• snooggums@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Gotta be something big to quit congress after being reelected and then decline the cabinet nomination used to justify pulling out.

    This sounds like something serious. Someone should search his couches!

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      Paying minors for sex is hard time in prison. If evidence of such a thing became public the DOJ would essentially be forced to prosecute him. Right now they can just ignore it. Which they prefer to do because they like being employed.

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      He quit to end the Congressional investigation. Was on his way out one way or another. This was just his attempt to fall upwards.

      Maybe they’ll add him to the DOGE roster after this. You can fuck all the teenagers you want over there and nobody will complain

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        He quit to have this dismissed, but he could return in January since he won election. The DOJ nomination was there to distract us, why he did it.

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          The DOJ nomination was there to distract us

          I don’t think anyone in DC gives a shit about what we think

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      7 hours ago

      Matt Gaetz hiding more underaged sex crimes we don’t know about

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        That would mean the report could be easily resumed or released, since he would be a current member again.

        I’m sure the Republicans will shut it down because they are corrupt, but being a returning member could undermine the opposition based on him not being a current member right now.