House Ethics panel probing Dem Rep. Jimmy Gomez after he admitted to cheating on his wife following Post report on staffer makeout

By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2026-08-17 18:36:26 | Updated at 2026-08-17 19:22:57 50 minutes ago

WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee is investigating Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) for “inappropriate sexual contact with a House staffer” — after he admitted to cheating on his wife following a Post exposé that revealed Gomez kissed a much younger aide three years ago.

Representative Jimmy Gomez, a Democrat from California, during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats in Washington, DC, on Thursday, March 19, 2026. Bloomberg via Getty Images

Speaker Paul Ryan (left) conducts a swearing-in ceremony in the Capitol with Rep. Jimmy Gomez, Gomez’s mother, Socorro, and his wife, Mary Hodge, on Tuesday, July 11, 2017. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Gomez had copped to the affair in June, confessing to “personal mistakes outside my marriage that have cause real pain to my wife and family,” in a statement to CNN that characterized the extramarital relations as “consensual.”

“I sincerely apologize to my wife, family, friends and the people that I have the privilege to serve,” the 51-year-old added at the time.

Gomez admitted to cheating on his wife following a Post exposé on him kissing a much younger aide three years ago.

The Post had reported April 18 that Gomez got hot and heavy with a House staffer two decades his junior in the backyard of then-Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) DC residence in August 2023.

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