US congressman Tony Gonzales refused growing calls to resign from his fellow Republicans on Tuesday amid a furore over allegations that he had an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide.
Gonzales, who is running for re-election, told reporters on Tuesday that he was not going to resign.
And there will be ample time for all of that to come out,” he said.
Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky joined Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, Nancy Mace of South Carolina, and other Republicans in demanding that Gonzales step down immediately over the allegations.
The US House speaker, Mike Johnson, said earlier on Tuesday that he would speak to Gonzales about the allegations.
The three-term congressman has denied the affair and previously said on social media that he is being blackmailed and called the allegations a political smear.
In a message to another staffer, it was reported that Santos-Aviles wrote that “I had affair with our boss.”. »
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