The House Ethics Committee announced Monday it is investigating Rep. Jimmy Gomez for allegedly “engaging in inappropriate sexual contact with a House staffer.”
The investigation into the California Democrat comes as the House is poised to consider ethics overhaul legislation as soon as next month that would, among other things, ban lawmakers from having sexual relationships with all congressional aides.
The New York Post previously reported that Gomez, 51, had an intimate encounter with a House staffer.
In a statement Monday, Gomez acknowledged cheating on his wife in years past but maintained that his extramarital affairs were “consensual in…
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