A woman's recent allegation that Representative Eric Swalwell made her "uncomfortable" at a Democratic National Convention event appears to be contradicted by photographic evidence showing he wasn't present.
Nomiki Konst, former girlfriend of Bill de Blasio, claimed on a podcast last week that Swalwell approached her at a 2018 DNC gathering in Chicago, bringing her a glass of Prosecco and becoming "touchy-feely" by touching her hands. She stated the incident occurred openly at a meeting attended by prominent figures including Donna Brazile, senators, congress members, and press.
"He was doing it out in the open at a DNC meeting with Donna Brazile, with Senators and Congress members and press," Konst alleged.
However, photos obtained by TMZ show Swalwell was not in Chicago during the 2018 DNC events. The images place him in Annapolis, Maryland and South Florida at the time, traveling with his wife and children. Additionally, Brazile had left the DNC in 2017.
When confronted with the photographic evidence, Konst adjusted her account, stating: "Over the course of 2 years, I attended over 10 democratic organizing meetings. I'm not a whistleblower or a Swalwell survivor — but was simply sharing an anecdote of an event that occurred at one of these many meetings. The event was in a public space with witnesses. After reviewing documents, the event occurred at a DNC meeting in 2017."
Swalwell resigned from Congress last week following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, including an alleged sexual assault, and withdrew from the California governor's race.