D’Esposito responds after report he put ex-mistress and fiancee’s daughter on federal payroll: ‘I did not violate any ethics’

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Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY) defended himself from what he called a “hit piece” as he responded to questions of whether he violated ethics rules by hiring two women with whom he held personal relationships. 

Cornered in a congressional building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, D’Esposito knocked concerns about his move to employ his ex-mistress, as well as his fiancee’s daughter, in a district office last year. 

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