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Reps. Swalwell and Gonzales officially resign from Congress, avoiding expected expulsion votes
The departures spare both lawmakers from likely expulsion votes and keep House leadership from navigating a rare two-thirds removal fight.
- On Tuesday, Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales resigned from Congress, preempting planned expulsion votes as colleagues prepared to initiate removal proceedings on both members.
- Sexual misconduct allegations prompted the exits, with Swalwell facing reports of sexual assault from multiple women and Gonzales under investigation for an affair and lewd texts.
- Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and Democratic Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández drafted separate expulsion measures, placing both members on notice with a 2 p.m. ET deadline to resign or face removal.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries publicly agreed with the resignations, with Johnson calling them "appropriate" given the "terrible allegations" and admitted facts.
- Accountability efforts continue targeting other members, with lawmakers seeking removal of Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick for campaign finance violations and Republican Rep. Cory Mills over sexual misconduct allegations.
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Resignation of disgraced US Rep. Tony Gonzales ends House Ethics probe
The U.S. Committee on Ethics’ investigation into the sexual relationship between former U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales and a former staffer will not continue because of his resignation, according to a news release. Gonzales, a Republican lawmaker whose district spanned from San Antonio’s West Side to El Paso, resigned last week after initially fighting calls for his departure following the now-public affair with former staffer Regina Santos-Aviles, who…
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Conservative AngleHow Swalwell and Gonzales turned scandal into a golden parachute
When a member of Congress announces “resignation effective immediately,” Americans should hear the quiet click of an escape hatch locking behind them. That is exactly what Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) did this week. Gonzales first framed his exit as a dignified “retirement,” but facing mounting pressure, he reversed course in the dead of night, submitting a formal resignation effective at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, hours befo…
After Swalwell and Gonzales resignations, who's next?
Two members of the House of Representatives announced their resignations on Monday as they faced the threat of expulsion for allegations of sexual misconduct. But rather than putting an end to Congress' internal drama, the resignations may be the beginning of a slew of expulsion battles on the House floor. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who had been a front-runner to become governor of California, announced his plan to resign on Monday afternoon,…
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