California Congressman Eric Swalwell has denied allegations of sexual assault, calling them false and stating that he will fight them with everything he can. The allegations were made in a video posted to Instagram and follow a day of political damage triggered by a report by the San Francisco Chronicle alleging that a former Swalworth staffer had been sexually assaulted twice while she was too intoxicated to consent. The scandal has led to calls for the resignation of Rep. Robert Garcia and other Democrats in the governor's race, including Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, and campaign endorsers and labor allies. The political fallout has also reached Swalw's East Bay base, where longtime ally Mike Kusiak publicly urged him to resign.