{"id":8936,"date":"2026-04-13T19:49:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/bipartisan-members-of-congress-call-for-expulsion-of-tony-gonzales-and-eric-swalwell-katu\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T19:49:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:49:34","slug":"bipartisan-members-of-congress-call-for-expulsion-of-tony-gonzales-and-eric-swalwell-katu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/bipartisan-members-of-congress-call-for-expulsion-of-tony-gonzales-and-eric-swalwell-katu\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipartisan members of Congress call for expulsion of Tony Gonzales and Eric Swalwell &#8211; KATU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now<br \/>52<span class=\"WeatherWidget_degreeSymbol__vwqJi\">\u00b0<\/span><br \/>Tue<br \/>54<span class=\"WeatherWidget_degreeSymbol__vwqJi\">\u00b0<\/span><br \/>Wed<br \/>52<span class=\"WeatherWidget_degreeSymbol__vwqJi\">\u00b0<\/span><br \/>by<!-- --> <!-- -->CHARLOTTE HAZARD | The National News Desk<br \/><span class=\"dateline\">WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 <\/span>Republican and Democratic House members are calling for the expulsion of Reps. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Tony Gonzales, R-Texas amid sex scandals.<br \/>Swalwell over the weekend ended his bid for California governor after allegations came out that he <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/democratic-rep-eric-swalwell-ends-bid-for-california-governor-amid-sexual-assault-accusations-new-york-manhattan-district-attorney-investigation-house-expelling\" target=\"_blank\">sexually assaulted a woman<\/a> who used to work for him.<br \/>Swalwell has denied the allegations and said he would fight the lies, but it was his fight to fight and not his campaign\u2019s.<br \/>Earlier this year, news reports surfaced that Gonzales had an affair with a former staffer. Last week, new allegations came out that Gonzales had inappropriate conduct with other members of his team.<\/p>\n<div class=\"YouTubeEmbed_youTubeEmbed__ygKv1\"><\/div>\n<p>Local media reported that he sent explicit messages to <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/rep-tony-gonzales-accused-of-allegedly-sending-explicit-messages-to-multiple-employees-san-antonio-texas-investigation-campaign\" target=\"_blank\">more than one employee.<\/a><br \/>Bipartisan members of Congress have called for both members to be expelled and their expulsion may be voted on this week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"TwitterEmbed_twitterEmbed__8rCXx\" data-testid=\"twitter-embed\"><\/div>\n<p>South Carolina GOP Rep. Nancy Mace <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepNancyMace\/status\/2043683700806701445\" target=\"_blank\">called for both of them to be expelled as well.<\/a><br \/>Democratic New Mexico Rep. Teresa Leger-Fernandez said she would vote to expel Swalwell and Gonzales from office.<\/p>\n<div class=\"TwitterEmbed_twitterEmbed__8rCXx\" data-testid=\"twitter-embed\"><\/div>\n<p>Washington state Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal said both members of Congress need to step down and let investigations happen, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JakeSherman\/status\/2043345445590540315\" target=\"_blank\">according to Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->2026<!-- --> <!-- -->Sinclair, Inc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxPbFJWS3F4QS1ndk1rdmhocjNncEo5aXI3UDJleXVOemVLWUlpQ3dyd1pPSUZTVkVlUG5lMHp2SDQ0NEFSbHU5WkE2cmhQUnR6X1Aya3hHM0d6S1hDVlhCQ1NPRGhIc0FJc3dLVEJvUC0tU1ZTLVhBUERuaGxsWENqank1cHluS2RwT3ktTmlYbjZkWW5zNkswUmxNelVwTWxtVVZOWS05MnlEaEl3eko3ZjZXOG9BN2VRVmU4?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now52\u00b0Tue54\u00b0Wed52\u00b0by CHARLOTTE HAZARD | The National News DeskWASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 Republican and Democratic House members are calling for the expulsion of Reps. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Tony Gonzales, R-Texas amid sex scandals.Swalwell over the weekend ended his bid for California governor after allegations came out that he sexually assaulted a woman who used to work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8936","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}