“The House Ethics Committee announced on Wednesday evening that it was launching an investigation into representative Katie Hill, and her alleged sexual relationships with her legislative director and a staffer on her congressional campaign.

“Hill is a freshman Democrat from California, and is one of the first openly bisexual women in Congress.

“Reports of her alleged relationships first surfaced on the conservative website RedState late last week in a post titled “CA Rep. Katie Hill Allegedly Involved Female Staffer in 2-Yr ‘Throuple’ Relationship.”

“The post included intimate pictures of Hill and the staffer, who has remained anonymous, as well as screenshots of what RedState claims are text messages between the staffer and Hill’s husband, Kenny Heslep, who filed for divorce in July.

“Some of the text messages suggest the staffer was abused in the relationship.”

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