Transcript
Dana Perino (0:04)
Hello, everyone. I'm dana farino, along with kennedy, harold ford jr. Jesse waters and jimmy fala. It's five o' clock in new york city, and this is the five. Eric Swalwell officially resigning from Congress as he gets hit with a shocking new rape allegation. Adding to a growing list of sexual assault claims. Some accusers are speaking out on camera for the first time, including a woman who says Eric Swalwell drugged and raped her when she was working as a model in LA in 2018.
Woman Accuser (0:41)
I believe he drugged my drink. I only had one glass of wine. When I arrived at his hotel room, I was already incapacitated and I couldn't move my arms or my body. He raped me and he choked me. And while he was choking me, I lost consciousness and I thought I died.
Dana Perino (1:17)
And then he sent me a photo of his penis. It reached a point where he invited me to a hotel to meet him. It was very clear what the connotation was. Eric Swalwell's attorneys denying the allegations against him, calling them, quote, false, fabricated, and deeply offensive, and a calculated and transparent political hit job. Meanwhile, Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego, who once chaired Swalwell's presidential campaign and described Eric as, quote, my best friend. Well, he faced off with reporters for more than 40 minutes today, vehemently denying any knowledge of inappropriate behavior, except rumors of flirting.
Jesse Waters (1:57)
This man led a double life. He lied to us, he lied to his family, lied to his constituents. Anybody that asks or anybody, any legal, you know, proceedings that need will get whatever they want, without a doubt. Since I told him to drop out, I have not spoken to him.
Harold Ford Jr. (2:10)
When you first heard these rumors, should
Jesse Waters (2:12)
you have acted when you first heard these rumors? Several years ago, the rumors I heard were that he was just a flirty, social guy. That's it. He became very good at being a predator, and he clearly preyed on these women in different positions. And he became extremely proficient at lying to us, lying to his family, lying to his community.
Dana Perino (2:39)
Well, Jesse, that all escalated very quickly.
Greg Gutfeld (2:41)
Yeah, well, the Democrat machine's pretty slimy if you think about it. Nancy Pelosi, who was Eric Swalwell's mentor, she put him on the House Intel Committee, kept him there even after Fang Fang Jeffries put him on J6 committee. So he was sponsored. He was a rising star, and they used him as a weapon to hurt Trump. And they looked the other way at all of these shenanigans until he threatened their power in California and then kaboom. Coup nuked on the eve of the primary. First shot Fired Friday in the hometown paper, San Francisco Chronicle. That hurts. It was local. And then over the weekend, you just see a domino of endorsements collapse. CNN gets the woman in spot shadow. The network, CBS now have three women face out there. And then Monday he takes himself out. They didn't even need this woman on Tuesday. You accused him of choking her, raping her and drugging her. This was highly orchestrated, professionally organized. This was a political assassination. And I think it was only possible because the Democrat machine knew about all of this for years. And everybody in Washington admitting they knew about it. Everybody's admitting this was all out there. Did the reporters dig?
