{"id":50768,"date":"2026-04-14T20:27:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=50768"},"modified":"2026-04-14T20:27:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:27:31","slug":"nancy-pelosi-denies-that-democrats-turned-a-blind-eye-to-eric-swalwells-behavior-no-idea-whatsoever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=50768","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Pelosi Denies that Democrats Turned a &#8216;Blind Eye&#8217; to Eric Swalwell&#8217;s Behavior: &#8216;No Idea Whatsoever&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Democrats did not turn a blind eye to Rep. Eric Swalwell\u2019s (D-CA) alleged behavior, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said during an appearance at the\u00a0American Public Transportation Association\u2019s legislative conference this week, stating that she had \u201cno idea whatsoever\u201d about these accusations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">Pelosi, 86, was confronted on whether or not Democrats have turned a \u201cblind eye\u201d to the sexual misconduct accusations against Swalwell, who has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/12\/swalwell-suspends-gubernatorial-campaign-accused-sexual-assault\/\">suspended<\/a> his gubernatorial campaign and announced a coming resignation from Congress.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"\/>\n<p>\u201cNo. That\u2019s not true,\u201d Pelosi denied. \u201cThat is absolutely positive \u2014 and it is true that they may say that, but it is absolutely not true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if Pelosi had any idea about the accusations against Swalwell personally, she denied yet again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">\u201cNone whatsoever. None whatsoever. I had none whatsoever,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2044068645697909076\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2044068645697909076\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pelosi also said Swalwell stepping down was \u201cthe right thing to do, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot to subject members to have to take a vote on something like that, and not to subject your family\u2026 If you have a challenge that you have to address, it\u2019s best addressed not as a candidate for governor and not as a member of Congress,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2026\/04\/13\/congress\/nancy-pelosi-calls-swalwell-resignation-smart-decision-00870563\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After suspending his gubernatorial campaign, Swalwell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/13\/eric-swalwell-says-i-plan-to-resign-from-congress-after-stream-of-sexual-assault-accusations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> on Monday his intention to resign from his seat in the U.S. House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am aware of efforts to bring an immediate expulsion vote against me and other members. Expelling anyone in Congress without due process, within days of an allegation being made, is wrong. But it\u2019s also wrong for my constituents to have me distracted from my duties,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, I plan to resign my seat in Congress. I will work with my staff in the coming days to ensure they are able, in my absence, to serve the needs of the good people of the 14th congressional district,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2043802702971359521\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSwalwell\/status\/2043802702971359521\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna warned before noon Tuesday that she would continue her resolution regarding his expulsion if the congressman does not resign by 2 p.m. due to the lack of details in his statement.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2044047389699219487\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepLuna\/status\/2044047389699219487\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The political fallout for Swalwell follows several women coming forward and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/13\/support-mounts-to-expel-eric-swalwell-from-congress\/\">accusing<\/a> the Democrat of sexual misconduct. The accusations kicked off with a former staffer, who\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/eric-swalwell-allegations-22198271.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&amp;utm_source=t.co&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">told<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0<em>San Francisco Chronicle<\/em>\u00a0that Swalwell allegedly sexually assaulted her on different occasions. Her accusations range from attempts at kissing to Swalwell allegedly pulling out his genitalia and asking for oral sex.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/14\/nancy-pelosi-denies-that-democrats-turned-a-blind-eye-to-eric-swalwells-behavior-no-idea-whatsoever\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats did not turn a blind eye to Rep. Eric Swalwell\u2019s (D-CA) alleged behavior, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said during an appearance at the\u00a0American Public Transportation&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}