{"id":76176,"date":"2026-07-16T14:55:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/schumer-dodges-questions-after-bombshell-report-alleges-dem-senator-had-relationships-with-house-staffers\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T14:55:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:55:06","slug":"schumer-dodges-questions-after-bombshell-report-alleges-dem-senator-had-relationships-with-house-staffers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/schumer-dodges-questions-after-bombshell-report-alleges-dem-senator-had-relationships-with-house-staffers\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer dodges questions after bombshell report alleges Dem senator had relationships with House staffers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer,<\/a> D-N.Y., declined to weigh in on the latest scandal to hit a member of his party, instead focusing on his planned diatribe against President Donald Trump\u2019s prime-time address Thursday.<\/p>\n

The New York Post<\/a> reported that Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., engaged in sexual relationships with at least two Democratic House staffers who did not work for him while he was a member of the House. According to House rules, members are not barred from having relationships with staffers who work outside their office.<\/p>\n

Sources told the outlet that it was believed the relationships happened while the lawmaker was unmarried.<\/p>\n

ETHICS PANEL CLEARS GALLEGO AS LUNA DECLARES, ‘ONCE A CREEP, ALWAYS A CREEP’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

When asked to weigh in on the latest scandal involving Gallego, Schumer tapped his planned speech railing against Trump\u2019s scheduled address on foreign interference in the 2020 election Thursday night, and told Fox News Digital,<\/a> “I\u2019m not \u2014 I\u2019m focused on this right now.”<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the latest bad headline to hit Gallego, who has been in the conversation for a 2028<\/a> presidential bid. The Post reported that Gallego admitted to the two relationships, which were both with aides to Texas Democrats.<\/p>\n

When asked by reporters about the allegations, Gallego said, “I\u2019m not going to engage in gossip.”<\/p>\n

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Gallego’s office did not immediately return a request for comment.<\/p>\n

The report comes as Gallego has come under scrutiny for his relationship with former Rep. Eric Swalwell,<\/a> who resigned from the House earlier this year after being accused by several women of sexual assault, rape and harassment.<\/p>\n

Swalwell has vehemently denied the allegations.<\/a><\/p>\n

Gallego moved to quickly put distance between himself and Swalwell and argued that his tight-knit relationship “clouded my judgment,” regarding rumors that swirled about the ex-lawmaker for years in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

He also reportedly hired former President Joe Biden\u2019s former deputy press secretary to handle crisis communications in the ensuing fallout from Swalwell and a now-dismissed Senate Ethics probe.<\/a><\/p>\n

SENATOR GALLEGO SAYS LONGTIME FRIENDSHIP WITH SWALWELL ‘CLOUDED MY JUDGMENT’ AS RUMORS SWIRLED IN DC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

That probe, which centered on a complaint from Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., that alleged Gallego committed sexual misconduct and campaign finance violations, was tossed out by the Senate Ethics Committee<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n

Gallego said in a statement at the time that the Ethics Committee\u2019s decision “reaffirms what I have said about these accusations from the beginning: they were right-wing conspiracies peddled by far-right activists like Anna Paulina Luna, the\u00a0White House<\/a>\u00a0and their allies.”<\/p>\n

Luna quickly weighed in on the latest allegation, charging on X, “\u2018Conspiracy theories,\u2019 right, <\/a>[Sen. Ruben Gallego]?”<\/p>\n

“Time to resign. Glad people are going on record about this creep,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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