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5th accuser comes forward against Rep Eric Swalwell ahead of expected resignation
Fox News ^ | Adam Pack

Posted on 04/14/2026 10:25:01 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

Another woman accused Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., of rape Tuesday, just hours before the embattled lawmaker is expected to resign from the House.

"He raped me. And he choked me. And while he was choking me, I lost consciousness. And I thought I died," Lonna Drewes said Tuesday, while describing an incident that she alleged took place in Swalwell's hotel room in 2018.

Drewes said she was working as a model and software engineer in Beverly Hills when she met Swalwell, who offered business and political connections. When meeting him for the third time under the guise of going to a political event, Drewes alleged that Swalwell drugged her drink and proceeded to rape her in his hotel room.

The woman said she had just one glass of wine and could not consent.

Drewes said that she recorded the incident in a handwritten calendar and disclosed the alleged rape to multiple people. She said she waited to come forward, citing her fear of retribution.

"My delay in taking action against Eric was driven by fear, not doubt. Fear of his political power, his background as an attorney, and his family," Drewes said.

Drewes came forward after four women alleged Swalwell committed sexual misconduct and rape, including at least one incident involving a former staffer, as reported by CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle.

The announcement came during a news conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., organized by the woman’s attorneys, Lisa Bloom and Arick Fudali.

Drewes' attorneys said they would be submitting a report to law enforcement.

Bloom offered sharp criticism for Swalwell, who has denied any wrongdoing, but acknowledged a "lack in judgement." He has also vowed to fight "false" allegations.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: adampack; arickfudali; believewomen; beverlyhills; california; cnn; demagogicparty; democrats; ericswalwell; lisabloom; lonnadrewes; metoo; rape; sfchronicle

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1 posted on 04/14/2026 10:25:01 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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2 posted on 04/14/2026 10:29:52 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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> ...Swalwell, who has denied any wrongdoing, but acknowledged a "lack in judgement."

Also lack of an American English spell checker. It's "judgment". The extra "e" is British.

3 posted on 04/14/2026 10:30:39 AM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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To: RoosterRedux

All women must be believed 😎😂, do enjoy a dim especially one has despicable as this one to get a taste of their own medicine


4 posted on 04/14/2026 10:31:23 AM PDT by blitz128
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To: RoosterRedux

It’s amazing how quickly this all happened. Five days ago, he was a leading candidate for Governor of California. In just a few days, his political career is over.

And who knows how this all went down behind the scenes. Who orchestrated all of this, and why.


5 posted on 04/14/2026 10:34:35 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

He was taken out as I’m pretty sure this was a hidden weapon setup for the CA General election.
The DNC probably found out about it and took him out.
They are NOT going to loose a Gov race ever again.


6 posted on 04/14/2026 10:41:51 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Dilbert San Diego

democrats had no problem with this until it became inconvenient to their agenda.

They see a republican threat (no matter how small) and they jetisoned thus guy because he became a liability.

N4ver forget what they did to bernie Sanderson make way for hillary......that was the screw job of the century so them axing this guy for his perversion is no surprise to.

I knew this guy was dirty but wow!


7 posted on 04/14/2026 10:43:06 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Apologies for the misspelled words.....I just woke up


8 posted on 04/14/2026 10:43:55 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
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To: RoosterRedux

**He raped me. And he choked me. And while he was choking me, I lost consciousness. And I thought I died,” Lonna Drewes said**

Raping & choking her out while doing it - he’s a very dangerous man.


9 posted on 04/14/2026 10:44:43 AM PDT by Qiviut (A Mighty Fortress: “...the body they may kill. God’s truth abideth still. His kingdom is forever")
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I’m going to speculate. Pelosi and the others saw the two Pubbies were likely to win the two top seats on the ticket, closing out the DemonRats. They panicked and started looking for a sacrificial lamb and landed on Swalwell because he was the leader and they knew he had a background that would bring him down, leaving his supporters to vote for other DemonRats and increasing the chances of at least one DemonRat candidate getting to the two candidate runoff.


10 posted on 04/14/2026 10:45:16 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: RoosterRedux

she was working as a model and software engineer



11 posted on 04/14/2026 10:46:34 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: RoosterRedux

“Rank amateur” - Bill Cosby


12 posted on 04/14/2026 10:47:04 AM PDT by OrangeHoof ("Our property is protected by two pitbulls. They love visitors, especially with marinara or garlic.")
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To: V_TWIN

democrats had no problem with this until it became inconvenient to their agenda.


Plus they know they can always bend the rules, like when they got Frank Lautenberg to replace Robert Torricelli on the ballot, which violated the NJ State rules, but rules don’t matter to them.


13 posted on 04/14/2026 10:47:20 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: RoosterRedux

“I totally believe him.” - P. Diddy


14 posted on 04/14/2026 10:48:56 AM PDT by OrangeHoof ("Our property is protected by two pitbulls. They love visitors, especially with marinara or garlic.")
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This has everything to do with the Pelosi gift protection and nothing to do with Swallwell.


15 posted on 04/14/2026 10:49:04 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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It's that the Democrat Party, and their lapdog media, knew this the entire time, and only revealed it when it became beneficial for them.

Why do we know this is true?

Because we saw the exact same process with Andrew Cuomo. He went from anti-Trump covid TV darling in 2020, to multi-decade, multiple-victim sex-pest in 2021.

16 posted on 04/14/2026 10:55:16 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: RoosterRedux

The most troubling aspect of the whole Swalwell thing is what it plainly indicates about the nature of the Democratic party. This was not a randomly timed bunch of accusations. It was timed and orchestrated to clear the primary field. Which means party leaders knew about his serial rapes all along, and have been holding the information to blackmail, control and ultimately terminate his political aspirations. And that almost certainly means there are puppet masters with strings to other puppets, so that when you vote for the puppet you wind up with the puppet master being the one really in control. And the puppet masters, in this case, show themselves to be willing to tolerate the most atrocious crimes and use them to their own ends rather than seek justice for the victims.


17 posted on 04/14/2026 10:59:11 AM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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The absolute arrogance of this guy thinking he could get away with all this is astonishing to me.

He obviously thought he really was literally above the law.

Once again the Bible rings true.

Proverbs 16:18 NLT
[18] Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.

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18 posted on 04/14/2026 11:12:42 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Just like Biden and Harris.
Democrats can’t openly act like Communists and have Leon Swalwell wHacked.
CWIDT?
His reckless need for sexual gratification threatened to make the Democrat party’s constant need for sexual gratification (to also include the establishment Republicans).


19 posted on 04/14/2026 11:13:23 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (The Democrats' official policy is now, “Hate, Violence and Murder". Change my mind.)
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:: This was not a randomly timed bunch of accusations. It was timed and orchestrated to clear the primary field. Which means party leaders knew about his ::

Biden/Harris


20 posted on 04/14/2026 11:15:36 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (The Democrats' official policy is now, “Hate, Violence and Murder". Change my mind.)
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