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‘Creepy’: He rose to the top of US politics, even as the rumours swirled

Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News·Liz Goodwin·about 2 months ago
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Washington: When Cheyenne Hunt first arrived on Capitol Hill as a staffer in 2020, several other young women working there warned her privately: Stay away from Representative Eric Swalwell. The California Democrat could be “creepy,” Hunt said other women told her, especially over social media. Six years later, Hunt is one of several women who have leveraged their large followings online to go after Swalwell, enlisting women to come forward with their stories and connecting them with reporters. Late last week, allegations that include sexual assault of a former staffer and sending unsolicited explicit messages to young women came to light in investigations published by CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle . On Tuesday, a woman accused Swalwell of raping her in 2018 . Swalwell’s attorney Sara Azari said Swalwell denies “each and every allegation of sexual misconduct and assault” made against him, calling them “false, fabricated, and deeply offensive”.…

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