He said he’ll spend the weekend with family and friends and provide an update “very soon.”
Eric Swalwell vowed Friday to fight sexual misconduct allegations he said are false, while apologizing to his wife for unspecified “mistakes” in his past.
Rather than dropping out of the race for California governor — as many Democrats, including his two campaign co-chairs, Reps. Jimmy Gomez and Adam Gray, had called on him to do — Swalwell said he will spend time with family and friends this weekend and, “I look forward to updating you very soon.”
“These allegations of sexual assault are flat false,” the California representative said in a video on social media hours after many of his allies and staffers abandoned his gubernatorial campaign. “They are absolutely false. They did not happen. They have never happened. And I will fight them with everything that I have.”
He said, “I do not suggest to you in any way that I’m perfect or that I’m a saint. I have certainly made mistakes in judgment in my past. But those mistakes are between me and my wife, and to her I apologize deeply for putting her in this position.”
Elias Dabaie, Swalwell’s attorney, told CNN’s Elex Michaelson on Friday night that his client “intends to continue his campaign,” while saying it’s “not clear” when he might return to the trail.
“He’s taking time with his family right now, and that’s a decision for him to make,” Dabaie said.
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