India, May 2 -- Republican lawmaker from North Carolina, Chuck Edwards, is being investigated for sexual misconduct with a former aide, as per a report. NOTUS reported that Edwards was being probed by the House Ethics Committee over an affair with a former staffer, who's believed to have left office earlier this year.

The 65-year-old lawmaker has been married since 1980. As per the report, Edwards was in a long-term affair with his former deputy chief of staff. She was reportedly hired as a legislative assistant in 2021, and then moved up the ranks. As per the report the two were not discreet and their relationship was common knowledge among the staff members and members of the North Carolina delegation.

Edwards issued a statement amid ...