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  1. The #House #Ethics Cmte is publicly requesting information from any survivors of #SexualMisconduct by members of #Congress & others aware of such incidents, an unusual move that comes during a spate of high-profile cases [not that there haven’t been plenty in the past].
    The request was issued in a statement Monday, 1 week after the resignations of Reps #EricSwalwell (D-CA) & #TonyGonzales (R-TX) highlighted sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill & raised questions about the effectiveness of the Cmte.

  2. #TonyGonzales initially denied a sexual relationship. But he admitted to the affair in March, one day after he was forced into a runoff election in the #Republican primary, calling it a “lapse in judgment” & a “mistake.” He maintained that he had nothing to do with Santos-Aviles’s death.

    Gonzales was then accused of pursuing a 2nd staff member, whom he reportedly pressed for nude photographs & sex in 2020, acc/o explicit texts published by The San Antonio Express-News.

    #law #abuse #RapeCulture

  3. Ms. Santos-Aviles was working in #TonyGonzales’s #Uvalde office when he sent her “sexual texts” in 2024, acc/to her husband’s lawyer, Bobby Barrera, who reviewed the messages. Another worker in the Uvalde office shared a text exchange with The NYT in which Santos-Aviles told the co-worker of an “affair with our boss.”

    Santos-Aviles killed herself in Sept 2025 by setting herself on fire, acc/to the Uvalde Police Dept, a horrific event that drew immediate scrutiny in the area.

    #AbuseOfPower

  4. #TonyGonzales had been resisting calls to step down since earlier this year [& probably would have gotten away with it as a #Republican], when texts he’d sent to the female staff member, Regina Santos-Aviles, became public.

    At first, it appeared that Gonzales would be able to remain in #Congress after he said that he would drop his bid for re-election. But after the accusations against #EricSwalwell came to light, pressure grew in Congress to push out both members, as well as others.

    #misogyny

  5. In a WTF & leave-god-out-of-your-abusive-misconduct social media post, #TonyGonzales wrote, “There is a season for everything and God has a plan for us all … When Congress returns tomorrow, I will file my retirement from office.”

    His message came hours after Rep #EricSwalwell, #Democrat of #California, announced his own intention to resign from #Congress amid allegations that he had sexually assaulted a fmr staff member.

    #law #abuse #SexualAssault #RapeCulture #misogyny #power #AbuseOfPower

  6. Rep #TonyGonzales, a #Texas #Republican accused of having a coercive sexual relationship with a staff member who later died by #suicide, said Monday that he would resign from #Congress amid growing bipartisan outcry from #House members.

    The 3rd-term congressman whose border district stretches from San Antonio to El Paso, was embroiled in a bitter primary fight when texts became public that documented his pursuit of a female staff member.

    #law #SexualAssault #RapeCulture
    nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/texa

  7. Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales, facing possible expulsion vote, announces he will step down from U.S. Congress. @CNN reports:

    flip.it/g3j90F

    #News #Politics #Texas #USNews #TonyGonzales

  8. #Texas Congressman, #TonyGonzales *represents* voters in District #TX23 which stretches between #SanAntonio and #ElPaso.

    He said his #GOP primary challenger and #YouTube #guns vlogger, Brandon Herrera, as well as #Democrats hoping to flip his seat in the #2026election #BlueWave , are ‘smearing him’ with rumors of his affair with a staffer who killed herself last year.

    It’s no smear. He *is* the ‘smear’ - on the honor of all #Texans. huffpost.com/entry/tony-gonzal