Adam Parkhomenko: I'm very proud of my wife for sharing the details she did [re: Swalwell]. I'm disgusted by all of it.

[demmiblue]

I’m very proud of my wife for sharing the details she did. I’m disgusted by all of it. She found herself in one of those moments where she didn’t care what she lost if it helped one other person. The reality is the truth don’t care who tells it, but she told it. Love you @allysammarco.bsky.social

— Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social) 2026-04-11T00:27:17.258Z

I’m very proud of my wife for sharing the details she did. I’m disgusted by all of it. She found herself in one of those moments where she didn’t care what she lost if it helped one other person. The reality is the truth don’t care who tells it, but she told it. Love you

I hate to break this to you guys, but for anybody who seems to think that there’s some weird timing here going on or something like that and this is not real. This is all in writing. He did this in DM‘s and text messages and so forth and it is very very very real.

I wish this was not the case. I am somebody who believed in him and I am somebody who learned a lot about him myself today and I am very proud of Ally.

And one of the most admirable things I can ever say about her is that even after the first report came out, she said yes please use my name on the record. She hoped that if she put her name on the record that would help others whether it was to speak out or stop this from happening to somebody else.

For the record, this was not hearsay. She provided receipts to reporters. And if any of you know Pamela Brown at CNN, you know she is a serious reporter.

[spooky3]

1. Better that this came out now than after the primary.

But best would be if there were no harassment from anyone.

[mwmisses4289]

2. CNN? Ellisons news outlet?🧐

[Scrivener7]

3. My first thought was, "I'll wait for more information." It appears it's coming.

[yardwork]

4. Quite a bit has come out today...

[Scrivener7]

5. Sadly yes. I'm beginning to wonder if it would be more efficient to ask who HASN'T abused women.

[yardwork]

6. It's very sad, frustrating, and infuriating.

My thoughts are with the survivors.

[Scrivener7]

7. The fact that he was revered by many must have made it much worse for them.

[yardwork]

8. Classic predatory behavior.

[AZJonnie]

9. Well, SHIT. This fucking sucks. I really liked Eric Swalwell

I have some close relatives in his district, too. Always used to tell them how jealous I have they have ES and I have freaking Andy Biggs as my rep.

This is highly disillusioning news to wake up to.

[RandomNumbers]

10. The CNN story is damning ... BUT ... do we agree here that IF TRUE ...

that is, IF EVIDENCE EXISTS (and from quick skim, it sounds like it does)

he should be tried IN A COURT for sexual assault and any related offenses that can be proven?

If he is guilty, I want him tried and sentenced appropriately.

If he is not guilty - that is, if there is NOT evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, and he denies it - people should shut the fuck up. Including his accusers.

Why do I say that: many women don't accuse men of assault BECAUSE they know they cannot prove it - and often that is the right thing, sadly. Bad shit happens to all of us in life, and we find we have no recourse. We move on. (Is there ANYONE reading this who hasn't had that? Maybe not sexual assault, but other things like theft and vandalism?)

Probably the next worse thing to a sexual assault, is an untrue accusation of one. Not provable doesn't mean not true. But not provable DOES mean that the accused might be innocent, and the accuser might be a liar. (see also: why not to have a death penalty.) And how the fuck is the public supposed to know? So look, if you can't take the rapist down this time, next time make sure you get the evidence.

One other comment: maybe politicians shouldn't get drunk with staffers? Or maybe just not get drunk at all in public?

[mopinko]

11. u know that almost never happens, rt?

since it usually more damaging to the victim than the perpetrator, false claims r vanishingly rare.

[RandomNumbers]

12. 'Rare' I agree with. It sux for the accusers who are truthful.

I don't agree with the "vanishingly" part especially when we limit to cases of accusations against the powerful, where there may be incentives we can't see.
BUT - even if "vanishingly rare" is true - how about that ONE person executed for murder who was actually innocent? same situation here. (If you support the death penalty then we can stop discussing now.) Obviously here the accused doesn't lose their life ... but they potentially lose their livelihood and much, much more.

Also there are many more "what were you thinking??" aspects in the CNN story, that I don't dare post here. Which is why it is often worse for accusers to come forward - exactly that reaction. People are people and people are stupid (including me). We aren't always able to get revenge for someone taking advantage of our stupidity. Many of us won't trumpet our own stupidity just to take someone else down. But we might, if we realize many other people have been harmed. Which does seem the case here.

My take is that

1) Swalwell has a bad drinking problem but so do at least one or two of his accusers. But as a public officeholder he has a bigger responsibility to address his problem, or step down.
2) Dems shouldn't support him except to finish his current term of office; unless convicted before it ends, then he should be removed.
3) If guilty Swalwell should become a decent human being long enough to step down (if he can ensure another Dem will fill his seat).
4) the CNN story sounds like there *IS* some evidence. So get it to at least a civil court.

[Scrivener7]

14. False allegations are vanishingly rare, and I disagree that anyone should - or can, actually - just move on. But yes,

this being tried fairly in a court would be the best outcome.

In the context of a political race, though, that's just not going to make any difference. This WILL be tried in the court of public opinion with regards to his continuing to run or not.

The CNN accuser says she was drugged and has no memory but he referred to it the following morning. So she doesn't definitively know what happened. Whatever it was, though, at the very least her presence in his hotel room overnight - which I'm assuming they can document - proves insufficient judgment to continue in the race.

[EdmondDantes_]

15. So the victims should shut the fuck up and the men get no consequences?

On a crime that already exceptionally hard to prove in terms of getting a conviction? In 2026 that's quite the position to take.

What's your position on E Jean Carroll and Christine Blasey Ford? Carroll "only" got a civil judgement so that's not beyond a reasonable doubt standard. Should they have just shut the fuck up?

[Quiet Em]

13. I just read Ally Sammarco's details in the HuffPost

“A lot of it was like photos of him going on trips, on airplanes, in hotels, him laying in bed, and then like things like, ‘What would you do if I was, like, with you’ or, like, ‘Wish you were here,’” Ally Sammarco, 28, told the Times on Friday.

She added Swalwell eventually sent her a photo of his penis.

“It made me feel gross and uncomfortable,” said Sammarco. “I didn’t ask for that.”

The Times said Sammarco provided the outlet with screenshots of the text message exchange. Unlike cell phone or X messages, Snapchat allows users to share photo and video messages that disappear almost immediately after being read.

Sammarco told the Times that her Snapchat conversation with Swalwell turned “inappropriate” when he started asking personal questions, discussed alcohol, told her she was attractive and sent the photo of his genitals.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/eric-swalwell-accuser-details-inappropriate-photo-message-i-didn-t-ask-for-that/ar-AA20ExwQ?ocid=BingNewsVerp