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Jimmy Gomez accused of sexual assault in witness testimony to ethics panel
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) released a message calling the allegations “serious and disturbing.”
“We encourage the Committee to conduct a thorough and swift investigation,” he said in a leadership statement to Politico.
The development comes as members of Congress have been hit with a wave of sexual and other personal controversies.
Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, and Tony Gonzales, a Texas Republican, were forced to resign from the House earlier this year after accusations of rape and inappropriate relationships with staffers, respectively. Gomez was a close friend of Swalwell, serving as his campaign co-chairman.
Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) on Tuesday lost his primary bid for reelection as he faced a House Ethics Committee investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and campaign finance violations.
As he runs for reelection, Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) is being besieged with allegations from his ex-wife that he is a domestic abuser, which he vehemently denies.
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Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) was recently hit with a report from the Ethics Committee finding that the lawmaker engaged in “persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct towards two young female staffers.”