Summary
The House Ethics Committee has expanded access to its report on Matt Gaetz, recently nominated for attorney general by Trump.
The report details allegations of sexual abuse and drug use, including claims Gaetz paid women for sex and had relations with a minor, which he denies.
While House Speaker Mike Johnson seeks to block public release, some Republicans demand transparency due to Gaetz’s nomination.
The Justice Department previously investigated similar allegations but declined to press charges.
Senate confirmation hearings are expected to intensify scrutiny.
Why is this an ethics probe and not a criminal investigation from law enforcement?
and had relations with a minor, which he denies.
That’s called rape, full stop.
I guarantee there’s something in that report we don’t know. Concealing the report already implies the allegations are true. It doesn’t actually save face at all. There’s either more victims, or it implicates someone else.
Leak it. Leak it. Leak it. Leak it. Leak it. LEAK IT!
Which means it will be leaked soon.
Just park it in a box at some tacky resort in Florida. Then charge admission.
People need to stop asking if they’re going to confirm him and start asking senators why they’re voting for a pedophile. Where is the line too far? At what point does appeasing Trump become a threat to the nation?
They’ll do recess appointments, claim they didn’t vote for him, and point the finger at Trump, who will end democracy.
Too easy to deflect.
“Matt Gaetz is the victim of leftist lawfare. If he was a pedophile, why hasn’t he been charged? Why do you want to punish people without due process?”
And then some nonsense about how persecuted white men are.
Circa 2016
All this attention is just going to help him. The guy is going to run for president now
GOP senators need to remember the fable about the sinking electric boat. Surrounded by sharks
I should be ashamed of the amount of time I spend thinking about this electric boat shark situation.
Make it public you cowards.
Is the report going to explain what’s happening to this motherfucker’s head? Why is it increasingly shaped like that?
That’s the goal, imo. Which Republican politician will accept a clearly unacceptable pick? Who will bend the knee? If you oppose Trump’s pick, you’re being primaried (or worst in the long term)
Tommy Tuberville said he would ruin the career of any Republican that blocks his confirmation. It’ll be interesting if he still feels that way of he gets to read it. Haha of course he’ll still feel that because he’s a turd.
Given the “will of the people” with Trump having won a majority of votes, and given the statement “never interrupt your enemy when they’re making a mistake” I feel like the dems should just help nominate all of trumps picks. It’s a more crazy idea admittedly, but I think these are the interesting times we live in. Gaetz would literally be ineffective and hilariously stupid. Which would mean that every legal case wouldn’t matter over the next few years. If he picked someone (evil) competent like Barr again we’d be radically fucked. Gaetz means we have a chance of nothing happening for a while.
