{"id":252871,"date":"2026-06-02T22:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/252871\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T22:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:56:13","slug":"dem-rep-jimmy-gomez-confesses-to-cheating-on-wife-after-post-expose-sparked-house-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/252871\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Rep. Jimmy Gomez confesses to cheating on wife after Post expos\u00e9 sparked House investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressional Dads Caucus founder Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) confessed Tuesday that he cheated on his wife \u2014 after The Post in April revealed he was seen kissing a congressional aide outside a DC party<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Post\u2019s report unleashed a House Ethics Committee investigation, which turned up sordid new details \u2014 crushing Gomez\u2019s carefully crafted public image as a doting family man.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYears ago, I made personal mistakes outside my marriage that have caused real pain to my wife and family,\u201d Gomez told CNN, describing the extramarital relations as \u201cconsensual.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rep. Jimmy Gomez confessed to cheating on his wife after The Post reported in April he was spotted kissing a congressional aide. Getty Images for Fair Share America<\/p>\n

The Post\u2019s cover on Gomez kissing an aide at the home of then-Rep. Eric Swalwell.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sincerely apologize to my wife, family, friends and the people that I have the privilege to serve,\u201d said Gomez, who in January 2023 wore his baby son<\/a> in a sling around his neck during marathon votes for House speaker.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sought professional assistance to help re-center and heal the relationships that mean everything to me, and move forward with the honesty, transparency, and respect that everyone deserves from the people they love. I continue to do this work.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Democrat was spotted making out with a much younger congressional aide for a different lawmaker outside the home of then-Rep. Eric Swalwell<\/a> (D-Calif.), The Post revealed in April.<\/p>\n

Gomez, who is married, was making out with the aide at Swalwell\u2019s bash to celebrate the start of that year\u2019s August recess.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Attendees did not recall seeing his wife or 11-month-old son.<\/p>\n

Rep. Jimmy Gomez represents California\u2019s 34th Congressional District. Nicholas Ballasy \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

Swalwell resigned in disgrace following a series of sexual misconduct allegations against him earlier this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis guy [Gomez] is a sleazebag. He should resign and use his free time to trade war stories with Swalwell,\u201d said one Democratic source familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHopefully he doesn\u2019t hook up with another chief of staff at Eric Swalwell\u2019s house. One is too many.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gomez and the younger Hill staffer were seen kissing by a stunned group of Democratic congressional aides, two of whom recounted their surprise to The Post. A third source heard of Gomez\u2019s alleged relationship with the woman from additional Democratic sources.<\/p>\n

Rep. Jimmy Gomez was spotted kissing a congressional aide nearly three years ago, The Post reported in April. Nicholas Ballasy \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

The Post did not initially publish the name of the woman involved.<\/p>\n

Gomez, a close Swalwell friend, strongly denied The Post\u2019s reporting in April and his confession did not specify particular wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

Rep. Jimmy Gomez getting sworn in by then-Speaker Paul Ryan while his wife, Mary Hodge, holds a bible on July 11, 2017. AP<\/p>\n

A spokesman did not immediately offer comment on whether he was confessing to the relationship reported by The Post \u2014 after his blanket denials.<\/p>\n

Gomez, who represents a heavily Democratic district in Los Angeles, also gave no indication that he planned to resign.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough my actions were consensual in nature and haven\u2019t violated the law or House ethics rules, that doesn\u2019t diminish the impact that these mistakes have made on those I care about the most,\u201d Gomez said in his statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI take full responsibility and have committed myself to working through the pain privately with my wife and family.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressional Dads Caucus founder Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) confessed Tuesday that he cheated on his wife…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2136,858,2132,22680,9,11,10,87,44171,15766,7316,58],"class_list":["post-252871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-california","tag-congress","tag-democrats","tag-eric-swalwell","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-politics","tag-probes","tag-sexual-misconduct","tag-us-house-of-representatives","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}