New Eric Swalwell victim speaks out for first time, reveals moment that shook her to her core

A young woman who alleges disgraced Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) once tried to lure her to a hotel room after sending her pervy messages on Snapchat says she constantly thinks about how she dodged a bullet — saying the close call left her shaken to the core. Breaking her silence for the first time, Annika Albrecht told CBS News on Tuesday that the married congressmen started interacting with her soon after she met him on a class trip in college. She claimed Swalwell, who initially started chatting to her under the guise of a professional mentorship, quickly asked for her Snapchat. Annika Albrecht (center) says she keeps “thinking about how lucky I am that I didn’t go to that hotel” with disgraced Rep. Eric Swalwell. CBS News Eventually, she alleged, the messages crossed the line to “sexually inappropriate” before he hit her with the hotel invite. “I keep thinking about how lucky I am that I didn’t go to that hotel,” Albrecht said, adding that she immediately stopped responding to him. “It was very clear what the connotation was.” Another victim has accused Swalwell of sexually assaulting her in a hotel room in New York City in 2024. The woman
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