Congress publishes list of 28 House members investigated for sexual misconduct — in wake of major scandals
By Josh Christenson
Published April 20, 2026, 12:09 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee published a list Monday of all its publicly disclosed sexual misconduct investigations into members stretching back to 1976.
The 28 investigations spanned from former Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) — both of whom resigned from the House last week — to the late Rep. Wayne Hays (D-Ohio).
In total, fourteen were Democrats and 12 were Republicans. The late Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) was twice investigated for pursuing a “sexual relationship with a staffer in 2014 and again in 2020.
Hastings died in 2021, and was succeeded by Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.), who was recently faulted for 25 ethics violations amid a probe of her purportedly pilfering $5 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds.
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