{"id":44198,"date":"2026-04-17T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/17\/powerful-california-institutions-backed-swalwells-rise-now-theyre-facing-questions-los-angeles-times\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:00:00","slug":"powerful-california-institutions-backed-swalwells-rise-now-theyre-facing-questions-los-angeles-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/17\/powerful-california-institutions-backed-swalwells-rise-now-theyre-facing-questions-los-angeles-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerful California institutions backed Swalwell\u2019s rise. Now they\u2019re facing questions &#8211; Los Angeles Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizwFBVV95cUxNRnFCSFZtcEc4c0hMaHBLZG13TnU2X0x2R0gtWG1icWxVM2QtYk55Y19YQXhUcDBzSDlTYlU5emhsU3ZfNmpxdXBTb251eVIyUDlwRk5UTmhOWmo5WjJ5SFo4WjkwaFNGMmNIWEdXR1RpUzVpVE4zU0xtLTN4NmJUb3cxLWlrSzJjRFd5dmZWMDVVQXV4LTFBQ2NsY0s1N2U4bjczYlJlck5uUnZSOUl6Mmotdm9vOVJsaEdoRHBTSDlDZ2l6UmtnYW9HTzFJQzA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Powerful California institutions backed Swalwell\u2019s rise. Now they\u2019re facing questions<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Los Angeles Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxQUGdFVFlxdmFiR05BTXFXVHVycHRZUndvRXRFdjA2c29DRGlPTHRiWGNDT3ZSX0pTUW12cThtbmxRS0xuZXZnYldHWG1CYzR3V2tXbW45Y1hibVdRb2x4Z0IzTE15NUs0U0w2ZDNiZ3EtakJSODE1UEY4WlA0LXFZZzhpRjFpbFZBSXhmVTMtYkpBQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Swalwell\u2019s rapid fall leaves allies reeling as more women come forward<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">San Francisco Chronicle<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxNWmdEazZvMzJRRWgxbDNIbVNxRU5wbFlvZ0Y2b3Jfc2lTak1EbUlhaWZpbVFqQm1SWHdmaTVBLVdTZjE1QkN0dzFPRVF6NkF4V1ktRENkZXpRMFltUEkyTTN1OWNkN0dxODNjLW5yTXVlZnlfQWMzNS1od2R5anhMSjVwajh2WXpOXzlxSUdYWEU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The whisper network that caught up to Eric Swalwell<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxQRjljYmMxTndkc3pjeTFGcVBWb3RDalUtdW9jSEJRQWFxQ1VsdXI1aFB1ZzcxV3hncmpXc0p1ZDhXNG5TeC1CZ3BlUkcwS2hqenM1LW9Ua0s4ZXQzWE4tak5GNWdoVktTQUlRUlJYRzRfT3B2R3oxcWlXVjVWYnlmRExlSWJZcUNTYkw0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Inside the sudden downfall of Eric Swalwell<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxQS0xodUR2YmY5S1NaZ1htRGhmMnBkR3BkMHdkVDBIZThqNjQ3ZTFONUJXNjhIS244Tk1UX2Z0SFJzdjRlS01sZnFoV3dnYjJUSzMyNXV6dHVIZWZPMDZISzZYSUpPaUk1REctaDFtM0xVSmFEMkZMdHZheFF4NzBUN1lWbFNfVDJDSXl5Rzd1OGxjZzhiTDI4LWtCZmt1dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Justice investigating Eric Swalwell amid sexual assault allegations<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Powerful California institutions backed Swalwell\u2019s rise. Now they\u2019re facing questions&nbsp;&nbsp;Los Angeles Times Eric Swalwell\u2019s rapid fall leaves allies reeling as more women come forward&nbsp;&nbsp;San Francisco&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/17\/powerful-california-institutions-backed-swalwells-rise-now-theyre-facing-questions-los-angeles-times\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}