Speaker Mike Johnson and other House Republican leaders asked Rep. Tony Gonzales to end his reelection bid, they said Thursday, after the Texas lawmaker admitted to an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide.
The announcement comes a day after the House Ethics Committee launched an probe into Gonzales and POLITICO reported that independent House investigators found a “substantial reason to believe” that he had a sexual relationship with the subordinate.
“The Ethics Committee has announced an investigation into Congressman Tony Gonzales’s conduct, and we urge them to act expeditiously,” Johnson and the three other highest-ranking House…
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