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The #House #Ethics Cmte secretly voted this month to release an investigative report into the conduct of fmr Rep #MattGaetz of #Florida….
The panel’s vote…paved the way for the release of the report after House members cast the final votes of the #Congress this week & have left Washington to return to their districts….
#law #SexTrafficking #rape #MAGA #Republicans #Trump #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/us/politics/matt-gaetz-ethics-report-release.html?smid=url-share
It is an abrupt turnabout for the panel, which previously declined to release the report. It came <2 wks after #House #Republicans banded together to block a #Democratic move on the floor to force the release of the report, instead returning the matter to the #Ethics Cmte for further consideration.
The haggling…intensified after #Trump announced last month that he had chosen #MattGaetz to lead the #DOJ, prompting anger & concern among members of both parties….
Since the spring of 2021, the #Ethics Committee has been investigating #MattGaetz over an array of accusations, including that he engaged in sexual misconduct & illicit drug use, shared inappropriate images or videos on the #House floor, misused state identification records, converted campaign funds to personal use & accepted gifts that violated House rules.
#MattGaetz abruptly resigned [from #Congress] after #Trump picked him for #US #AttorneyGeneral, prompting #House Republican leaders to argue that the #Ethics Cmte should not release the conclusions of its investigation, since #Gaetz was no longer a member of Congress & therefore outside its jurisdiction [despite previously having done so for other former Representatives — even dead ones].
#MattGaetz withdrew his name from consideration in the face of #Senate opposition & is now set to join the conservative One America News [#OAN] Network as an anchor in January.
@Nonilex I'm all for Matt Gaetz being used as a literal anchor in January.
If not sooner.