Michael Gold
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875 appearances
8 recordings
2 series
first heard Nov 2025
last heard 6 Jul
Michael Gold’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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border with Mexico.
And in February of this year, a news article comes out accusing him of having a coercive sexual relationship with one of his aides who had killed herself by setting herself on fire.
Yeah.
And there were text messages that were pretty damning that showed that he was repeatedly texting her, pushing her for photos, pushing her for a relationship that she sort of reluctantly agreed to.
You know, a lot of women on the Hill who read those messages sort of recognize this pattern where men ask
repeatedly for things and women are so worn down that they feel abrogated.
And in this case, this man was her boss.
So there was a sense that this was just very coercive.
And frankly, the dramatic way in which she died, her lighting herself on fire, I think really horrified everybody.
It was just the kind of details of the story were really gruesome and disgusted a lot of people here.
So in 2018, the House passed a rule that forbid its members expressly from having affairs with their own staff.
And Gonzalez violated that rule.
And he admits to violating that rule.
I made a lapse in judgment.
I'm going to end my reelection campaign.
You know, I've lost the trust in my voters, so I can't run for office again.
And Speaker Mike Johnson says, okay, well, he's ending his reelection campaign.
That's the equivalent of the political death penalty.
This is done.
We don't have to worry about this anymore.
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