'Mutually assured destruction': Another disgraced lawmaker to resign from Congress over sex scandal

'Mutually assured destruction': Another disgraced lawmaker to resign from Congress over sex scandal

A Republican is following in California Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell's footsteps by resigning from Congress after sex scandals imploded their respective political ambitions.Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) announced his imminent resignation Monday, shortly following Swalwell's statement after several lawmakers led a bipartisan effort to expel the two lawmakers from the House of Representatives. Rather than wait to be expelled, Gonzales vowed to resign from Congress, weeks after admitting to an affair...

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