A former staffer of Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading Democratic candidate for California governor, says that the congressman raped her when she was heavily intoxicated and left her bruised and bleeding, an allegation Swalwell strongly denies. "I was pushing him off of me, saying no," the woman told CNN of the incident, which she said happened in 2024 after she had stopped working in Swalwell's office. "He didn't stop."