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Jake Sherman:
Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) resignation from Congress came two days before the House Ethics Committee was set to vote on releasing a highly damaging report outlining its investigation into the Republican, according to multiple sources familiar with the probe.
The committee planned to vote Friday on releasing the report. Ethics loses its jurisdiction over Gaetz when he leaves Congress.
The secretive panel has been investigating Gaetz on and off since 2021
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The Senate should request the report.
https://www.threads.net/@marc.e.elias/post/DCVQPYpNw9j
Just because he isn't subject to their jurisdiction doesn't mean the House cannot release the Gaetz report. Don't let the GOP play the helpless victim here.
Tell Johnson to release the report!
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Johonny
(22,048 posts)If they want to sink him. Matt is disliked on the hill, so they could very much ask for that report. Unlike other idiots named so far, Matt has sunk his ship with a lot of ill will within the party.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
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BlueWaveNeverEnd
(10,199 posts)gab13by13
(25,267 posts)So he can study it or make redactions.
LW1977
(1,395 posts)Hes the reason were in this mess!
Biophilic
(4,744 posts)If this were a book Id shut it and put it in the box for local thrift shop. No need to waste my time continuing to read it.
ColinC
(10,702 posts)msongs
(70,178 posts)orleans
(34,968 posts)magicarpet
(16,521 posts)They will not elect a blue Smurf boy from that congressional district.
bsiebs
(759 posts)ColinC
(10,702 posts)Unlike senate seats, which are left up to state law for replacement, how members of the House are replaced is specifically enumerated in the Constitution: It mandates that representatives must be replaced by an election, to be called by the governor of the state involved.
I think Senate seats are left to state law because they were originally appointed by state legislatures.
magicarpet
(16,521 posts)GB_RN
(3,157 posts)🖖
Gore1FL
(21,891 posts)I didn't know Gaetz had resigned yet, honeslty. I figured they would all wait until they had to in order to retain their voting rights for as long as possble.
Trueblue1968
(18,118 posts)magicarpet
(16,521 posts)Apparently the Gaetz House Report has some nasty things to say about Gaetz. The facrmt that Gaetz resigned immediately to be djt's US Atty. Gen. the Gaetz House investigation and the report are now void. They have zero jurisdiction after he resigned.
Djt might have appointed Gaetz Atty. Gen. so he gad an excuse to resign from the US House. A deflect the reality that Gaetz ass was on fire because of the soon to be released House Ethics Report.
It is hard to believe Gaetz Senate confirmation for US Atty. Gen. would be anything other than a total clown show of his following alleged illegal behaviors : rampant drug and alcohol use with minors at sex parties, sex parties with under aged girls, paying minors for sex, transporting minors across Stateline for paid sex, pornographic and nude records of underaged minors, and contributing to the delinquency of minors.
rubbersole
(8,518 posts)surfered
(3,140 posts)TomSlick
(11,894 posts)I'm not banking on him not being confirmed.
The MAGAt Senate will fall in line.
surfered
(3,140 posts)surfered
(3,140 posts)TomSlick
(11,894 posts)We've seen this movie before.
orleans
(34,968 posts)bow her head and reverently vote to confirm that freak.
and in the next moment her necklace will break, (an actual "sign" from god), the pearls will fall all over the floor, she will rush to retrieve them, slip and fall on one, and break her neck wherein mcconnell will shuffle over as he mumbles something, trip over her leg which will cause him to fall and break his neck too. donald will have them both cremated before anyone can say "lickety split" and pour their ashes in ivana's casket that is filled to the brim with more stolen documents behind the first tee
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,896 posts)they are spineless jelly fish and will fall straight in line when it's time to vote
Autumn
(46,333 posts)Stallion
(6,613 posts)TomSlick
(11,894 posts)Karasu
(115 posts)LudwigPastorius
(10,816 posts)procuring underaged girls for Trump now that Epstein is dead?
AdamGG
(1,487 posts)Would Collins & Murkowski and possibly a couple other quasi sane Republicans reject him from being AG?
Catherine Vincent
(34,543 posts)Emile
(29,855 posts)tclambert
(11,136 posts)Too bad John Dillinger isn't able to accept a post on the banking commission.
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,896 posts)He can run the IRS and the run the FED all at the same time, just maybe not in New York and he might have to take a day off or two to meet with his parole officer