India, April 15 -- Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego from Arizona refuted claims that he was the man featured in a video shared on social media this week, which purportedly depicts Representative Eric Swalwell lying in bed with a woman.

Swalwell declared his resignation on Monday in wake of sexual assault allegations.

Meanwhile, Gallego dismissed what he referred to as misleading assertions spreading online about his due to his close ties with Swalwell.

On being asked about the video circulating on X, Gallego told media: "This is an example of the lies. No, I was not sitting next to him, I was not in the room, I was nowhere, I don't even know where it happened."

"Right-wing political operatives are pushing this narrative that somehow I...