Gop Rep. Tony Gonzales Heads To A Runoff In Texas Amid A New Ethics Probe In The House - Beritaja

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) speaks during a House Homeland Security Committee proceeding connected February 10, 2026 successful Washington, D.C. Samuel Corum/Getty Images/Getty Images North America

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One time aft Rep. Tony Gonzales was forced into a May runoff successful the Republican superior successful his district, the House Ethics Committee announced it's launching a general investigation into the Texas Republican.

The sheet voted to establish a subcommittee to probe allegations that Gonzales "engaged successful intersexual misconduct towards an individual employed successful his legislature agency and/or discriminated unfairly by dispensing typical favors aliases privileges."

This comes aft Gonzales faced increasing unit from members successful his statement to resign aliases driblet retired of his title aft definitive matter messages from him to his then-employee Regina Santos-Aviles were published successful The San Antonio Express-News. BERITAJA has not independently verified these matter messages.

Santos-Aviles died by termination past September.

Gonzales has antecedently denied wrongdoing. His agency did not instantly respond to BERITAJA's petition for remark connected the announcement of the morals probe.

It is against the House's codification of behaviour for lawmakers to person intersexual relationships pinch staff.

On Tuesday night, Gonzales advanced to a May 26 runoff against challenger Brandon Herrera.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has antecedently said that Gonzales needs to reside the allegations pinch his constituents, and that he is entitled to owed process.

"As successful each lawsuit for illustration this, you person to let the investigations to play retired and each the facts to travel out," Johnson told reporters past week. "If the accusation of thing is going to beryllium the litmus trial for personification being capable to proceed to service successful the House, you'll person a batch of group who would person to resign aliases beryllium removed aliases expelled from Congress."

The Ethics Committee probe could return months to complete. It will denote the members who will service connected the investigative subcommittee erstwhile they are selected.