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The House Ethics Committee revealed yet more allegations against a scandal-plagued Democratic lawmaker in California are under review.

The letter, released on Monday, states the committee is investigating claims "that Representative Jimmy Gomez may have engaged in sexual misconduct in violation of the Code of Official Conduct or any other applicable standard of conduct, including engaging in inappropriate sexual contact with a House staffer in violation of clause 18(b) of the Code."

This comes two months after the Ethics Committee started investigating Gomez based on what appear to be separate allegations that he was spotted kissing an aide in another congressional office....

The House Ethics Committee has obtained text messages showing Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) took a three-day trip to the Florida Keys with the woman his associate Joel Greenberg paid for sex acts, reported ABC News on Wednesday.

"In the alleged text messages described exclusively to ABC News, the then-freshman congressman appeared to message a woman, who ABC News is not identifying, asking if she would fly on a private plane to the Florida Keys for a trip with Gaetz, three other women, and one other man," reported Will Steakin. "'Hey — any interest in flying on a private plane to the keys May 19-21?' Gaetz allegedly wrote to the woman, who was older than 21 at the time, according to multiple sources familiar with the messages."

"Gaetz then allegedly said that the trip would feature '2 guys, 4 girls. A very high-quality adventurous group,' according to the messages, which have previously not been reported on," said the report. The woman then wrote back, "Yeah I'm in," and Gaetz responded, "Fantastic. As is true with all time you spend w me, it'll be fun and chill […] You have a passport?"...