{"id":88362,"date":"2026-04-13T14:45:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/swalwell-ends-bid-for-ca-gov-is-congress-expulsion-next\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T14:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:45:26","slug":"swalwell-ends-bid-for-ca-gov-is-congress-expulsion-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/swalwell-ends-bid-for-ca-gov-is-congress-expulsion-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Swalwell ends bid for CA gov. Is Congress expulsion next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Eric Swalwell said Sunday he would withdraw from the California governor\u2019s race in the wake of allegations of sexual <!--more--> misconduct that led to a nearly immediate campaign collapse, as staffers quit and prominent Democratic supporters urged him to drop out. <\/p>\n<p>Swalwell was long considered a top contender in a wide-open field with several prominent Democrats and two Republicans ahead of the state\u2019s June 2 nonpartisan primary. But on Friday, his campaign was roiled when CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle published reports in which women accused Swalwell of sexual misconduct. <\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s John Berman speaks with NOTUS congressional reporter Daniella Diaz and CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig and CNN\u2019s Audie Cornish leads a panel discussion on Democratic reaction to Swalwell\u2019s scandal. <\/p>\n<p>0:00 Will Congress move to expel Rep. Swalwell after allegations of sexual misconduct?<br \/>\n3:58 Legal analyst reacts to Manhattan DA\u2019s investigation into Swalwell<br \/>\n6:46 What Congressional rules would be used to remove Swalwell from the House?<br \/>\n7:39 How are Democrats reacting to Swalwell\u2019s scandal? <\/p>\n<p>Watch more CNN here: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.it\/4kh5RPe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/cnn.it\/4kh5RPe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#EricSwalwell #Swalwell #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Eric Swalwell said Sunday he would withdraw from the California governor\u2019s race in the wake of allegations of sexual<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}