592_1462029078617663_3335894672375094568_n.jpg 1290w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/622100592_1462029078617663_3335894672375094568_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/622100592_1462029078617663_3335894672375094568_n-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/622100592_1462029078617663_3335894672375094568_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/622100592_1462029078617663_3335894672375094568_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/622100592_1462029078617663_3335894672375094568_n-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/622100592_1462029078617663_3335894672375094568_n-701x701.jpg 701w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/622100592_1462029078617663_3335894672375094568_n-1067x1067.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/622100592_1462029078617663_3335894672375094568_n-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These allegations are false and come on the eve of an election against the frontrunner for governor. For nearly 20 years, I have served the public \u2014 as a prosecutor and a congressman and have always protected women. I will defend myself with the facts and where necessary bring legal action. My focus in the coming days is to be with my wife and children and defend our decades of service against these lies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Website: www.EricSwalwell.com<br \/>\nTwitter \/ Instagram \/ Threads: @EricSwalwell<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles, CA \u2014 Today, Congressman Eric Swalwell released the following statement in response to an article by the San Francisco Chronicle: &#8220;These allegations are false and come on the eve of an election against the frontrunner for governor. For nearly 20 years, I have served the public \u2014 as a prosecutor and a congressman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":200742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/622100592_1462029078617663_3335894672375094568_n.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=200741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200743,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200741\/revisions\/200743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/200742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=200741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=200741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=200741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}