posted<\/a> by the San Antonio Express-News last month show Gonzales allegedly making sexual requests to Santos-Aviles, including asking her to send him a \u201csexy\u201d photo of herself and asking what her \u201cfavorite position\u201d is.<\/p>\nOne message shows the congressman allegedly telling Santos-Aviles about his sexual fantasy before the staffer replies, \u201cThis is too far, Tony.\u201d In another message, she wrote, \u201cThis is going too far boss. So how long have you thought I was this hot?\u201d<\/p>\n
After reports of the text scandal spread, Gonzales told CNN, \u201cI am not going to resign. I work every day for the people of Texas \u2026 and there will be an opportunity for all the details and all the facts to come out. What you\u2019ve seen is not all the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gonzales reiterated on Wednesday that there was \u201ca lot more\u201d information that would come out soon, and he declined to address whether the sexual text messages that he allegedly sent to Santos-Aviles were genuine.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will say there is a whole lot more to the story, a lot more that isn\u2019t out there,\u201d he told Pags.<\/p>\n
The Texas congressman also suggested that immediately following Santos-Aviles\u2019 death, he was blackmailed by the staffer\u2019s husband.<\/p>\n
\u201cWithin hours [of Santos-Aviles\u2019 death], her estranged husband reached out to our office and asked about her death benefits and how he could gain access to her retirement fund,\u201d Gonzales said. \u201cThis woman had just had a horrific tragedy. \u2026 It was eerie, it was creepy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA few months later, his criminal defense attorney \u2026 reaches out and essentially asks me for money, or else,\u201d Gonzales added. \u201cThey asked for $300,000.\u201d<\/p>\n
Santos-Aviles\u2019 husband, Adrian Aviles, has pushed back against Gonzales\u2019 accusations of blackmail and said that he shared his deceased wife\u2019s text messages \u201cbecause I don\u2019t want to be called a liar and don\u2019t want her to be called a liar.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI also want to show proof to everybody the type of person that he is. He\u2019s a predator. He took advantage of a very vulnerable woman,\u201d Adrian Aviles added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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