Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Year : 2, Issue: 38
Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, a Long Island Republican, is pushing back on a New York Times report that he employed a lover and his longtime fiancée’s daughter in his district office.
Doing so could be a violation of House ethics rules.
“The latest political tabloid garbage being peddled by The New York Times is nothing more than a slimy, partisan ‘hit piece’ designed to distract Long Islanders from Democrats’ failing record on border security, the economy, and foreign policy,” he wrote in a statement.
The New York Times reported that D’Esposito hired his longtime fiancée’s daughter to work as a special assistant in his district office, paying her about $3,800 a month.
The report also alleges that he employed a woman with whom he was having an affair. The woman collected $2,000 a month for a part-time job in the same district office. according to the Times citing four people familiar with the relationship..
Matt Capp, a spokesperson for D’Esposito, did not deny that the congressman had an affair and declined to comment on his employment of either woman.
D’Esposito is facing Democrat Laura Gillen in a tight race in the NY-4 district this November.
She released a statement on the report calling for further investigation of “very serious allegations.”
Source: ABC7 News
