Senator Ruben Gallego Accused Of Relationships With Staffers, Refuses To Deny It

A new report claims that Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego had sexual relationships with at least two House staffers during his decade in the House. Gallego declined to confirm or deny the report when asked directly, saying he would not engage in gossip.

Democratic Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego had sexual relationships with at least two House staffers during his time in Congress, according to a New York Post report, which cites multiple sources. The report claims that Gallego, 46, admitted to one source that he had been involved in two relationships, both with aides who worked for Texas Democrats. A second source told the outlet they had recently become aware of these relationships, and a third source independently confirmed at least one of them.

According to the sources cited in the report, both relationships were consensual and took place during the decade Gallego spent representing Phoenix in the House before his 2024 election to the Senate. One of the women involved was in her twenties, notably younger than Gallego at the time.

According to the report, the committee, chaired by Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma, never asked about Gallego’s relationships with House staffers, likely because members were not aware of them. Instead, the panel’s review stayed narrowly focused on the specific allegations Luna had presented.

Separately, after the Ethics Committee dismissed Luna’s complaint, Gallego had described her allegations as right-wing conspiracies pushed by far-right activists, naming Luna, the White House, and their allies, and called for an apology.

Luna had made additional claims in the weeks before the Ethics Committee’s dismissal. In an April 16 CBS News interview, she alleged that a woman was preparing to come forward about an incident involving both Gallego and Swalwell that she said was sexual in nature. Then on April 23, Luna posted on social media that she had heard from four women describing repeated and uncomfortable advances, comments, or touching from Gallego.

After Gallego criticized her following the Ethics Committee’s dismissal of her complaint, Luna responded online, suggesting that more information would eventually surface and urging him to continue raising money for a legal defense fund.

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