Rep. Katie Hill (D-Santa Clarita) has been a rising star among House Democrats since her surprise victory over Republican incumbent Steve Knight in the traditionally conservative 25th District in 2018. Hill broke up with both the female former campaign staffer and her husband last year. Her husband’s texts and a social media post suggest she left him for the male congressional staffer. Not only are the pictures uncomfortably intimate, they may be a criminal invasion of privacy under the “revenge porn” laws in California and the District of Columbia. AdvertisementNo matter what the House Ethics Committee or the Capitol Hill police end up concluding, however, no one is coming out of this smelling good.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 24, 2019 23:26 UTC