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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

Congress is facing its own #MeToo moment. It might not be enough to clean out the ‘cesspool’

The dominoes are beginning to fall in Washington, D.C., as alleged sexual abusers are being outed and removed from power.

Disgraced Democratic congressmen Eric Swalwell and Republican Tony Gonzales, who are both married fathers, jumped out of Congress being being pushed out when faced with allegations of sexual misconduct. Swalwell, 45, is accused of drugging, raping and choking a woman in her hotel room in 2018, and making other unwanted sexual advances toward women, which he vehemently denies.

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