SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Former East Bay Congressman Eric Swalwell is going through renewed scrutiny after a new NCS report detailed accounts from more than a dozen women who described their interactions with him as “uncomfortable.”
The report consists of a vary of allegations spanning more than a decade – from social media messages and late-night communication to more severe claims of sexual misconduct. Swalwell has denied these allegations.
One of the women included in NCS’s reporting, Amanda Koski, additionally spoke with ABC7 Eyewitness News.
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Koski, a former Capitol Hill staffer, mentioned she first met Swalwell whereas working at a pizza restaurant he frequented together with his household. She mentioned they exchanged contact info and later had conversations about her profession in politics, and likewise recalled he shortly friend-requested her on social media.
“Due to the nature of the work that I do in politics, I have contact information for a lot of elected officials, so it’s not particularly strange,” Koski instructed ABC7. “What is strange is adding somebody on Snapchat and Instagram.”
Ahead of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, Koski mentioned she reached out to a variety of skilled contacts to community, together with Swalwell. In screenshots of textual content messages reviewed by ABC7, the previous congressman requested the place Koski was staying and mentioned “We have to hang!” She responded in-part “absolutely!” however instructed ABC7 that she by no means met up with him in Chicago, recounting the textual content trade felt bizarre to her.
“I was like, I know your kids. I’ve met your wife. Like, what are we doing? It was really, that just seemed rather personal,” Koski mentioned.
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Sara Azari, an lawyer for Swalwell, instructed NCS that Swalwell’s intention was to assist join Koski to job alternatives and that she despatched “repeated follow-up requests” for favors or help from him.
Koski emphasised she shouldn’t be accusing Swalwell of wrongdoing. Instead, Koski mentioned she selected to talk publicly to explain conduct she believes displays a broader concern about how skilled boundaries can blur.
“I have never accused Eric Swalwell of being overly sexual or predatory towards me in any way, shape or form,” she mentioned. “He made me feel uncomfortable. And he’s made many other women feel uncomfortable. And in retrospect, it does not look good.”
Koski additionally described a more latest interplay after talking with NCS.
For documentation, she took a screenshot of her Snapchat reference to Swalwell. Days later, the previous congressman messaged Koski on Snapchat at 1:57 a.m. asking “why are you screenshotting my snap,” in line with a video she recorded exhibiting the messages on her telephone and shared with ABC7.
He adopted up by sending screenshots of prior textual content messages between them, to which Koski didn’t reply.
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“I was on the border of a panic attack,” she mentioned, describing her response.
Another girl interviewed by NCS described a related latest message.
In a assertion to NCS, Azari mentioned the messages had been meant as “acknowledgment, not intimidation,” and mentioned nothing in them was “threatening in content, tone, or substance.”
Broader allegations detailed in NCS report
NCS’s reporting consists of extra accounts from more than a dozen women who described interactions they are saying grew to become more and more private or inappropriate. ABC7 has not independently verified these claims.
Last month, the San Francisco Chronicle and NCS additionally reported separate allegations from his former staffer of sexual misconduct, together with accusations of rape. Swalwell denies these allegations, that are being investigated by the Manhattan District Attorney’s workplace.
Days after these experiences, Lonna Drewes, a former Los Angeles mannequin and entrepreneur, held a press convention together with her attorneys the place she claimed Swalwell drugged and raped her in 2018. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office says it has opened an investigation into the allegations and can pursue expenses if warranted. Drewes’ authorized workforce has not offered proof of the alleged assault, which Azari mentioned Swalwell “categorically denies.”
ABC7 Eyewitness News reached out to his authorized workforce with particular particulars from Koski’s account and the broader claims. As of publication, that they had not responded.
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