A report says the mistress Van Taylor was involved with is a former jihadist who was living in North Texas and met Taylor when she wanted to get involved in helping fight Islamic extremism.
U.S. Rep. Van Taylor from Plano abandoned his re-election campaign on Wednesday after admitting to an affair.
The announcement came hours after the two-term congressman was forced into a runoff with former Collin County Judge Keith Self in the Republican primary for the Collin County-based U.S. House seat. The House speaker later formed a select committee to investigate the attack, which Taylor did not support. Still, his republican opponents pounced, claiming he betrayed the district.
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