former Congressman Eric Swalwell, who had been running to be the governor of my state of California. And thankfully that didn't happen is facing as you know, incredibly serious allegations regarding his sexual harassment and more towards more than a dozen women. And it has somehow gotten worse as of this week. Bear in mind for all of this, he is married with three kids [00:00:20] and he is a guy who clearly has been looking ahead to future offices for some time. Keep all of that in your mind as you find out. the shenanigans he was getting up to. So he is already facing allegations of sexual harassment, allegations of sexual assault as well. Several [00:00:39] women have told CNN that the Congresswoman had sent them sexually explicit messages on Snapchat after he became quote, one of the first lawmakers to join Snapchat and was heralded in the media as the Snapchat King of Congress. Of course, considering that a big part of Snapchat is [00:00:56] sending pics, I suppose to be king you do have to do as the Romans do. But anyway, he was one of the first members in Congress to join Snapchat. And here's how he pitched it as the time. We can restore a lot of faith that people have in their democracy by opening it [00:01:11] up a little bit more. Snapchat is a great way to do that. And I don't know, maybe he was lying then or maybe he did have the best of intentions on day one. But rapidly, transparency and renewal of democracy gave way to just being a big old stage five creep. So one young woman [00:01:30] claimed that Swalwell would send her Snapchat messages about her future before asking inappropriate questions such as, what are you wearing? He's a very creative man. Two other women told CNN that Swalwell sent them quote sexually explicit messages and unsolicited nude photos and videos of himself back in 2021. While a third woman also claimed to have received sexually tinged [00:01:50] messages and videos. So he was doing that in the darkest depths of the pandemic. I know that we were all in a bad place. we were all starting up hobbies. There's gotta be a better way. During one relationship, he reportedly sent nude photos of himself and videos of himself [00:02:07] masturbating, which showed the congressman's face and naked body. I'll return to that in one second. His stories would be like his congressional content, but then he would be sending me dick pics, one woman alleged. Adding that Swalwell sent her another explicit video late last year, [00:02:23] just weeks before he announced his gubernatorial. campaign. And I just want you to meditate for a second on the idea that a public figure, a very well known public figure, one of the most high profile Democrats who apparently would want to be governor, who might well have [00:02:45] run for president someday, decided not only am I going to use social media to creep on young women as young as 19 years old when he is married. with three kids. He is going to send a video of himself masturbating allegedly with his whole ass face in the video. The [00:03:07] hubris, the literal balls on this guy. How did you think that that would not come back to bite you on the ass? Forget the horror of it, of inflicting this on all these people, being such a weirdo. You've gotta be driving people away from politics by treating them [00:03:24] like this. But to then think that you can do that and someday run for governor is just a level of confidence I will never have in my life. Anyway, so he's on LinkedIn, trying to get some as you do, I guess. I don't know, I don't use LinkedIn. I tried to log in one [00:03:42] time and it literally sent an email to every one of my contacts and how could that possibly be the way the system works? So I'm never going on there again. Anyway, he would find people as young as 19 years old. offered to write them letters of recommendation and then send them videos of himself masturbating. Which is maybe the grossest bait and switch in world history. [00:04:01] So one woman, this was a 19 year old by the way, Clara McCloutchick. She was working as a restaurant hostess at the time, claimed that Swallow managed to track her down on LinkedIn. So he saw her I guess at a restaurant, then found her on LinkedIn, which is already way [00:04:17] too much work. Where he sent her flirty messages, offered to then write her letter of recommendation. her name was beautiful after speaking with her for less than 15 minutes while dining at the restaurant in 2021. Maybe with his family, I don't know. She says, I remember being surprised [00:04:33] getting a message from him since I didn't give him any information other than maybe my first name. He was literally over double my age. So he has boundless renewable confidence and also [00:04:48] the amount of work like he's at a dinner. And he's just scoping them out, man. He's twice as old. He has no ability to, like he had that interaction. And coming out of it, he came to the conclusion, this young woman wants me to find her, stalk her on the internet, and [00:05:09] begin sending her messages, including videos of me masturbating. he also, politicians are supposed to be able to read people. That's supposed to be the one skill that they have. And this is what he did with that supposed skill. Anyway, I don't want to leave you with the conclusion [00:05:24] that now that Swalwell is out of the house and not running for office again, we've cured ourselves of the creeps in Congress because we very much have not. Let's jump into another. GOP representative Chuck Edwards is now facing a house ethics investigation, which it seems to be the season four, over [00:05:40] sexual harassment. And we have all the details of his apparent bad behavior. So you're seeing a picture of him right here. No notes, you're nailing it buddy. Anyway, three sources told Axios that they witnessed conduct by Edwards towards two female staffers in their 20s [00:05:56] that they described as inappropriate. That's their word. I'm gonna give you the details and you come to your own conclusion about whether it was inappropriate. So here's one of the allegations concerning a staffer. Edwards and the woman spent time vacationing together in Las Vegas, months after she had left his office according to two sources familiar with the [00:06:13] trip. Axios reviewed receipts showing Edwards had booked two rooms at the Bellagio back in 2025, that's last year. As well as messages indicating that the woman was also in Las Vegas on at least one of those dates. At the time, staff in Edwards' office were concerned about [00:06:28] the congressman returning to Washington to vote on reopening the government and shutdown related airport delays. That's what they were concerned with, he was perhaps concerned with something else. He expressed deep personal affection for the staffer in a three page handwritten note. Handwritten notes, a lost art, three pages, ain't nobody got time for that. Keep it to [00:06:48] one, buddy. Anyway, he says you are the most amazing woman, Axios reviewed this. I only wish I could explain the joy and meaning to me for the time we spent together at the office, but especially away from it. Your kindness, encouragement, and lightheartedness have written [00:07:04] a complex chapter in my heart that I will never stop reading. The letter was signed with my lifetime of appreciation and devotion. Chuck. So if that was a handwritten note that a guy had written to his wife of 45 years, that's so beautiful. That's poetic. Why doesn't anyone [00:07:24] write like that anymore? But when you're sending that to a young staffer that you might or might not have even been in a relationship with, that's not why they work for you. Stop being a creep and it's everywhere. We can't go a day without being reminded of the fact that Congress people [00:07:41] are doing this. Anyone who goes to work on Capitol Hill, and you kind of need to for certain types of jobs, certain types of career paths, you are opening yourself up to this sort of bizarre creepy predation. You might get gifts along the way. One gift included a custom puzzle [00:07:57] that when assembled, revealed an image of actor Adam Sandler alongside a handwritten note inviting the staffer to attend one of Sandler's comedy shows with him. I'm going to be thinking about that for the rest of the day. Edwards also gave gifts including a purse to another young female [00:08:15] staffer in her 20s and took the second staffer as his guest to events, including the White House Christmas party in 2024. He also often complimented their outfits and appearances. And perhaps the grossest thing about all of this is that when he has this timeless chapter [00:08:32] written on his heart, he's also pursuing other women. Where's the loyalty? Anyway, I'm joking. That's not the grossest part. The grossest part was probably the picture I showed you to begin this. The second grossest part is that he has been married since 1980. 1980, Harrington would [00:08:51] say. He's been married for 85 years and he is preying on these women that weren't born until he was in his, I don't know, 50s? Anyway, the house is utterly full of creeps. And by the [00:09:06] way, we've had to pay out. because of all their creepiness. House sexual harassment payouts apparently exceeded over the past couple of decades $300,000. And I guarantee that is an undercount of what should have been sent and not nearly enough to each of the people [00:09:23] that had to deal with this crap.