2026年4月13日 21:53:21 美国东部夏令时 / 福克斯新闻频道
马萨诸塞州联邦参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦（民主党）表示，她对斯瓦威尔离开国会的消息感到“欣慰”
作者：亚历克·舍梅尔，福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年4月13日 21:53 美国东部夏令时
斯瓦威尔在性不当行为指控声中辞去国会职务
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加利福尼亚州联邦众议员埃里克·斯瓦威尔（民主党）宣布计划在性不当行为指控缠身之际辞去国会职务，这一决定获得了包括马萨诸塞州联邦参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦在内的参议院民主党高层的赞扬。
与此同时，共和党人质疑民主党高层在周一斯瓦威尔辞职前究竟知晓多少内情。斯瓦威尔辞职的消息传出仅数日之前，他刚刚暂停了加利福尼亚州州长竞选活动。
斯瓦威尔周一表示，他为自己的“过错”向家人、幕僚和选民“深表歉意”，但他坚称针对自己的性不当行为和虐待指控是“虚假的”。
“我知道有人试图针对我和其他议员启动即刻驱逐投票程序，”斯瓦威尔在声明中说道，“在指控提出仅数日内就未经正当程序将任何人逐出国会，这是错误的。但同样错误的是，我的选民要因我分心而无法履行职责。因此，我计划辞去国会席位。”
斯瓦威尔竞选团队接受与中情局有关联律师2.5万美元捐款后敲响警钟：“令人愤慨”
马萨诸塞州民主党参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦在2025年1月14日华盛顿参议院军事委员会确认听证会上发言。（阿尔·德拉戈/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
“这是一个正确的决定，”佛蒙特州联邦参议员彼得·韦尔奇（民主党）在被问及斯瓦威尔的辞职决定时补充道，“这用不着 rocket science（这里指高深学问）就能想明白。所被指控的行为太恶劣了。”
据报道，加利福尼亚州联邦参议员亚历克斯·帕迪利亚（民主党）告诉CNN，他认为斯瓦威尔做出了正确的决定。
斯瓦威尔的辞职决定让民主党免于就一项极具争议的驱逐斯瓦威尔的决议进行投票，而如果他不辞职，这项决议预计将被提交表决。
“鉴于刑事调查正在进行中，此举将避免立即在道德调查中回答可能带来法律风险的问题，”乔治华盛顿大学教授、福克斯新闻法律分析师乔纳森·特利指出，“几乎没有辩护律师愿意看到当事人在似乎大概率会被驱逐的情况下，接受一场开放式的道德调查质询。”
据Politico报道，当被问及是否曾要求斯瓦威尔辞职时，佩洛西回应道：“哦，我认为那是他自己的决定。我认为这是一个明智的决定。”
此外，当被问及是否事先知晓这些性不当行为指控时，佩洛西回应称“完全不知情”，Politico还补充道。亚利桑那州联邦参议员鲁本·加列戈（民主党）是斯瓦威尔的长期好友和同事，此前曾因维护斯瓦威尔而受到批评。在斯瓦威尔辞职前几分钟，加列戈表示他“对针对埃里克·斯瓦威尔的性侵、骚扰和掠夺行为指控一无所知”。
“有用的傀儡”：埃里克·斯瓦威尔因多次前往卡塔尔赞助的多哈之行陷入困境
沃伦曾在总统竞选期间与斯瓦威尔竞争，她表示自己“很高兴[斯瓦威尔]即将离任”，并补充道“手握权力和对他人拥有权威的人，若利用职权谋取私利，必须承担责任”。
在斯瓦威尔宣布辞职的一小时内，他在众议院的一位同事、得克萨斯州联邦众议员托尼·冈萨雷斯（共和党）也效仿其做法，宣布自己也将在面临性不当行为指控时辞职。
“凡事皆有其时，上帝对我们所有人都有安排。明天国会复会后，我将提交退休申请。能为德克萨斯州伟大的民众服务，是我的荣幸。”冈萨雷斯说道。
得克萨斯州联邦众议员托尼·冈萨雷斯（左）与加利福尼亚州联邦众议员埃里克·斯瓦威尔（右）均被指控者卷入性不当行为丑闻。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-罗尔呼叫公司；温·麦克name/盖蒂图片社摄）
冈萨雷斯上个月曾表示不会寻求连任，因此目前尚不清楚情况会有何变化。如果冈萨雷斯和斯瓦威尔明天都离职，众议院共和党与民主党之间微弱的席位差距将不会改变。
周一共和党对斯瓦威尔辞职的反应与民主党人的赞誉如出一辙。加利福尼亚州州长竞选的共和党领跑者史蒂夫·希尔顿也抨击“职业政客”让斯瓦威尔“逍遥法外”。
“埃里克·斯瓦威尔当然不得不退出加利福尼亚州州长竞选。问题是，明知道存在这些问题，他当初为什么要参选？”希尔顿告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
“这是他做的第一件明智的事，”南卡罗来纳州联邦众议员南希·梅斯说道，她还补充说冈萨雷斯“应该效仿他”，而就在几分钟后冈萨雷斯确实这么做了。
“埃里克，你辞职的做法是正确的。但你别胡说什么没有理由驱逐你，因为绝对有理由，”佛罗里达州联邦众议员安娜·保利娜·卢纳在斯瓦威尔宣布辞职后说道，“他做出了正确的决定，但仍需要全面的刑事调查。据我所知，他可能会入狱。”
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斯瓦威尔在2025年政府停摆期间于泳池中打篮球。（埃里克·斯瓦威尔 via X）
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其他共和党人质疑，在斯瓦威尔的性不当行为指控公开前，民主党人究竟知晓多少内情。
“主流媒体不会攻击民主党人，除非这有助于打击另一位民主党人。这是不言自明的。斯瓦威尔事件就是活生生的证明，”《无情》播客联合主持人约翰·阿什布鲁克告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，“如果他没有危及民主党保住加利福尼亚州州长职位的能力，他们没人会说一句闲话。”
“埃里克·斯瓦威尔早就该被逐出国会了，尽管有证据表明他曾被一名中国间谍渗透，民主党人还是一次又一次地团结在他身边，”共和党策略师马克·贝德纳补充道，他曾为前议长凯文·麦卡锡以及现任交通部长、前国会议员肖恩·达菲工作。“对于与他关系密切的民主党人来说，真正的问题是他们知道些什么，什么时候知道的，以及他们会不会质疑当时的议长佩洛西在斯瓦威尔委员会任命问题上的判断力？”
希尔顿呼应了贝德纳关于民主党高层知晓程度的质疑。
“支持斯瓦威尔并为他砸钱的机器政客和工会——他们早就知道他的过去。这在国会山和萨克拉门托是个公开的秘密。南希·佩洛西、亚当·希夫、教师工会、服务业雇员国际工会——他们全都在假装愤怒和谴责，完全是一派胡言，”希尔顿告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，“加利福尼亚州由一群腐败的民主党精英统治，他们正陷入混乱、肮脏和丑闻之中。这就是为什么他们派来与我在大选中竞争的斯瓦威尔代言人，无论是凯蒂·波特还是汤姆·斯泰尔，都不会好到哪里去。”
‘Smart decision’: Swalwell’s resignation spurs praise from both parties after bombshell allegations emerge
2026-04-13 21:53:21 EDT / Fox News
Sen Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said she was ‘glad’ to hear Swalwell was leaving Congress
By Alec Schemmel, Fox News
Published April 13, 2026 9:53pm EDT
Swalwell resigns from Congress amid sexual misconduct claims
Fox News correspondent Max Gorden reports on Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., announcing his resignation following sexual assault allegations on ‘Special Report.’
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Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., announced he was planning to resign from Congress following sexual misconduct allegations, leading top Senate Democrats like Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., to praise the decision.
Meanwhile, Republicans are questioning how much top Democrats knew before the final ball dropped Monday with Swalwell’s resignation, which came just days after he suspended his California gubernatorial campaign.
Swalwell said Monday that he was “deeply sorry” to his family, staff and constituents for his “mistakes,” but stood headstrong in calling the sexual misconduct and abuse allegations against him “false.”
“I am aware of efforts to bring an immediate expulsion vote against me and other members,” Swalwell said in his announcement. “Expelling anyone from 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. Therefore, I plan to resign my seat in Congress.”
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, Jan. 14, 2025.(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“It was a good decision,” added Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., when asked about Swalwell’s resignation. “You don’t have to be a rocket science to figure that out. It’s terrible – what has been alleged.”
Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., reportedly told CNN that he thought Swalwell made the right decision.
Swalwell’s decision to resign keeps Democrats from having to vote on a contentious resolution to expel Swalwell, which was expected to happen if he had not resigned.
“With a criminal investigation in the works, the move will avoid the need to answer questions immediately in an ethics investigation that might present legal dangers,” George Washington University professor and Fox News legal analyst Jonathan Turley pointed out. “Few defense attorneys would relish a client responding to an open-ended ethics investigation when the outcome seems likely expulsion.”
When asked whether she had requested Swalwell resign, Pelosi reportedly responded, “Oh, I think that was his decision. I think it’s a smart decision to make,” according to Politico.
Furthermore, when asked whether she had any previous idea about the sexual misconduct allegations, Pelosi responded, “none whatsoever,” Politico also noted. Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., a longtime friend and colleague of Arizona who faced heat for defending him, said minutes before Swalwell’s resignation that he “had no knowledge of the allegations of assault, harassment, and predatory behavior against Eric Swalwell.”
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Warren, who ran against Swalwell during the pairs’ bids for the presidency, said she is “glad that [Swalwell] will be gone,” adding that “people who are in positions of power and authority over others need to be held accountable when they take advantage of that position.”
Within an hour after Swalwell’s announcement that he would resign, one of Swalwell’s colleagues in the House of Representatives, Rep. Tony Gonzalez, R-Texas, followed suit and announced he was resigning as well amid sexual misconduct allegations.
“There is a season for everything and God has a plan for us all. When Congress returns tomorrow, I will file my retirement from office. It has been my privilege to serve the great people of Texas,” Gonzales said.
Reps. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, and Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., have both been embroiled in sexual misconduct allegations from accusers.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc; Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Gonzalez last month said he would not run for reelection, so it is uncertain what may change. If Gonzalez and Swalwell left tomorrow, the slim margin in the House between Republicans and Democrats would not change.
Republican reactions to Swalwell’s resignation Monday mirrored the praise from Democrats. Republican frontrunner in the California gubernatorial race, Steve Hilton, also slammed “career politicians” for letting Swalwell “get away with it.”
“Of course Eric Swalwell had to drop out of the California governor’s race. The question is, why was he ever in it, knowing he had all this going on?” Hilton told Fox News Digital.
“First smart thing he’s done,” said Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., who added that Gonzales “needs to follow his lead” right before he actually did.
“Eric, you did the right thing by resigning. However, don’t you dare say there weren’t grounds for your expulsion, because there absolutely were,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said after Swalwell’s announcement he would be resigning. “He made the correct decision, but there still needs to be a full-fledged criminal investigation. Based on what I’m hearing, he may go to jail.”
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Rep Swalwell plays basketball in pool during 2025 government shutdown.(Eric Swalwell via X)
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Other Republicans questioned how much Democrats knew before the allegations of sexual misconduct became public against Swalwell.
“The mainstream media doesn’t attack a Democrat unless it helps a separate Democrat. It’s axiomatic. The Swalwell episode proves that in technicolor,” John Ashbrook, a co-host of the “Ruthless” podcast told Fox News Digital. “If he wasn’t jeopardizing their party’s ability to hold the California Governor’s mansion, none of them would have said a word.”
“Eric Swalwell should’ve been removed from Congress long ago, yet Democrats rallied around him over and over even after it was shown he was compromised by a Chinese spy,” added Republican strategist Mark Bednar, who has worked for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and current Transportation Secretary and former Congressman Sean Duffy. “The real questions for Democrats close to him are what did they know, when did they know it, and will they question then-Speaker Pelosi’s judgment regarding Swalwell’s committee assignments?”
Hilton echoed Bednar’s questions about how much top Democrats knew.
“Machine politicians and unions that endorsed Swalwell and threw money at him — they knew about his past. It was an open secret on Capitol Hill and Sacramento. Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, the teacher unions, SEIU — they are all totally full of it with their fake outrage and condemnation,” Hilton told Fox News Digital. “California is ruled by a corrupt Democrat elite that is collapsing into chaos, sleaze and scandal. That’s why the Swalwell stand-ins that they send to run against me in the general election, whether it’s Katie Porter or Tom Steyer, will be no better.”
