
Newly released text messages show U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales asked a campaign aide in 2020 for nude photos and to have sex, years before his acknowledged 2024 affair with staffer Regina Santos-Aviles. The messages add earlier allegations of sexual solicitations by Gonzales and deepen concerns about a pattern of improper conduct toward subordinates. Those revelations overlap with existing reports of explicit texts and come as the House Ethics Committee and other investigators examine his actions.
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