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Annika Albrecht and Ally Sammarco told the BBC's US partner CBS News they feel vindicated. But Albrecht said there is more to be done.
"For me, justice won't be until he can't ever harm a woman ever again, and he has faced the consequences for the women that he has harmed," she said.
Swalwell, a Democrat, said on Monday that he will resign. He has also dropped out of the California governor's race. He apologised to his wife and supporters for making mistakes but denied claims of sexual abuse.
In a statement, Swalwell has said he is "deeply sorry to my family, staff, and constituents for mistakes in judgement I've made in my past".
"I will fight the serious, false allegation made against me," he added. "However, I must take responsibility and ownership for the mistakes I did make."
He was elected to the House of Representatives in 2012 to represent a district near San Francisco.
Last week, four women accused him of misconduct ranging from sexual harassment to rape. As a result, Congress opened an ethics inquiry, and lawmakers were considering expelling the congressman.
"He was pushed into a corner, essentially, because they were planning to expel him … so i think he [resigned] to save face a little," Sammarco told CBS News. "But I also felt very vindicated that he realized it was over for him."
Sammarco told CNN last week that Swalwell sent her unsolicited nude messages over Snapchat, an app that deletes messages after they're sent. The two met after she messaged him over Twitter when she was 24 to discuss careers in politics.
Albrecht, who had yet to publicly share her name, told CBS she met Swalwell while on a class trip in college and that he began talking to her "under the guise of professional mentorship".
She said he later also sent her
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