After initially saying he would wait for a House Ethics inquiry to conclude, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he had asked U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales to withdraw from his GOP primary runoff.
Under House ethics rules, a lawmaker may not engage in a sexual relationship with any employee of the House under their ...
The committee will determine whether Gonzales “engaged in sexual misconduct towards an individual employed in his ...
The scandal involving Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) keeps getting worse. The Texas lawmaker is alleged to have had an affair with a congressional staffer who later ended her life by self-immolation.
Several of Gonzales' fellow Republicans are calling for him to resign after allegations he had an affair with a staffer.
Democrats are playing defense on a redrawn House map in Texas, while incumbents in both parties face fierce primary challenges in Texas and North Carolina.
Party leaders pushed for the Texas Republican to withdraw from a primary runoff as questions mounted about his relationship with an aide who later died.
After initially saying he would wait for a House Ethics inquiry to conclude, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he had asked U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales to withdraw from his GOP primary runoff.
Even so, the San Antonio congressman denied he had anything to do with the staffer's suicide and said reports on the affair were timed to sink his campaign.
"She is gone now. Her son is growing up without his mother. And Tony Gonzales is campaigning like nothing happened." The post ...
Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales has faced increasing pressure from his party to resign or drop out of his race after allegations of an affair with a staffer.