Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) confessed on Wednesday to having an affair with his staffer who died by suicide, calling it a “lapse in judgment.”
The admission comes as Gonzales is under investigation by the House ethics committee for engaging in sexual misconduct with Regina Santos-Aviles, his married former staffer who died after setting herself on fire in September 2025.
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