A Republican congressman from New York could be in breach of House ethics rules after he hired both a woman he was having an affair and his fiancée’s daughter to work in his office, The New York Times reported Monday.
Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, R-N.Y., comes from a family of local Republican officials, his break into politics thanks in part due to his connections with a group of powerful Republicans in Nassau County, who are famous for hiring their friends and family into local government.
He appears to have followed that tradition as a lawmaker. In 2022, D’Esposito hired his fiancée’s daughter to work as a special assistant in his district office, paying her about $3,000 a month. He later hired a woman he was having an affair with, Devin Faas, adding her to the payroll in the same district office. Faas was paid $2,000 for a part-time job, but payments stopped when D’Esposito’s fiancee found out about the affair, four sources told The Times.
Both women’s employment cost taxpayers about $29,000.