2026年4月7日 美国东部时间晚上7:10 / CNN
作者：埃里克·布拉德纳
2026年1月10日，加利福尼亚州洛杉矶，民主党众议员埃里克·斯瓦威尔出席在梅鲁洛工作室举办的SEIU联合西部服务工人 gubernatorial 候选人工人论坛。
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加州民主党州长候选人、众议员埃里克·斯瓦威尔的竞选团队于周二试图驳斥社交媒体上多名用户提出的指控，即多名女性计划公开指控斯瓦威尔涉及针对工作人员的不当性行为。
斯瓦威尔竞选团队通讯主管迈卡·比斯利在一份声明中表示：“这场虚假且离谱的谣言在选举开始前27天被散播，背后是陷入困境的对手——他们可悲地与‘让美国再次伟大’（MAGA）阴谋论者勾结，因为他们清楚埃里克·斯瓦威尔是本次竞选的领跑者。”
他还驳斥了一项核心指控，即女性因保密协议而保持沉默。
比斯利称：“13年来，埃里克·斯瓦威尔国会办公室从未有人被要求签署保密协议，从未有过。13年来，无论是他的办公室还是其他任何办公室，都从未收到过任何工作人员提出的道德投诉，从未有过。”
这份声明发布之际，距离加州6月的初选不到两个月。斯瓦威尔与其他几位知名民主党人正在争夺可能仅有的一个11月大选席位。选民将在不到四周后开始邮寄选票。
加州的初选实行所有党派候选人同台竞争的制度，无论党派归属，仅前两名候选人晋级大选——这一独特的“前两名”制度让本州拥挤的参选格局变得更加复杂。
仅有两名主要共和党人参与竞选：英国移民、前福克斯新闻主持人史蒂夫·希尔顿，以及河滨县警长查德·比亚科。共和党在加州属于少数派，但由于民主党候选人阵营规模更大且更分散，民主党长期以来一直担心出现“末日场景”：本党没有任何一名候选人在初选中跻身前两名，无法接任加文·纽瑟姆的州长职位。
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普本周背书了希尔顿，这不仅巩固了希尔顿晋级的可能性，也帮助民主党避免了被排除在大选之外的噩梦。
除斯瓦威尔外，本次竞选的知名民主党候选人还包括：美国众议员凯蒂·波特；亿万富翁活动家汤姆·施泰尔；前州检察长、拜登政府卫生与公众服务部长泽维尔·贝塞拉；圣何塞市长马特·马汉；前洛杉矶市长安东尼奥·维拉莱戈萨；公共教育主管托尼·瑟蒙德；以及前州审计长贝蒂·伊。目前尚无一位候选人脱颖而出。
针对斯瓦威尔的不当行为指控首先通过进步派网红账号在社交媒体上浮出水面。保守派新闻网站《每日来电者》周一发布报道，披露了现年夏延·亨特提出的指控。亨特是一名律师、前国会候选人，现任“青年变革”执行主任。
亨特周一在X平台（原推特）发帖称，她“正与多名女性合作，这些女性正准备公开讲述她们在埃里克·斯瓦威尔手中遭遇的性骚扰乃至所谓虐待经历”。
亨特未提及她所说的提出指控的女性的姓名，也未透露她们指控的具体细节。她表示，这些女性正与一名律师合作，其中一些人认为自己因保密协议而不得不保持沉默。
波特是斯瓦威尔在州长竞选中的民主党对手之一，她周二在CNN节目中提及了她所称的“令人深感不安的指控”。
“关于斯瓦威尔众议员，我看到了来自女性工作人员的指控。这些指控非常、非常令人不安。这些是女性自己的故事，应该由她们在准备好时亲自讲述。如果她们选择公开，我希望她们能感到安全并得到支持，”波特说道。
波特表示，她并未与社交媒体网红所说的计划指控斯瓦威尔的任何女性进行过交谈。
“这关乎构建一种为人民服务的政治，关乎践行我们的价值观，我相信女性。我认为这必须是我们在此事上的出发点，”她说道。
特朗普和其他共和党人长期以来一直嘲笑斯瓦威尔与方芳（又名克里斯汀·方）的关联。方芳是2011年至2015年间涉嫌由中国主要民用间谍机构开展的政治情报行动的核心人物。
众议院道德委员会2023年结束了对斯瓦威尔的调查，未采取任何行动，他也从未被指控有不当行为。不过，《华盛顿邮报》3月报道称，联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔曾推动公布此次调查的案件档案。
Swalwell campaign denies ‘false, outrageous rumor’ as allegations of misconduct swirl on social media
2026-04-07 7:10 PM ET / CNN
By Eric Bradner
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell attends the SEIU-United Service Workers West’s Gubernatorial Candidate Worker Forum at Meruelo Studios in Los Angeles, California, on January 10, 2026.
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The campaign of Rep. Eric Swalwell, the California Democratic candidate for governor, on Tuesday sought to rebut claims made by several people on social media that multiple women plan to come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct involving staffers.
“This false, outrageous rumor is being spread 27 days before an election begins by flailing opponents who have sadly teamed up with MAGA conspiracy theorists because they know Eric Swalwell is the frontrunner in this race,” Swalwell campaign communications director Micah Beasley said in a statement.
He also said one prominent claim that women have remained silent because of non-disclosure agreements is false.
“In 13 years, no one in Eric Swalwell’s congressional office has ever been asked to sign an NDA. Ever,” Beasley said. “In 13 years, not a single ethics complaint by any staff in his office or any other office has ever been lodged. Ever.”
The statement comes less than two months before California’s June 2 primary, in which Swalwell and several other prominent Democrats are battling for what’s likely to be just one spot in the November general election. Voters can begin mailing in ballots in less than four weeks.
All parties’ candidates compete in California’s primary, with only the top two finishers regardless of party advancing to the general election — a unique “top-two” system that complicates the state’s crowded field.
Just two major Republicans are competing: Steve Hilton, a British transplant and former Fox News host, and Chad Bianco, the Riverside County sheriff. Republicans are a minority in California, but because the field of Democratic candidates is much larger and more fractured, Democrats have long feared a doomsday scenario in which none of the party’s candidates finish in the top two in the primary to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom.
President Donald Trump this week endorsed Hilton, cementing the likelihood that he will advance, but also helping Democrats avoid the nightmare of being shut out of the general election.
Along with Swalwell, the roster of well-known Democrats in the race includes US Rep. Katie Porter; billionaire activist Tom Steyer; Xavier Becerra, the former state attorney general and Biden administration Health and Human Services secretary; San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan; former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond; and former State Controller Betty Yee. None have emerged as a clear favorite.
Allegations of wrongdoing against Swalwell emerged on social media through accounts of progressive influencers. The Daily Caller, a conservative news outlet, on Monday published a report highlighting claims leveled by Cheyenne Hunt, a lawyer and former congressional candidate who is now the executive director of Gen-Z for Change.
Hunt said in an X post Monday that she is “working with a number of women who are in the process of coming forward and sharing their stories of sexual harassment and even alleged abuse at the hands of Eric Swalwell.”
Hunt did not name any of the women she said are alleging misconduct, and did not share the specifics of their claims. She said those women are working with a lawyer, and that some felt they had to remain silent because of non-disclosure agreements.
Porter, one of Swalwell’s Democratic rivals in the governor’s race, highlighted what she said were “very troubling allegations” Tuesday on CNN.
“With regard to Rep. Swalwell, I have seen allegations coming from women staffers. They are very, very troubling allegations. It’s those women’s stories to tell when they are ready, and I hope they feel safe and supported if they choose to do so,” Porter said.
Porter said she has not spoken to any of the women who social media influencers say plan to come forward with allegations against Swalwell.
“This is about building a politics that works for people, that is focused on living our values, and I believe women. I think that has to be the starting place here,” she said.
Trump and other Republicans have long mocked Swalwell over his association with the woman at the center of a suspected political intelligence operation run by China’s main civilian spy agency between 2011 and 2015, Fang Fang or Christine Fang.
The House Ethics Committee in 2023 closed its investigation into Swalwell without taking action, and he was never accused of wrongdoing. However, The Washington Post reported in March that FBI Director Kash Patel was pushing to release case files from the investigation.