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Eric Swalwell, a creep when cornered

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Eric Swalwell sure has a way with the ladies.

The disgraced former congressman and California gubernatorial candidate was facing mounting accusations of sexual misconduct when his LinkedIn account sent requests to at least three women who were working for Tom Steyer’s campaign.

According to reporting by The California Post, a male staffer for Steyer who tried to connect with Swalwell was blocked.

The creepy online drama was apparently part of Swalwell’s damage control effort after it emerged that he had been accused of sexually assaulting one of his former aides, and had allegedly sexually harassed other women.

Swalwell’s recklessness appears to have continued as the walls were closing in. It’s not clear what might have been gained by contacting female staffers for a rival campaign, but nothing good could possibly have come of it.

For years, Swalwell enjoyed the patronage and protection of party leaders, notably Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who kept him on the House Intelligence Committee even after he had been........

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