Matt Gaetz Drops Evidence Refuting House Ethics Committee Report After Monday Release
The House Ethics Committee unveiled its report into the past conduct of former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Dec. 23 after he filed a lawsuit in federal court to block its release.
The report said it found “substantial evidence” that the former congressman violated House rules, Florida state laws, and federal laws.
The report alleges that Gaetz paid tens of thousands of dollars to women for drugs or sex in at least 20 instances, including paying a 17-year-old girl for sex in 2017.
“The Committee determined there is substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz violated House Rules and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress,” panel investigators wrote.
After resigning from Congress last month following his nomination by President-elect Donald Trump for U.S. attorney general, Gaetz on Dec. 23 filed the lawsuit, which asks the judge to issue an emergency order to block the committee from releasing the report.
Now that Gaetz has resigned from Congress, he argued in the lawsuit that the House Ethics Committee is reaching beyond its constitutional authority because it lacks jurisdiction over him as a private citizen. His attorneys maintain the report includes “untruthful and defamatory information” that could “significantly damage” Gaetz’s standing and reputation.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, names the Ethics Committee and its chair, Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.), as defendants.
“The Committee’s apparent intention to release its report after explicitly acknowledging it lacks jurisdiction over former members, its failure to follow constitutional notions of due process, and failure to adhere to its own procedural rules and precedent represents an unprecedented overreach that threatens fundamental constitutional rights and established procedural protections,” Gaetz’s attorneys wrote.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/house-ethics-committee-releases-its-report-matt-gaetz
well not really, and actually think about this:
2a. if he now admits, ok thats the girl he slept with, i now know shes under age; isnt that by definition a confession? doesnt that give power to the blackmail?
alternatively,
2b. if he continues to believes she wasnt underage, and theres id to prove it, yes he's eligible for prosecution, but how will the prosecutor prove shes underage?
the dumbest thing you can do in this situation is confess
to put it another way, its not your fault you fucked a tranny and couldnt tell the difference. you were tricked.
It doesn't matter that the tranny tricked me.
If the tranny is underage and I did the crime then I'll have to navigate the consequences of my participation in the activity.
Neither myself nor the tranny get to dismiss our relationship because a minor, as defined by state law, was involved.
I think that's the part you're overlooking.
sure. lets ignore the fact that a 17 year old has a valid id and is going around trapping people in a blackmail scheme. you would rather focus on punishing the actual victim.
i dont think you care about the truth when you start a conversation like you start a rumor. the sad part is youre defending a belief that you yourself dont believe. and i know you dont believe it because you prefaced it with i hear leftist say. i dont think youre arguing in good faith.
Calm down. You're getting emotional and trying to attack me. You're presenting nothing to refute leftist claims Gaetz paid a trafficker to rape a minor.
leftist claims... rumors. its not my job to substantiate your claims, nor do you have any evidence to back up your claims. your goal is clearly to slander.