Gaetz resigned days before possible release of 'highly damaging' ethics probe: report
Gaetz resigned days before possible release of 'highly damaging' ethics probe: report
Donald Trump’s selection of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to be the country's next attorney general prompted his resignation from Congress, but according to reports, the possible release of a House Ethics Committee investigative report may have also played a role in his stepping down.Gaetz, a MAGA enthusia...
Gaetz: "Imma dip"
US checks and balances: "well, we tried"
Rename checks and balances to thoughts and prayers.
Nah, it's still checks and balances. Billionaires write checks and Republicans add the money to their balances.
Was it because of the kid-fucking, Matt? I bet it was about the kid-fucking.
Or perhaps the sex trafficking? You know to fly that child to the Bahamas so he could rape them?
He's my congressman, and I'll be the very last to defend him, but a 17-yo is hardly a "kid". So stop the bullshit. There's plenty to nail him to the wall without lying.
“engaged in sexual misconduct and/or illicit drug use, shared inappropriate images or videos on the House floor, misused state identification records, converted campaign funds to personal use, and/or accepted a bribe, improper gratuity, or impermissible gift,”
That's really going out of a limb for the worst reason. I can't believe I have to say that if someone in their late thirties has sex with a 17 year old, that's gross on multiple levels and summing it up as fucking a kid is highly appropriate
You claimed that you would be the last to defend him, then defended him? Like what?
Being in your thirties and having sex with someone nearly half your age is wildly inappropriate. There's so little that you would have in common as far as life experiences go. The years from 18-25 are some of the most influential in life and leaves people vulnerable to grooming. Experts claim that the brain hasn't even fully developed in most adults until 25 years old. Finding people in that age attractive as a 35 year old is fine. Watch porn to your hearts content, but pursuing a relationship or sexual encounter with someone in early adulthood is just weird. It doesn't need to be illegal to be fucking weird or predatory. In Gaetz's case it just so happens to be all three.
You seem to know a lot about him to forget it wasn't just about having sex with a minor, he was being investigated for sex trafficking a minor across state lines - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/matt-gaetz-s-ex-girlfriend-testifies-grand-jury-sex-trafficking-n1287352
We found the republican pedo.
Well ackshually 🤓
It would be a shame if the Ethic Committee report got leaked somehow. A real shame....
Just amend the report to say 'and then he retired' and send it.
Yeah, people act like politics is governed by some strictly enforced rules that can never be violated. They can kind of just do whatever they want and the worst they'll get is a tsk tsk.
"leaks" are a planned, group effort
Only to become appointed AG
Will the info in the investigation ever come out? That could damage his chances of being confirmed as AG?
The ethics committee geneally doesn't release investigations that don't result in action.
They have the ability to but are also exempt from foia requests. Call whoever is closest to the investigation in your house reps and demand it. They've been released them in the past after social pressure.
Saving clicks:
Republicans
Chairman Michael Guest, Mississippi
David P. Joyce, Ohio
John H. Rutherford, Florida
Andrew R. Garbarino, New York
Michelle Fischbach, Minnesota
Democrats
Ranking Member Susan Wild, Pennsylvania
Veronica Escobar, Texas
Mark DeSaulnier, California
Deborah K. Ross, North Carolina
Glenn F. Ivey, Maryland
The publication reported that the House Ethics Committee loses jurisdiction over a former member once they leave Congress.
It's not a bug, it's a feature.
If something needs to be leaked to the likes of WikiLeaks, this is it.
I didn't catch that butt head was gone.
Oh he's very much not gone yet...
Hey now be fair. He resembles Beavis
"too many absences" heh. Is that what its called these days?