Things are looking a whole lot worse for former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), as he’s facing a new round of scrutiny following a CNN report that revealed that multiple women have now accused him of sending them sexually explicit messages, including “videos of him m*****bating,” on popular social media platform Snapchat.
The new report comes less than a month after Swalwell stepped down from his seat in Congress following allegations of rape and sexual assault made by several other women. Reporters with CNN say they have spoken with “more than a dozen” women who went into great detail describing encounters they had with the former congressman over the last ten years, that left them uncomfortable, both online and in person.
Several of the women the network spoke with said that Swalwell used Snapchat after becoming “one of the first lawmakers to join Snapchat,” which led to many of his colleagues referring to him as “the Snapchat king of Congress.” In 2016, Swalwell pushed the use of the platform as a way for members of Congress to better connect with the public.
“We can restore a lot of faith that people have in their democracy by opening it up a little bit more,” Swalwell told The Hill shortly after joining the messaging service. “Snapchat is a great way to do that.” However, CNN is reporting that some of the women said the account quickly moved from politics to include personal and even sexual messages, according to Trending Politics News.
One woman told the network that Swalwell sent her several messages asking about her future before asking her, “What are you wearing?” Two other women came forward and recounted the disgraced former Democratic congressman sending them “sexually explicit messages and unsolicited nude photos and videos of himself” in 2021.
A third woman said she received “sexually tinged messages and videos” from Swalwell. The CNN report also revealed that a former congressional staffer admitted to developing a consensual sexual relationship with Swalwell after he began flirting with her on Snapchat in 2021. During that time, the woman says that Swalwell sent “nude photos of himself and videos of him m***bating” that showed his “face and naked body.”
CNN confirmed that the woman had saved the videos and photos and showed them to the network. “His stories would be his, like, congressional content, but then he would be sending me d**k pics,” she said. She then claimed that he sent another explicit video to her in late 2025, just weeks before he officially launched his California gubernatorial campaign. That campaign has since been suspended.
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The report then said that Swalwell wrote a letter of recommendation for a woman that he had never met after sending a series of flirty messages about her “sexy pajamas.” Another woman came forward and stated that she had to remind Swalwell that he was married with three children after he added her on Snapchat and “suggested they hang out.”
CNN’s report closed out by noting that after they contacted the former congressman’s lawyer for a comment on the newest allegations against him, Swalwell allegedly confronted several of the women in the early morning hours for taking screenshots of his posts and messages. He also allegedly sent a woman flirty messages through social networking platform LinkedIn.