House Ethics Panel Was Set to Vote to Release Report Critical of Matt Gaetz
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Via: bob-nelson • 18 hours ago • 4 commentsBy: Robert Draper Luke Broadwater and Maya C. Miller
The committee has been investigating allegations that Mr. Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump's pick for attorney general, engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use.
This makes Gaetz the perfect nominee... If we understand that the real objective of any fascist is to ensure the complicity of any who hesitate to participate in their regime.
Gaetz himself is unimportant. What's important is the compromission of the Senate.
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Reporting from Washington
Nov. 13, 2024
The House Ethics Committee, which has been investigating allegations that Representative Matt Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, was prepared to vote to release a highly critical report about Mr. Gaetz on Friday, according to a Republican official familiar with the matter. The release would have come two days after President-elect Donald J. Trump selected Mr. Gaetz to be attorney general.
Mr. Gaetz, a Florida Republican, abruptly resigned from his House seat late Wednesday, effectively ending the ethics investigation that has hung over his head for years.
Mr. Gaetz, the official said, had repeatedly offered combative replies to questions posed by the committee, effectively delaying the fact-finding process for months. The publication of the committee's findings was additionally delayed, the official said, because of a House rule that forbids releasing a negative report close to an election. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive investigation.
Now, with Mr. Gaetz's departure from Congress, the committee no longer has jurisdiction to investigate him. It was not immediately clear whether it would still release its findings. Tom Rust, the chief counsel and staff director for the panel, declined to comment.
The report's expected release on Friday was reported earlier by Punchbowl News.
Republicans in Congress expressed shock at Mr. Gaetz's selection to be attorney general. Mr. Gaetz, who led the successful effort last fall to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California, is one of the most reviled members of his conference.
For two years, the Justice Department looked into allegations that he had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl and possibly violated federal sex trafficking laws. The department closed its investigation last year without filing any charges against Mr. Gaetz.
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Trump's nominees all fit the same pattern: they require the Senate to do something that is bad for the country but good for Donald Trump.
They require the Senate to demonstrate that its obedience to Trump is greater than its loyalty to the nation.
meh, somebody will leak the report on matt, the sex trafficker, soon enough ...
Probably. That would be great for Trump, because the Senate‘s compromission would be all the more.
A drug abusing and child trafficking/abusing A G....what is wrong with this picture ? Sounds like par for the parson who selected discoarse , for of course, will will have great remorse, code for ' i told you i was fckd up in the head, and you all should have paid attention to every gosh damn word i said" D T.
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