House ethics panel says it’s investigating Rep. Jimmy Gomez over allegation of ‘sexual misconduct’

The California Democrat said he’d “made personal mistakes outside my marriage” but said he hadn’t violated the law or House Ethics rules.

The House Ethics Committee said Monday it’s reviewing allegations that Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., “may have engaged in sexual misconduct in violation of the Code of Official Conduct,” including “engaging in inappropriate sexual contact with a House staffer.”

“The Committee notes that the mere fact that it is investigating these allegations, and publicly disclosing its review, does not itself indicate that any violation has occurred,” the panel’s chairman, Michael Guest, R-Miss., and ranking member, Mark DeSaulnier, D-Calif., said in a statement.

“No other public comment will be made on this matter except in accordance with Committee rules,” the statement said.

The married Gomez, who formed a Congressional Dads Caucus back in 2023, said in a statement that he had “made personal mistakes outside my marriage” and would cooperate with the probe.

“Although my actions were consensual in nature and haven’t violated the law or House Ethics rules, that doesn’t diminish the impact that these mistakes have made on those I care about the most,” the statement said. “I take full responsibility and have committed myself to working through the pain privately with my wife and family.”