Another Republican family values hypocrite, Rep. Anthony D'Esposito (MAGAt-NY) gets to scurry past reporters asking about him employing his mistress (after employing his fiancée’s daughter!):
Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-N.Y.) on Monday couldn’t walk off accusations that he put his mistress on the payroll in a possible violation of House ethics standards.
D’Esposito could be seen in footage uncomfortably ambling along with a cellphone to his ear while several curious reporters peppered him with questions like, “Why did you give your mistress a job?” and “Did you do it?”
Citing sources “familiar with the relationship,” The New York Times reported earlier in the day that the first-term Long Island congressman, who’s running for reelection, hired a woman with whom he was having an affair. And that was after he reportedly employed his fiancée’s daughter in the same district office.
But their salaries were stopped in July 2023 when D’Esposito’s fiancée found out about his affair and temporarily ended the relationship, sources told the paper.
The House forbids members from sexual relationships with employees under their supervision. It also prohibits nepotism, which perhaps could apply to the fiancée’s daughter, a legal expert told the newspaper...
He needs to be "retired" so he can sort out his mistresses/ fiancées and still have some time to read the ethics rules for the first time. Here's the walk of shame:
Rep D'Esposito, endangered NY GOP, refuses to respond to questions about NYT report that he hired his mistress and fiancés daughter pic.twitter.com/RyQUTypkRW
— haleytalbotcnn (@haleytalbotcnn) September 23, 2024
What a stand- up guy!
