U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell on Sunday said he was suspending his campaign for governor of California, as he faces calls to leave Congress following accusations of sexual assault. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/13/world/politics/california-governor-eric-swalwell/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #congress #california #democrats #sexabuse #ericswalwell
Swalwell suspends campaign for California governor amid sexual assault allegations

The San Francisco Chronicle and CNN reported that a woman who previously worked in Eric Swalwell's district office accused him of two nonconsensual sexual encounters.

The Japan Times
From Epic Fury to Epstein Fury: Rep. Ro Khanna on the Betrayals of the Trump Administration

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee walked out of a closed-door briefing on the Epstein files with Attorney General Pam Bondi and her deputy, Todd Blanche, less than an hour after it began Wednesday, after Bondi repeatedly declined to say whether she would comply with a subpoena requiring her to appear for a sworn deposition on April 14. Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna, who attended the briefing, said Bondi will have to answer “why there are still 3 million documents being hidden” and “why there was a cover-up of those files that implicated Donald Trump.” Khanna also comments on the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, noting that Trump’s military actions are “a total betrayal of his promise that he was going to focus on American needs.”

Democracy Now!
Israeli strikes hit Iranian oil depots near Tehran. The attacks marked the first on Iran’s energy infrastructure in the 10-day war and come as average gas prices in the US are up 14% to $3.41 per gallon as of this writing.
Trump will do anything to distract you from what he did to little girls.
#epstein #trump #sexabuse #risinggasprices #irandistraction
Missing DOJ Files: As Clintons Testify About Epstein, Where Are FBI Interviews with Trump Accuser?

As fallout from the Epstein files continues, we speak with investigative journalist Barry Levine, author of The Spider: Inside the Tangled Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Recordings of the House Oversight depositions of Bill and Hillary Clinton are set to be released today and tomorrow. The Clintons were called by House Republicans to testify on their relationships with Jeffrey Epstein, but Levine emphasizes that credible allegations tying either the Clintons or Donald Trump to Epstein’s criminal activities are currently limited. Meanwhile, files known to contain allegations of sexual abuse of a minor by President Trump have been withheld or removed by the Department of Justice. Levine says that the focus on the Clintons is a political distraction targeted at Trump’s “perceived enemies” while millions of documents on the Epstein case that could directly implicate his other associates have still not been released or unredacted for the public. “There are men who are out there who took part in the sex trafficking that have not been brought to justice,” says Levine.

Democracy Now!
The ‘Crazy’ Plot to Release the Epstein Files

How an unlikely duo of lawmakers partnered with victims to try to hold the powerful accountable

The Atlantic

Surprise! #Jan6 rioter pardoned by #drumpf convicted of child #sexabuse

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/11/nx-s1-5711294/trump-jan-6-pardons-child-sex-abuse

Birds of a feather….

British Politicians Still Have Shame

The Epstein case keeps threatening politicians—just not in the United States.

The Atlantic
Elon Musk Under Fire for Epstein Links, Grok’s Sexualized AI Deepfakes & SpaceX-xAI Merger

French prosecutors have asked Elon Musk to appear for questioning following a police raid on the offices of the social media network X in Paris. The French probe comes on the heels of a U.K. investigation into Musk’s AI tool Grok over its “potential to produce harmful sexualized image and video content.” Last month, the European Union also launched an investigation into sexual deepfakes created by Grok. “It’s a part of a kind of a pushback that we’re seeing now against Musk that’s probably more forceful than anything we’ve seen to date,” says Quinn Slobodian, professor of international history at Boston University and author of the upcoming book Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.

Democracy Now!
The Longevity Influencer Who Went Into ‘Withdrawal’ Without Jeffrey Epstein

Peter Attia is all over the Epstein files.

The Atlantic
X's Paris office raided Tuesday the Paris prosecutor's #cybercrime unit launched a search of #X offices connected to an ongoing investigation over alleged algorithm manipulation & illicit #data extraction expanded to incl complicity in spreading child #SexAbuse. www.france24.com/en/france/20...

Paris prosecutor's cybercrime ...
Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit raids X’s French office

The cybercrime unit of the Paris prosecutor's office on Tuesday launched a search of the French offices of social media platform X. The raid was connected to an ongoing investigation launched in January 2025 over alleged algorithm manipulation and illicit data extraction that has since expanded to look into allegations of of complicity in spreading child sex abuse materials and sexualised deepfakes.

FRANCE 24