NEW: Swalwell Faces Expulsion As House Committee Officially Launches Investigation

Rep. Eric Swalwell is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee over allegations of sexual misconduct, including claims involving a staffer.

“The Committee, pursuant to Committee Rule 18(a), has begun an investigation and will gather additional information regarding the allegations that Representative Eric Swalwell violated the Code of Official Conduct or any law, rule, regulation, or other applicable standard of conduct in the performance of his duties or the discharge of his responsibilities, with respect to allegations that he may have engaged in sexual misconduct, including towards an employee working under his supervision,” the House Ethics Committee wrote in a statement Monday.

The panel stressed that opening an investigation does not mean Swalwell broke any rules, and said it will not provide further updates unless required under committee procedures. The disclosure was made under Committee Rule 7.

Swalwell has denied wrongdoing, while acknowledging past personal missteps.

RELATED: Eric Swalwell Announces Decision On Political Future

“To my family, staff, friends, and supporters, I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past,” Swalwell wrote Sunday on X.

“I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made — but that’s my fight, not a campaign’s.”

The probe lands at a politically awkward moment for the California Democrat, who just days ago was demanding President Donald Trump be forced from office.

“The President must be removed. If Congress is too cowardly to do it, his own Cabinet must,” Swalwell declared in a Tuesday post on X.

Now, as the allegations swirl, lawmakers from both parties are calling on Swalwell to step down or face possible expulsion from Congress.

The controversy has already derailed his political ambitions. Swalwell announced Sunday he is suspending his run for governor of California.

“I am suspending my campaign for Governor. To my family, staff, friends, and supporters, I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past. I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made — but that’s my fight, not a campaign’s,” he wrote in a post on X.

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