On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Story Is,” Elias Dabaie, the attorney for California gubernatorial candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) responded to text messages from one of Swalwell’s accusers by saying that while he doesn’t want to get into details “those text messages were sent by someone who was in a relationship at the time, and may have had her own motives.” And can’t elaborate as to what that means because there’s an ongoing investigation.
Host Elex Michaelson asked, “[T]here is evidence, in Pam’s piece, she showed a note from a physician’s assistant that called her a survivor. She had an — STD/pregnancy testing. We talked to family and friends she confided in. We saw text messages from the time. That was way before he was running for governor, at a time when she believed in him as a candidate and as a congressperson. That was all cooked up years ago?”
Dabaie responded, “I’d prefer not to get into those details at this time. But I can say that those text messages were sent by someone who was in a relationship at the time, and may have had her own motives.”
Michaelson followed up, “What does that mean?”
Dabaie responded, “The investigation is ongoing, and I do plan on vindicating the Congressman’s rights.”
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