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#EricSwalwell resigned from #Congress in April after reporting from CNN & the San Francisco Chronicle detailed allegations of sexual misconduct.

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office & the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department opened #criminal investigations into Swalwell in the wake of the reporting. The raids this weekend are part of a federal investigation connected to the claims of #SexualAssault….

#law #power #abuse #rape #RapeCulture #misogyny #AbuseOfPower #ViolenceAgainstWomen

Federal agents seized electronic devices from former Democratic Rep. #EricSwalwell at the San Francisco airport on Saturday & then raided his home in Washington, DC, the next day as part of an ongoing probe connected to #SexualAssault allegations, sources familiar with the investigation told CNN.

#Congress #law #power #abuse #rape #RapeCulture #misogyny #AbuseOfPower #ViolenceAgainstWomen
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/politics/eric-swalwell-fbi-raid-sexual-assault-claims-invs?cid=ios_app

"Rather than believe the women he had collaborated with, and so be forced to revise his image of the respectable men in his midst, [Freud] chose to maintain that respectability by refusing the validity of his own observations."

Mandy Brown @aworkinglibrary: https://aworkinglibrary.com/reading/trauma-and-recovery 🧶

#cognitiveDissonance #beliefs #sexualAbuse #Freud #hysteria #domesticViolence #incest #JudithHerman #patriarchy #pedoCriminality #violenceAgainstChildren #psy #psychiatry #rapeCulture #institutionsDeceive #MandyBrown

POS just doesn’t cover this #rich #white #male #privilege

#Felon #Freed by #Trump Is Sentenced Again, This Time to 27 Months

A Brooklyn federal judge found that Jonathan Braun had violated the rules of his release by sexually assaulting a #nanny, swinging an IV pole at a #nurse, threatening a congregant at his #synagogue, & dodging #tolls in his Lamborghini & Ferrari.

#law #SexualAssault #RapeCulture #ViolenceAgainstWomen #FelonsOfAFeather #pardons #criminal #felon47
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/nyregion/jonathan-braun-resentencing.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare