2026-04-14 19:08:36 UTC / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
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安妮·格雷尔
21分钟前发布
2026年4月14日美国东部时间下午3:08发布
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美国联邦众议员埃里克·斯瓦威尔（左）与托尼·冈萨雷斯。
当地时间周二，联邦众议员埃里克·斯瓦威尔和托尼·冈萨雷斯宣布辞去国会职务，此时距众议院同僚准备启动快速罢免程序仅一步之遥。
这位民主党议员和共和党议员躲过了众议院全院投票罢免几乎必然带来的公开羞辱。不过，尽管他们 narrowly 避开了国会议员可能面临的最严厉处罚，两人仍各自深陷丑闻，在政坛遭遇重创后离开国会山。
两人先后于周一晚间宣布辞职意向，这在美国众议院引发震动。两党议员都要求追究责任，使得这两人继续留在国会的环境已基本无法维持。
“我为我过往的判断失误，向我的家人、幕僚和选民深表歉意。我将对针对我的严重虚假指控进行抗辩，但我必须为我确实犯下的错误承担责任，”斯瓦威尔在致议长迈克·约翰逊的辞职信中写道，该辞职即日起生效。
“我了解到有人试图在数日内针对我和其他议员启动即时罢免投票。在指控提出仅数日后就未经正当程序将国会议员罢免，这是错误的。但让我的选民因我分心而无法履职，同样也是错误的，”他继续说道，并补充称他将在“未来几天”与幕僚合作，确保他们能为所在选区提供服务。
冈萨雷斯的辞职定于美国东部时间当晚11:59生效，相关声明也已载入众议院议事记录。
斯瓦威尔宣布辞职前数日，CNN与《旧金山纪事报》曝出一名前幕僚指控他性侵的消息，该幕僚描述了一次饮酒之夜，最终她因无法同意而与斯瓦威尔发生性关系。除性侵指控外，另有三名女性接受CNN采访时指控斯瓦威尔存在其他不端行为，包括主动发送裸照和露骨信息。
这位加利福尼亚州民主党议员的辞职，是在众议院宣布对其启动道德调查、两党同僚纷纷施压其辞职之后发生的。斯瓦威尔多次否认相关指控，此前已暂停其加利福尼亚州州长竞选活动——但这并未平息要求他辞去现任职务的呼声。他还面临曼哈顿地区检察官办公室的调查。
与此同时，冈萨雷斯宣布辞职之际，众议院道德委员会正对其展开调查。这位得克萨斯州共和党议员上月承认曾与一名后来自杀的幕僚发生婚外情。他还面临另一名前竞选幕僚指控其发送低俗短信的指控，这位议员尚未就此作出回应。
目前尚不清楚议员们是否已获得罢免斯瓦威尔和冈萨雷斯所需的票数，但两党议员都在密谋如何说服众议院三分之二的议员投票将两人驱逐，罢免威胁已成为现实可能。
两人的辞职让两党领袖都无需再面对启动罢免投票的复杂流程。
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊与众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯周二分别对记者表示，他们认同两人辞职的决定，尽管两人都未在宣布辞职前公开呼吁他们这么做。
“我确实认同，”当被问及是否认为他们做出了正确决定时，约翰逊说道，“关于针对两人的严重指控，以及他们承认的事实，我的立场已经很明确，我认为这是恰当的选择。”
当被问及两人的决定是否正确时，杰弗里斯仅回应了“是的”。
随着针对斯瓦威尔的指控曝光，幕后出现了一项计划：两党各有一名女议员——来自新墨西哥州的民主党众议员特雷莎·莱格尔·费尔南德斯与来自佛罗里达州的共和党众议员安娜·保利娜·卢纳——将各自起草一项罢免议案，分别针对两人启动罢免投票。这位共和党议员的议案将针对斯瓦威尔，而这位民主党议员的议案则针对冈萨雷斯。
两人此前已向斯瓦威尔和冈萨雷斯发出最后通牒：若不在美国东部时间下午2点前辞职，她们将推进罢免程序。最终，在确认两人已着手办理辞职手续后，她们搁置了相关动议。
“我已获悉斯瓦威尔已启动内部程序，将其幕僚转至众议院书记员办公室。他很快就会提交辞职申请，托尼也是如此，”卢纳周二上午在X平台上发帖称。
该行动的初衷是让两党各损失一名议员——这意味着约翰逊脆弱的多数党地位不会发生变化。但实际上，两党领袖都不支持启动罢免投票，他们担心这会在众议院开启危险先例，而众议院历史上仅有6名议员被罢免。
尽管众议院共和党领袖曾呼吁冈萨雷斯不要寻求连任，但并未施压他立即辞职，因为他们清楚在历史罕见的微弱多数党优势下，无法承受失去他的投票。
约翰逊本人此前就反对罢免议员，他曾表示罢免议员需要众议院道德委员会完成全面调查。
但随着民主党人似乎越来越可能支持罢免本党议员，共和党内部的计算开始改变。
不过，周二的离职并不意味着针对议员的问责行动就此终结。
一些议员还希望罢免佛罗里达州民主党众议员希拉·谢尔菲勒斯-麦科米克，她近期被众议院道德委员会认定存在竞选财务违规及其他违规行为；另有议员希望迫使佛罗里达州共和党众议员科里·米尔斯辞职，他正因包括性不端行为和竞选财务违规在内的多项指控接受道德委员会调查。
CNN记者艾莉森·梅因与马努·拉朱对本文亦有贡献。
Swalwell and Gonzales resign from Congress under threat of expulsion
2026-04-14 19:08:36 UTC / CNN
By
Annie Grayer
21 min ago
PUBLISHED Apr 14, 2026, 3:08 PM ET
Rep. Eric Swalwell, left, and Rep. Tony Gonzales.
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Reps. Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales resigned from Congress Tuesday, moments before their House colleagues were prepared to set in motion their swift removal.
The Democrat and Republican escaped the almost certain public embarrassment of an expulsion vote on the House floor. But while they narrowly avoided the most severe consequence possible for a member of Congress, they are still exiting their positions on Capitol Hill engulfed in separate scandals resulting in high-profile political free falls.
The pair of resignations, the intentions of which were announced in quick succession Monday night, amounts to a stunning moment in the US House of Representatives where pressure from members on both sides of the aisle for accountability had made the environment for the lawmakers to stay in Congress essentially untenable.
“I am deeply sorry to my family, staff, and constituents for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past. I will fight the serious, false allegation made against me, however, I must take responsibility and ownership for the mistakes I did make,” Swalwell wrote in his letter to Speaker Mike Johnson resigning his seat, effective immediately.
“I am aware of efforts to bring an immediate expulsion vote against me and other members. Expelling anyone in Congress without due process, within days of an allegation being made, is wrong. But it’s also wrong for my constituents to have me distracted from my duties,” he continued, adding that he would work with his staff “in the coming days” to make certain they could serve his district.
Gonzales’ resignation, set for 11:59 p.m. ET, was also read into the House record.
Swalwell announced his resignation in the days following reporting from CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle that a former staffer accused him of sexual assault, describing a night of drinking that ended with him having sex with her when she could not consent. In addition to the allegation of sexual assault, three other women who spoke with CNN alleged other sexual misconduct, including that Swalwell sent unsolicited nude photos and graphic messages.
The California Democrat’s resignation comes in the immediate aftermath of an announced House ethics investigation and mounting pressure from colleagues on both sides of the aisle to step down. Swalwell, who has repeatedly denied the allegations, had already suspended his California gubernatorial bid — though that did not tamp down calls that he leave his job. He is also facing an inquiry by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
Gonzales, meanwhile, announced he was stepping down amid his own House Ethics Committee probe. Last month, the Texas Republican acknowledged an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide. He is also facing allegations that he sent a former campaign staffer lewd texts, which the congressman has not addressed.
It was not yet clear whether lawmakers had secured the needed votes to expel Swalwell and Gonzales, but members in both parties had been plotting on how to convince two-thirds of the House to remove the men, making the threat of expulsion a real possibility.
The resignations help Republican and Democratic leaders alike avoid the complicated path toward an expulsion vote.
House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told reporters separately Tuesday they agreed with the decisions of both men to resign from Congress, even though neither leader had publicly called on them to do so ahead of the announcements.
“I do,” Johnson said when asked if he believed they made the right decision. “My views have been made known about the terrible allegations that were made and obviously the facts that they both admitted to and I believe it was the appropriate thing.”
Jeffries simply responded “yes” when asked if they made the right decision.
As the allegations against Swalwell came to light, a plan emerged behind the scenes for a congresswoman from each party, Democratic Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández of New Mexico and GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, to each draft an expulsion measure to force separate removal votes targeting the two members. The GOP representative’s measure would target Swalwell, while the Democrat’s would target Gonzales.
Each put Swalwell and Gonzales on notice that if they did not resign by 2 p.m. ET, they would move forward with expulsion. They ultimately held their motions under assurances that each member was getting their resignation in order.
“I have received word that Swalwell has begun the internal process of switching his staff over to the Clerk of the House. His resignation will be incoming shortly. Same with Tony,” Luna posted on X Tuesday morning.
The calculation behind the effort was for both parties to lose a member — which would mean no change in Johnson’s fragile majority. In reality, however, GOP and Democratic leaders were not in favor of expulsion votes, which they feared would set a concerning precedent in the House, where only six members have ever been expelled.
While House GOP leaders had called on Gonzales to not run for reelection, they had not pushed him to immediately resign, knowing they couldn’t afford to lose his vote in the historically narrow majority.
Johnson, for his part, has opposed expelling members in the past, which he has said required a complete investigation by the House Ethics Committee.
But the calculation inside the GOP had begun to change as Democrats appeared increasingly likely to back expulsion for one of their own.
Tuesday’s departures, however, do not mark an end to accountability efforts targeting members.
Some lawmakers also want to expel Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida, who was recently found guilty by the House Ethics Committee of campaign finance violations, among other violations, and others want to force out Republican Rep. Cory Mills of Florida, who is under investigation by the ethics panel in connection with allegations that include sexual misconduct and campaign finance infractions.
CNN’s Alison Main and Manu Raju contributed to this report.
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