Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, R-N.Y., said he upheld the highest ethical standards of personal conduct after a New York Times investigation revealed he gave jobs to a woman he was having an affair with and to his fiancée’s daughter.

D’Esposito, who represents New York’s 4th Congressional District in Long Island and was elected in 2022, gave his longtime fiancée’s daughter a $3,800/month job as special assistant in his district office. Months later, he gave a woman he was having an affair with a $2,000 a month gig for part-time work in his office, the Times reported.

Payments to both women ended in July 2023 when D’Esposito’s fiancée found about the affair and broke up with him, four people told the Times.

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