- by foxnews
- 19 Apr 2026
Albrecht told CBS that Swalwell "offered to mentor" her and stay in touch with her after meeting her student group in D.C. in 2019. She said that Swalwell created a group chat with all the students and added her on Snapchat.
"Ultimately, it reached a point where he invited me to a hotel to meet him. It was very clear what the connotation was. At that point I completely stopped responding. What I keep thinking back to is how lucky I am that I didn't go to that hotel," Albrecht said in the interview.
Sammarco had a similar experience in 2021, she said, after she messaged Swalwell something supportive via Twitter. To her surprise, she said, he responded.
Swalwell asked her if she was on Snapchat as well, and detailed one of the exchanges.
"It started out as professional and platonic and then slowly they became more and more explicit, asking me what I was wearing. Then one night he was on a trip, and he was laying in his hotel room bed, and then he sent me a photo of his penis," she said.
Hunt revealed during the CBS interview that she was inundated with direct messages from other women who had similar experiences.
"I was immediately slammed with DMs from other women who said I have a story to tell. And that was when I realized that this was a lot bigger than I think any of us knew," she said during the interview.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Swalwell for additional comment on the allegations.
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