Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) announced that he plans to file his resignation from the House on Tuesday, over a month after admitting to having an affair with a staffer who died by suicide last year.
“There is a season for everything and God has a plan for us all,” Gonzales wrote in a post to X on Monday evening. “When Congress returns tomorrow, I will file my retirement from office. It has been my privilege to serve the great people of Texas.”
It is unclear what date Gonzales plans to leave Congress. However, his statement comes as he was facing an expulsion effort led by Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) over allegations he sent lewd text messages to at least two staff members, including Regina Santos-Aviles, who was married and died in 2025 after setting herself on fire.
Gonzales’s announcement came shortly after Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) announced he was resigning from Congress after a string of sexual assault allegations came out against him last week.
Leger Fernandez said in a statement on X that Gonzales has until 2 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday to file his resignation, or else she will move forward with her motion to expel him.
ERIC SWALWELL TO RESIGN FROM CONGRESS AFTER SEXUAL ASSAULT ACCUSATIONS
“He better write that resignation ‘effective immediately,’” Leger Fernandez wrote.
The Washington Examiner has reached out to Gonzales’s office for more information.
This is a developing story and will be updated.