Exclusive | Rep. Jimmy Gomez member of Eric Swalwells Cool Kids Clique accused of kissing much younger staffer

WASHINGTON — Former Rep.Eric Swalwell is not the only member of Congress drawing attention for his activities off the House floor — with sources telling The Post that Rep.

Jimmy Gomez, a married member of Swalwell’s “Cool Kids Clique,” was spotted surreptitiously kissing a much younger congressional aide in the summer of 2023.Swalwell (D-Calif.) fell in with Gomez, a fellow Golden State Democrat, and Sen.Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) while all three were still in the House, sources said.

The trio became known for their socializing and drinking.While Gallego, Swalwell’s closest friend in Congress, faced questions about what he knew after at least five women accused Swalwell of sexual assault and harassment, people involved in Democratic politics told The Post that the lower-profile Gomez warrants more scrutiny.“This behavior of open philandering by married male members of Congress is pervasive and long overdue to be addressed,” one source told The Post.“Regardless [of whether] it is a staff member of their own or another congressman, there is a massive power dynamic that fosters a culture of abuse.You have these married male congressmen openly cheating on their wives with female staffers — how is that not grounds for expulsion?” The 2023 incident involved Gomez, now 51, making out with an aide to a different House Democrat outside a backyard party hosted by Swalwell to celebrate the start of the August congressional recess.The aide, two decades younger than Gomez, “was sitting on the hood of the car and they were going at it,” according to a source who was smoking a cigarette in front of Swalwell’s home about a mile from the Capitol.“They were down the street a little bit.

But it wasn’t that discreet.”A second source, who was waiting for an Uber, recalled that “someone pointed it out and it took me a second to recognize who it was.“A few of us were getting out of the event and saw them, for lack of better words, making out … It wa...