The House Ethics Committee will establish a subcommittee to investigate Rep. Tony Gonzales as the Texas Republican heads toward a competitive runoff election to hold his seat.
The panel will look into whether Gonzales “(1) engaged in sexual misconduct towards an individual employed in his congressional office; and/or (2) discriminated unfairly by dispensing special favors or privileges,” committee leaders said in a statement. Gonzales has been under fire from members of his own party after a staffer he allegedly had an affair with died by suicide last year.
House GOP leadership has rejected calls for Gonzales to step down or ...