Rep. Tony Gonzales says he'll retire as he faces an ethics probe and possible expulsion vote - BERITAJA

Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, connected Monday announced that he is retiring from Congress pursuing the House Ethics Committee launching a probe into him complete a romanticist narration pinch a erstwhile staffer who later died by suicide.

“There is simply a play for everything and God has a scheme for america all. When Congress returns tomorrow, I will record my status from office. It has been my privilege to service the awesome group of Texas,” Gonzales said successful a station connected X.

He did not specify erstwhile he plans to measurement down. Gonzales had announced past period that he was dropping his re-election bid.

His announcement came soon aft Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., announced that his ain plans to resign amid intersexual battle and misconduct allegations against him. Calls from lawmakers connected some sides of the aisle to expel Swalwell and Gonzales grew louder complete the weekend.

Two abstracted measures to region Swalwell and Gonzales were group to beryllium introduced successful the House this week. After Swalwell announced his plans to resign, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, D-N.M., said she would introduce the solution to expel Gonzales.

Gonzales, who was moving for re-election, had announced successful March that he would driblet that bid aft reports that he exchanged sexually definitive texts pinch a staffer who later died by suicide. Gonzales acknowledged that he had had a narration pinch the staffer successful a podcast soon earlier dropping retired of the race.

Later, a second erstwhile staffer told Beritaja that Gonzales had exchanged sexually definitive texts pinch her while she worked for him.