2026年4月13日 / 美国东部时间下午2:04 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
华盛顿——两党制的众议院道德委员会周一宣布，正在调查来自加利福尼亚州的民主党众议员埃里克·斯瓦威尔，后者面临多项性行为不端指控。
该委员会表示，正在调查斯瓦威尔“是否在履行职责和承担责任的过程中违反了《公职行为准则》或任何法律、规则、条例或其他适用的行为标准，相关指控称他可能存在性行为不端行为，包括针对其监管下的一名雇员”。
斯瓦威尔的发言人未回应哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的置评请求。
此前一名前工作人员指控斯瓦威尔于2019年和2024年的两次场合，在她因醉酒无法同意的情况下对其实施性侵犯，斯瓦威尔因此终止了加利福尼亚州州长竞选，并面临被逐出众议院的可能。该爆料最早由《旧金山纪事报》于上周五报道。另有三名女性也向美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）详述了斯瓦威尔被指控的性行为不端行为。
斯瓦威尔否认了性侵犯指控，称其“完全虚假”，并誓言将抗争到底。
“我绝非在暗示自己完美无缺或是圣人，我过去确实在判断力上犯过错误，但那些错误是我和我妻子之间的私事，”他在周五发布的一段视频中说道，两天后他便终止了州长竞选活动。
斯瓦威尔还面临着来自众议院的辞职压力。佛罗里达州共和党众议员安娜·保利娜·卢纳威胁称，最快将于本周推动投票将斯瓦威尔逐出众议院。多名民主党人表示将支持这一行动。
以秘密方式开展调查工作的道德委员会并不以行动迅速著称，议员们也可以利用该调查作为掩护，避免立即就驱逐斯瓦威尔进行投票。
卢纳告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，无论道德委员会宣布何种调查决定，她都将继续推进驱逐决议。
“我仍在推进这项决议，”卢纳说。“我认为我们已经争取到了足够票数。国会道德委员会启动调查是件好事。不过，我过去对道德委员会的顾虑在于，有些人会利用这一程序作为退路，逃避就驱逐投票。”
卢纳补充道，她将于周二正式提交提起优先动议的意向通知，启动众议院领导层在两个立法日内安排投票的流程。卢纳表示，她希望投票能在周三举行。
“我已经就目前任职的部分议员存在的问题与领导层沟通了一段时间，他们并未要求我放弃行动，”她说。
超过十名来自摇摆选区的众议院民主党人致信众议院议长、路易斯安那州共和党议员迈克·约翰逊，以及少数党领袖、纽约州民主党议员哈基姆·杰弗里斯，敦促他们“加快”道德委员会的调查进程，因为多名议员面临行为不端指控和可能的驱逐投票。
“随着众议院本周恢复议事，我们敦促你们立即采取行动，”由内华达州民主党众议员苏西·李牵头的这封信中写道。“我们谨此请求你们两党携手合作，确保这些调查能够迅速推进，调查结果公开透明，并将相关行动提交全院进行投票。”
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/eric-swalwell-reacts-as-more-details-emerge-on-sexual-assault-allegations/
House Ethics Committee investigating Rep. Eric Swalwell over sexual misconduct allegations
April 13, 2026 / 2:04 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — The bipartisan House Ethics Committee announced Monday it is investigating Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, who faces several allegations of sexual misconduct.
The committee said it is looking into whether Swalwell “violated the Code of Official Conduct or any law, rule, regulation, or other applicable standard of conduct in the performance of his duties or the discharge of his responsibilities, with respect to allegations that he may have engaged in sexual misconduct, including towards an employee working under his supervision.”
A spokesperson for Swalwell did not respond to a request for comment from CBS News.
Swalwell ended his campaign for California governor and is facing possible expulsion from the House after a former staffer accused him of sexually assaulting her when she was too intoxicated to consent on two occasions in 2019 and 2024. Her story was first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle last Friday. Three other women also detailed Swalwell’s alleged sexual misconduct to CNN.
Swalwell has denied the allegations of sexual assault, calling them “flat false,” and has vowed to fight them.
“I do not suggest to you in any way that I am perfect or that I am a saint. I have certainly made mistakes in judgment in my past, but those mistakes are between me and my wife,” he said in a video on Friday, two days before he ended his gubernatorial bid.
Swalwell is also facing pressure to resign from the House. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a Florida Republican, has threatened to force a vote as soon as this week to expel Swalwell. Several Democrats have said they would back the effort.
The Ethics Committee, which conducts its investigative work in secret, is not known to move quickly, and lawmakers could use the investigation as cover to avoid expelling Swalwell immediately.
Luna told CBS News she intends to move forward with an expulsion resolution regardless of the the Ethics Committee’s announcement.
“I’m still doing the resolution,” Luna said. “I think we have the votes. It’s nice that congressional Ethics is doing that. However, my issue with Ethics in the past is that people will use it as an off-ramp to get out of voting for expulsion.”
Luna added that she will officially give notice of her intent to file a privileged motion on Tuesday, starting the clock for leadership to schedule a vote within two legislative days. Luna said she hopes a vote could be held Wednesday.
“I’ve been talking to leadership for a while on some of my concerns with some of the members that we currently have serving and they have not asked me to back off,” she said.
More than a dozen House Democrats in battleground districts wrote a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, urging them to “expedite” Ethics Committee investigations as several members face allegations of misconduct and possible expulsion votes.
“As the House returns to session this week, we urge you to take immediate action,” said the letter, which was led by Democratic Rep. Susie Lee of Nevada. “We respectfully request that you work together in a bipartisan manner to ensure these investigations proceed swiftly, that findings are made public, and that action is brought to the floor for a vote.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/eric-swalwell-reacts-as-more-details-emerge-on-sexual-assault-allegations/
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