Matt Gaetz Ethics Report to Be Released After Committee Vote
By: Nikki McCann Ramirez
uh oh, looks like some maga family values are going to be exposed ....
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
After weeks of stalling, failed votes, and lame excuses, it seemed decided that the public would not be granted access to the House Ethics Committee's final report on their investigation into embattled former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.). But in a surprise twist first reported Wednesday by CNN, the committee secretly voted to release the report as a final act before the end of the current Congress. Fox News later confirmed the vote.
According to CNN, the report will be released on the Ethics Committee's final day of voting before the holidays. It is unclear which Republican member (or members) of the committee — which is split evenly down partisan lines — voted with Democrats to authorize the release of its findings.
Last month, Gaetz resigned from Congress ostensibly in a bid to pursue a nomination to become President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general. His exit from the House coincidentally came days before the Ethics Committee was scheduled to release a report detailing the findings of their investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, including an alleged sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl.
Many, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), had argued that the report shouldn't be released given Gaetz's departure from the House. Senators, many of them Republicans, upped the public pressure for the committee's findings to be made public given their need to vet Gaetz as a prospective attorney general. While releasing ethics reports after the departure of a lawmaker is not standard practice, critics of the right-wing campaign to keep it under wraps have pointed to past instances of a report being released despite a member's resignation.
Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration for attorney general in late November as damning details of the report found their way into the press and it became abundantly clear that his nomination was no longer viable. Earlier this month, Gaetz accepted a gig as a primetime host for the pro-Trump cable channel Newsmax.
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merry xmas maga!
something tells me his wife, family, and new employer might not like some of the details too much ...
I'm sure the Trump sycophants in the House will try to kill it anyway. Fantastic news if it does come out.
funny how secret votes give republicans courage ...
Going to work at Newsmax….Oh, my now that is a surprise.
I wonder why they want to release it now. He resigned from Congress and withdrew his name for nomination as AG. What is their game?
Not that I don't want it released. I do. I want to see some big crow being eaten
Because he was a dick that nobody liked?
looks like gaetz made a lot of friends in congress. I'm sure the details that will be forthcoming will prove that he was the ideal choice for conservative xtians as the maga AG in the trump administration ...
He removed his name from Trump's AG pick, however he is still able to be chosen by Trump in a different position. He is so disliked by both sides of the aisle, this may be their way to try and prevent him from another position inside Trump's administration, or running for a House or Senate position in the future.
I didn't know he was that disliked. Must be his sparkling personality
showing some rwnj congress fossils the pictures and videos on his phone might've had something to do with it.
Back in Jan of 2023 when they were voting for Speaker, GoP Rep Mike Rogers almost clocked Gaetz there on the House floor after the 14th round of voting. Rogers had to be restrained by other Reps. This wasn't the only time he provoked a near physical confrontation with members of his own party.
His own mother has publically called him out for his behavior.
... another spoiled rich kid that never heard the word no as a child.
I never heard about any of this. I don;t get the right kind of news
have you been watching FOX news again? stop, I told you that channel causes brain damage ...
Some Republicans seem to hate him even more than the Democrats do.
When you live in the south and that's the only thing on the TV....
Was it because he showed that their "family values" thingy is all a lie?
his rwnj peers were more upset that matt wasn't discreet about humping underage girls, not that he was doing it ...
I can hear it now:
Son, it's ok to do those things but it's not ok to brag about them
some of his action videos leaking would be hilarious ...
Probably need an R rating
He has already admitted that for any of that action he needs Viagra and energy drinks.
Matt Gaetz Bragged About Taking E.D. Meds ‘So He Could Go All Night,’ Says GOP Senator
gaetz was probably the other male in the madison cawthorn video ...
The way I see it, we paid for it we should get to see it.
Good point!
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Gaetz is a dirtbag who had zero business in public elected office right along with MTG.
Unfortunately there are a larger number of people in Washington who have no business being in publicly elected offices. But so long as they continue to bring the bacon home to their state/districts the sheep willingly re-elect them.
I'm very much in favor of this report being released, Gaetz should never again hold public office.
Agree 100%.