J.R Ewing
Former Rep. Matt #Gaetz (R-FL) threatened that he would soon expose “stories of #corruption, treason and betrayal” regarding members of Congress trading stocks.
The unraveling!
#floridaman #insidertrading #burningdownthehouse #unhinged #congressstocktrading #uspolitics #election2024 #trumpclownshow
Ham on Wry
Matt Gaetz has stepped away from taking the position of AG.
Just five more trump appointed sexual predators to go before his administration takes power.
Laffy
Via Kyle Griffin:
Democratic Rep. Sean Casten tells NBC News he will still attempt to force the House to vote on making the Ethics Committee's Matt #Gaetz report public.
"While I welcome the news that Matt Gaetz is withdrawing from consideration for Attorney General, it remains important that the Gaetz report be made available to the American people." https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gaetz-decide-keep-house-seat-complicated-rcna181292
br00t4c
Matt Gaetz burned down the House -- then was shocked to find he couldn't do the same to the Senate
#Trump #PowerStruggle #Gaetz #PoliticalDrama #HouseOfRepresentatives
ccom
Laffy
Of course.
Via Politico:
House Dems aren't giving up on their push to release the #Gaetz Ethics report, even after he withdrew from consideration to be Trump’s AG.
But there are early signs that House Republicans are no longer on board.
Glyn Moody
Matt #Gaetz withdraws from consideration to be #Trump’s attorney general - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/21/matt-gaetz-attorney-general-nomination one down, lots to go...
GNU Too
Laffy
Buckle up... another horrific pick is coming. Hence only a minimal #WompWomp
#BREAKING via Kyle Griffin:
MATT #GAETZ JUST WITHDREW HIS NAME TO BE TRUMP'S AG
Nonilex
At the parties, women, & a girl who was 17 at the time, were paid for sex, according to accounts of the participants’ testimony from people briefed on what they said.
The document bolsters recent claims by a lawyer for 2 of the women who say they had sex with #MattGaetz for money. It shows thousands of dollars in payments #Gaetz made to both of the lawyer’s clients.
Nonilex
Feds established a trail of payments from #MattGaetz, #Trump’s choice to be AG, to women including some who testified that #Gaetz hired them for sex, acc/to a doc obtained by NYT & a lawyer representing some of the women.
The doc, assembled by investigators during a 3-yr #SexTrafficking investigation into Gaetz, is a chart that shows a web of thousands of dollars in Venmo payments between Gaetz…, associates & women who had drug-fueled sex parties 2017–2020….
#law #crime
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/us/politics/matt-gaetz-venmo-payments-sex.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Laffy
Via Kyle Griffin:
Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen has introduced a privileged resolution on the House floor to force the Ethics Committee to release its Matt #Gaetz report.
Laffy
LEAK IT.
House Ethics panel does not agree to release the #Gaetz report - Live Updates - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/11/20/congress/ethics-panel-does-not-agree-to-release-gaetz-report-00190655
Laffy
“Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray asking for “the complete evidentiary file” from the agency’s investigation into allegations of sex trafficking of minors against former Rep. Matt #Gaetz (R-Fla.), whom President-elected Trump has tapped to become the next attorney general.”
Glyn Moody
House ethics committee to vote on publication of Matt #Gaetz report - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/20/matt-gaetz-house-ethics-committee-vote if he's innocent, he has nothing to fear, right? right???
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️
Sex misconduct allegations: Trump’s picks
https://19thnews.org/2024/11/sexual-misconduct-allegations-trump-cabinet-picks/?itm_source=parsely-api
* Trump: dozens of accusations of sexual misconduct back to 1970s
* surrounded by men who face similar allegations
* 4 of Trump’s top picks accused of sexual assault, harassment, or child sex trafficking
Matt Gaetz: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113477966815684871
Elon Musk: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113473035331153428
RFK Jr.: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113476752158702515
Pete Hegseth: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113473222430772097
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #SexAbuse #misogyny #Gaetz #Musk #RFKjr #Hegseth #ChildAbuse
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘
@br00t4c
First they #Sanewashed T****.
Now they're trying to Sanewash #Gaetz. 🤦♂️
#Perverts and #Pedophiles and #Adulterers, Oh my! 😒
Laffy
An “unknown and unauthorized third party” has gained access to depositions tied to Matt #Gaetz, a source says https://www.cbsnews.com/news/matt-gaetz-depositions-leak-investigations/?linkId=660054018&ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e
Glyn Moody
#Trump pick Matt #Gaetz under further scrutiny amid fresh allegations - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/18/trump-matt-gaetz-allegations "Lawyer representing two women alleges Gaetz paid them for sex and that one witnessed him having sex with minor"
Nonilex
Woman told #House #Ethics panel she witnessed #Gaetz having sex w/ #minor
An atty repping 2 women who were witnesses in the House Ethics Cmte's investigation into #MattGaetz is calling for the release of the cmte’s report, telling ABC News that one of his clients testified she witnessed the FL congressman having sex w/a minor.
"My client testified to the House Ethics Committee that she witnessed Matt Gaetz having sex w/a minor," FL atty Joel Leppard told ABC.
#law
https://abcnews.go.com/US/exclusive-woman-told-house-ethics-panel-witnessed-gaetz/story?id=115897603
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