2026年3月4日 / 美国东部时间上午11:06 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
众议院伦理委员会周三宣布，将对德克萨斯州共和党众议员托尼·冈萨雷斯（Tony Gonzales）与一名助手存在婚外情的指控展开调查，该助手后来自杀身亡。
这一宣布是在德克萨斯州初选的第二天发布的。冈萨雷斯被迫进入5月与布兰登·埃雷拉（Brandon Herrera）的决选。埃雷拉也呼吁冈萨雷斯辞职。
冈萨雷斯否认与助手雷吉娜·桑托斯-阿维莱斯（Regina Santos-Aviles）有婚外情，并声称自己正遭到她丈夫的勒索。
众议院伦理委员会表示，将调查冈萨雷斯是否“在履行职责或履行责任过程中违反了《官方行为准则》或任何法律、规则、条例或其他适用的行为标准”，具体涉及以下指控：（1）对其国会办公室一名受雇人员存在性行为不当；和/或（2）通过给予特殊恩惠或特权进行不公平歧视。
委员会表示，一旦选定调查组成员，将公布其名单。
冈萨雷斯面临民主党人和一些共和党人的辞职呼吁，甚至众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（Mike Johnson）也称这些指控“令人憎恶”。但约翰逊的微弱多数优势使其很难失去任何一名议员。
上个月，桑托斯-阿维莱斯发给一名同事的揭示婚外情的短信被公开。
“我和我们的老板有过婚外情，我没事，”她写道。在其他短信交流中，当冈萨雷斯索要“性感照片”后，桑托斯-阿维莱斯告诉冈萨雷斯“这太过分了，老板”。
根据乌瓦尔德警方报告，桑托斯-阿维莱斯于9月自焚身亡。上个月发布的警方报告显示，当晚警察赶到时，桑托斯-阿维莱斯尚有意识，并告诉警察“天哪，我不想死。”
桑托斯-阿维莱斯已婚，育有一子。冈萨雷斯已婚，育有六个孩子。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻已联系冈萨雷斯寻求置评。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/growing-calls-tony-gonzales-resign-amid-allegations-affair-late-aide/
House Ethics Committee to investigate Rep. Tony Gonzales over allegations of affair with aide who died by suicide
March 4, 2026 / 11:06 AM EST / CBS News
The House Ethics Committee announced Wednesday that it is launching an investigation into allegations that GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas had an affair with an aide who later died by suicide.
The announcement came a day after the Texas primaries. Gonzales was forced into a May runoff against Brandon Herrera. Herrera has also called on Gonzales to resign his seat.
Gonzales has denied the affair with the aide, Regina Santos-Aviles, and claims he’s being extorted by her husband.
The House Ethics Committee said it would be investigating whether Gonzales “violated the Code of Official Conduct or any law, rule, regulation, or other applicable standard of conduct in the performance of his duties or the discharge of his responsibilities, with respect to allegations that he may have: (1) engaged in sexual misconduct towards an individual employed in his congressional office; and/or (2) discriminated unfairly by dispensing special favors or privileges.”
The committee said it would announce the members of the panel investigating Gonzales once they’ve been selected.
Gonzales has been facing calls to resign by both Democrats and some Republicans, and even House Speaker Mike Johnson called the allegations “detestable.” But Johnson’s slim majority makes it difficult for him to lose a single member.
Santos-Aviles’ text messages to a colleague revealing the affair were disclosed last month.
“I had affair with our boss and I’m fine,” she wrote. Other text exchanges between Santos-Aviles and Gonzales were revealed in which she told him “this is going too far boss” after he asked for a “sexy pic.”
Santos-Aviles died in September after lighting herself on fire, according to a Uvalde police report. According to a police report released last month, Santos-Aviles was conscious when police arrived that night and told police “my god, I don’t wanna die.”
Santos-Aviles was married and had a son. Gonzales is married and is the father of six children.
CBS News has reached out to Gonzales for comment.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/growing-calls-tony-gonzales-resign-amid-allegations-affair-late-aide/
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