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House Republican plans motion to oust Swalwell from Congress amid sexual assault allegations
Rep. Swalwell faces calls for resignation after sexual misconduct, assault allegations
Rep. Eric Swalwell faces severe sexual misconduct and assault allegations from four women. This controversy impacts his California gubernatorial campaign, with leading Democrats like Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff urging his withdrawal. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna plans to file a motion to expel Swalwell from Congress, advocating for a «hard reset» on ethics in Washington.
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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., announced Saturday that she would be filing a motion to expel Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., from Congress after former staffers accused the congressman of sexual assault and misconduct.
«I am filing a motion to expel Eric Swalwell from Congress,» she wrote in a Saturday morning tweet.
The move comes after at least four female former staffers of Swalwell’s accused him of sexual impropriety. One staffer accused him of sexual assault on multiple occasions.
A former staffer told the San Francisco Chronicle that when she was 17 and Swalwell was 38 he began messaging her on the social media platform Snapchat, a messaging platform in which messages between users disappear. The woman, who the Chronicle did not identify, said Swalwell began sending her inappropriate pictures and requesting pictures of her naked body.
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Rep. Eric Swalwell spoke during a press conference on committee assignments for the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 25, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
She also claimed that in 2024 she woke up alone in Swalwell’s hotel room after a night she did not remember with «vaginal bleeding,» according to the Chronicle.
Swalwell, who is married with children, has denied the sexual assault allegations as «false and outrageous.» His lawyer also sent a cease and desist letter to the woman, the Chronicle reported.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna departed the U.S. Capitol following a series of House votes on March 5, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to Swalwell’s and Luna’s offices but did not immediately receive a response.
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Running in the open primary to become California’s next governor, Swalwell was ahead of all other registered Democrats, trailing only Republican Steve Hilton in the latest polling average from Real Clear Politics. That may soon change though, as the allegations have prompted a wave of calls from prominent Democrats for Swalwell to bow out.
Those calls have come from party bosses like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and from those closest to Swalwell, such as Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., who retracted an earlier message of support in order to call for Swalwell to step down. Gallego, who Swalwell has referred to as a «dear friend,» initially faced backlash for defending Swalwell.
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., has a steep price for his vote to avert a partial government shutdown: fire White House Deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
While other party members like former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, pile on to the calls to drop out, very few have gone as far as calling for Swalwell to vacate his congressional seat, a fact Luna highlighted in a Saturday morning appearance on Saturday in America with Kayleigh McEnany.
«It is unacceptable for him to just index his, campaign for governor in California but still sit in the House of Representatives,» she told McEnany.
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Luna also lambasted the Dems on X, writing, «So the Dems don’t want Swalwell to be governor of California, but he can stay a member of Congress? Are we running a halfway house for sexual predators in Congress now? No. He should not be allowed to stay in Congress.»
Luna’s motion to expel Swalwell, should she get it to the House floor, would require a two-thirds majority vote from Congress in order to pass.
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CENTCOM announces 10K US troops aiding Strait of Hormuz blockade
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Mossad Director Dadi Barnea declared Tuesday that Israel’s operations against Iran will end «only once the extremist regime in Iran is replaced.»
Barnea made the remark during a Holocaust commemoration event, according to The Wall Street Journal.
«We meticulously planned so that our operations would continue and manifest themselves even in the period following the strikes in Tehran,» Barnea reportedly said. «Our commitment will be fulfilled only once the extremist regime in Iran is replaced.»
«Forty days of intense combat have led to highly significant achievements, foremost among them a blow to the enemy’s central objective — the destruction of the State of Israel,» Barnea added, according to Ynetnews. «However, our mission has not yet been completed.»
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File photo shows Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attending a demonstration to mark Jerusalem day in Tehran. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)
Israel began its Operation Roaring Lion against Iran on Feb. 28, the same day the U.S. military launched Operation Epic Fury.
The joint U.S.-Israel effort has decimated Iran’s military and missile infrastructure and resulted in the death of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei.
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Iranâs Assembly of Experts has appointed Mojtaba Khamenei (R) as the nationâs new supreme leader, succeeding his father, Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, capital of Iran, on March 4, 2026. (Iranian President’s Press Office/Anadolu)
Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is severely disfigured after sustaining leg and face injuries during initial airstrikes on Tehran in February, Reuters reported earlier this week.
Former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arrives to cast his vote during the 2024 presidential election. (Sobhan Farajvan/Pacific Press)
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Khamenei is recovering after incurring the injuries in the Feb. 28 airstrikes that killed his father.
Fox News Digital’s Robert McGreevy contributed to this report.
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Mossad Director Dadi Barnea declared Tuesday that Israel’s operations against Iran will end «only once the extremist regime in Iran is replaced.»
Barnea made the remark during a Holocaust commemoration event, according to The Wall Street Journal.
«We meticulously planned so that our operations would continue and manifest themselves even in the period following the strikes in Tehran,» Barnea reportedly said. «Our commitment will be fulfilled only once the extremist regime in Iran is replaced.»
«Forty days of intense combat have led to highly significant achievements, foremost among them a blow to the enemy’s central objective — the destruction of the State of Israel,» Barnea added, according to Ynetnews. «However, our mission has not yet been completed.»
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File photo shows Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attending a demonstration to mark Jerusalem day in Tehran. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)
Israel began its Operation Roaring Lion against Iran on Feb. 28, the same day the U.S. military launched Operation Epic Fury.
The joint U.S.-Israel effort has decimated Iran’s military and missile infrastructure and resulted in the death of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei.
CHINA SLAMS US MILITARY BLOCKADE OF STRAIT OF HORMUZ AS A ‘DANGEROUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE MOVE’
Iranâs Assembly of Experts has appointed Mojtaba Khamenei (R) as the nationâs new supreme leader, succeeding his father, Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, capital of Iran, on March 4, 2026. (Iranian President’s Press Office/Anadolu)
Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is severely disfigured after sustaining leg and face injuries during initial airstrikes on Tehran in February, Reuters reported earlier this week.
Former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arrives to cast his vote during the 2024 presidential election. (Sobhan Farajvan/Pacific Press)
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Khamenei is recovering after incurring the injuries in the Feb. 28 airstrikes that killed his father.
Fox News Digital’s Robert McGreevy contributed to this report.
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FIRST ON FOX: Sensitive U.S. military positions in the Middle East may have been exposed through commercial satellite imagery ahead of an Iranian strike that wounded American troops, House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar warned in a new letter raising national security concerns.
In the letter, obtained by Fox News Digital, Moolenaar said Airbus satellite imagery may have been the original source of images later published by a China-based company, MizarVision, which released high-resolution, annotated views of U.S. military aircraft at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.
Moolenaar pointed to a sequence in which the firm publicly identified U.S. aircraft at the base shortly before Iran launched a March 27 missile and drone strike on the installation.
The attack wounded at least 12 U.S. service members — two critically — and damaged multiple high-value aircraft, including KC-135 refueling tankers and an E-3G Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft.
Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., is seen in Cannon Tunnel on April 30, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)
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Moolenaar said the timing and level of detail in the imagery raise questions about whether publicly available satellite data could be used by adversaries to identify and target U.S. military assets, warning that such images risk becoming «targeting data for enemy forces.»
While commercial satellite imagery is widely available and often used for research and transparency, the letter warns that near-real-time, high-resolution images of active operations could provide adversaries with actionable intelligence.
Moolenaar urged War Secretary Pete Hegseth to press Airbus to restrict the release of such imagery, noting that other companies, including Planet Labs, have voluntarily withheld images of the region at the request of the U.S. government.
The push highlights a broader debate over whether limiting access to commercial satellite imagery during wartime is necessary to protect U.S. troops or risks restricting open-source intelligence.
A technical analysis conducted with a satellite systems expert found Airbus satellites were the «most plausible» source of the imagery, according to the letter, identifying multiple windows in which they were positioned to capture images of the base.
The letter also cites a «high likelihood» that Airbus imagery was made available prior to the conflict, though it does not establish how the images were obtained or whether Airbus provided them directly.
A satellite image shows planes at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia February 21, 2026. (2026 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via Reuters)
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The letter also cites a satellite imagery expert who said the images were unlikely to have originated from Chinese satellites given their known capabilities, further narrowing the pool of potential providers.
Commercial satellite imagery often is distributed through complex global licensing networks, meaning images captured by one company can pass through multiple intermediaries before being accessed or published by third parties.
Moolenaar also pointed to Airbus’ business ties in China, including a joint venture with entities linked to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, raising concerns about how satellite imagery could flow through networks connected to Beijing.
The concerns come amid broader scrutiny from the committee over Airbus’ ties to China.
In a December 2025 letter, Moolenaar warned that Airbus’ work with Chinese firms linked to military development could risk advancing Beijing’s aerospace capabilities and said the French government had limited the committee’s ability to obtain information about Airbus’ operations.
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The episode highlights the expanding role of open-source intelligence in modern warfare, where commercially available satellite imagery can offer near real-time insight into military operations and, in some cases, expose sensitive positions during active conflicts.
At the same time, such imagery has become a key tool for journalists, researchers and governments, often used to track conflicts and verify military activity—raising questions about how to balance transparency with security during wartime.
Airbus and the Pentagon could not immediately be reached for comment.
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