India, April 15 -- Disgraced former congressman Eric Swalwell's close associate on Capitol Hill, Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego, acknowledged that he had heard rumors regarding Swalwell's flirtatious behavior with women. He, however, never addressed the issue with him.

Swalwell stepped down from his congressional position in California on Tuesday following accusations of sexual misconduct and rape from five women, which Gallego stated completely took him by surprise after Swalwell claimed the allegations were unfounded.

Speaking outside his office in Washington DC, Gallego said that "I fell for it," stressing that Swalwell "became very good at being a predator" and "extremely proficient at lying to us, lying to his family, lying to his c...