Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was accused of engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a minor and accepting gifts that break the House Code of Ethics.

The House of Representatives Committee on Ethics opened an investigation into Gaetz after public reports “that Gaetz ‘may have engaged in sexual misconduct’ and ‘illicit drug use”, according to Aljazeera.

Gaetz, 38, was a previous close ally to former President Donald Trump, whose rise to fame came from being one of his staunchest supporters in the House of Representatives.

Prosecutors are investigating whether Gaetz and a local tax collector, Joel Greenberg, paid for or offered gifts to underage girls for sex.

The US Department of Justice is now looking into his involvement with the arrangement, after it emerged that Gaetz transferred $900 to Greenberg via Venmo, an app that allows people to send money via wire transfer.

Several republican Representatives, including Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) have since called for his resignation since the accusations.

Gaetz has denied all allegations and his office has responded to them as “blatantly false”.

The democratic party has also faced problems with sexual harassment, after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was accused by Alyssa McGrath, a current aide.

In an interview with The New York Times, McGrath “described a series of unsettling interactions…Mr. Cuomo would ogle her body, remark her looks, and make suggestive comments to her and another executive aide.”

Another anonymous coworker accused Gov. Cuomo of groping her breast.

McGrath said, “She froze wen he started doing that stuff to her.”

Mariann Wang, lawyer for McGrath said, “This would be unacceptable behavior from any boss, much less the governor.”

Wang also said, “The women in the executive chamber are there to work for the State of New York, not serve as his eye candy or prospective girlfriend.”

Gov. Cuomo has denied all accusations, “and has suggested hat his relationships with his employees he viewed as friends may have been misinterpreted,” according to The New York Times.

From the House of Representatives to State legislature, both major political parties have several accusations involving sexual harassment in the workplace.