Summary
House Republicans blocked efforts to release the Ethics Committee’s report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz, prolonging uncertainty over allegations of sexual misconduct despite his resignation from Congress.
Democrats pushed for transparency, accusing Republicans of hiding credible allegations. Speaker Mike Johnson argued that publishing the report sets a bad precedent.
While ethics reports have rarely been released post-resignation, tensions remain high on the bipartisan committee.
Gaetz denies wrongdoing, and DOJ previously closed its sex trafficking probe without charges. The report’s fate is unclear as the congressional session nears its end.
every member of the GOP is knee deep in child sex trafficking
Why do you think the qons had their thought leaders tell all the idiots in their base that Democrats were doing sex-trafficking out of the basement of a basementless pizza parlor?
It’s always projection.
The best part about that was that 6 months prior the owner gave an interview where he said they stored all the ingredients in the “basement”… 6 months later they suddenly had no basement
Cowards.
OK then it’s time for someone to leak it
100%. And until that happens, we should all just assume the worst case possible is what they found.
Just like if evidence is destroyed for a trial, the jury is instructed to infer that it must be so damaging that the destruction and their imagination of its contents was somehow a better outcome.
It’d be a shame if someone violated his right to privacy and leaked it.
16 Democrats were absent. If 9 of them would have showed up both bills would have passed. Sources:
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024491 https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024490
The list of Democrats who didn’t vote on both of the measures is the same. Here is the list:
- Earl Blumenauer
- Jamaal Bowman
- Jasmine Crockett
- Henry Cuellar
- Dwight Evans
- Lizzie Fletcher
- Ruben Gallego
- Jimmy Gomez
- Raúl M. Grijalva
- Ted Lieu
- Kevin Mullin
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Katie Porter
- Mikie Sherrill
- Eric Swalwell
- Jennifer Wexton
You have to wonder if the “absence” was intentional, a de facto no vote, but defensible. Sadly, the only reason I can think of why they’d avoid participating is because they wouldn’t want such a report released on them in retaliation, which implies skeletons in their closets or those of fellow Dems. If there are other reasons I’d like to hear them.
I will never understand how these people get elected when they can’t even bother to show up for work.
