Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney
Posted on 04/01/2021 8:45:56 PM PDT by RandFan
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suggested Thursday that the Ethics Committee should launch an investigation into allegations that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) engaged in sexual relations with an underaged girl, a case currently under investigation by the Justice Department.
Pelosi emphasized that if the allegations prove to be true, Gaetz would be subject to criminal penalties falling outside the jurisdiction of Congress to punish its own members, including efforts to strip transgressive lawmakers of committee assignments.
But citing the importance of maintaining "the integrity of the Congress," Pelosi indicated that the Ethics panel could examine the allegations while the Department of Justice continues its probe.
"If, in fact, these allegations are true, of course being removed from the Judiciary Committee is the least that could be done," Pelosi said on a press call. "But again, I think from what we've heard so far, this would be a matter for the Ethics Committee."
Gaetz, 38, a prominent ally of former President Trump and established star of conservative media, has churned countless headlines this week after The New York Times reported that the Justice Department is examining allegations that he carried on a sexual relationship several years ago with a girl who was 17 years old at the time.
As part of the probe, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is also seeking to establish if Gaetz violated federal sex trafficking laws by traveling with the girl across state lines.
Gaetz has denied the allegations vigorously, using Twitter and media interviews to proclaim his innocence. Gaetz contends that he and his family are the victims of a bribery scheme in which a former DOJ official sought millions of dollars from Gaetz's wealthy father in exchange for making the charges vanish.
“I know that there was a demand for money in exchange for a commitment that he could make this investigation go away along with his co-conspirators,” Gaetz told Tucker Carlson, the conservative Fox News personality, in an interview Tuesday night.
In a bizarre twist, Gaetz this week has released documents and screen shots that he says reveal the extraordinary plan of the alleged extortionists: They intended to use the $25 million, he says, to rescue Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent, from Iran, where he was captured in 2007.
David McGee, the former DOJ official named by Gaetz, has vehemently denied the allegations.
Some Democrats, including members of the House Judiciary Committee, have called on GOP leaders to remove Gaetz from the powerful panel while the investigation evolves. But House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) seemed to reject that idea earlier in the week, saying Gaetz has a right to remain on the committee unless his guilt is proven.
"Right now, Matt Gaetz says that it's not true and we don't have any information. So let's get all the information," McCarthy told Fox News.
Pelosi is not the only Democrat calling for an ethics probe into Gaetz's conduct. Rep. James Clyburn (S.C.), the third-ranking House Democrat, said he's hoping the matter is taken up by the Office of Congressional Ethics, an independent body that examines allegations of congressional misconduct and refers certain cases to the Ethics Committee.
"Someone needs to get to the bottom of all of this," Clyburn said Wednesday in an interview with CNN.
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Trumped up to get rid of outspoken Gaetz.
Swalwell and his Chinese Spy running his campaign for President- is all good.
And Nancy got the go ahead from McCarthy. They don’t need people going off script. There is lots of money to be made with Biden.
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it was only a matter of time.
All as a result of a leak from the DOJ to NYT.
The investigation may or may not turn up anything but it will not matter.
kind of like using the Steele dossier as the basis for going after Trump.
the LEFTISTs are so predictable.
Time to go scorched earth, Matt.
Has the FBI leaked any info on Swalwell or Hunter Biden?
Sure, but not Swallowwell
Yeah first investigate Swalwell I’ll wait..look everyone knows that Democrats are amoral jacka@@es so no one expects any morals from them but when they see a republican accused of something they pounce
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If they had a whiff of evidence on Gaetz, five Swat teams and Jim Acosta would’ve kicked in his door at 4: 00 am.
That’s why I know they have nothing and made desperate moves to get Dad to do an Interview - a perjury trap.
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Start with the guy that was banging fang fang, Hunter Biden whose pics with about an 8 year old were all over the internet, and Pelosi’s family - who get rich from all her deals, and don’t forget DiFiChi and her Chinese “driver”.
I’m at the point where I don’t give a rip about these leaked stories, they are often to just take out someone who is opposing the crap of the establishment.
Nasty Pelousey is just pissed that Matt didn’t share the pix with her, too. Next to Ted Kennedy (yes, I know he’s dead, and I presume he is roasting in Hell!), ole Nasty is the most evil Catholic (she says she’s Catholic) I have ever witnessed.She better eat more ice cream cause she is destined for a very uncomfy roasting pot.
I am reminded of the allegations against Julian Assange trying to meet an eight year old girl. Her parents owned a fake dating site:
According to a widely shared Oct. 4 “United Nations Report” by a “United Nations Global Compact member organization” called T&C Network Solutions, the Royal Bahamas Police Force conducted a “criminal child sex offenses investigation” of Assange.
The report, which is written in the style of a criminal indictment, goes on to state that Assange used a dating site called Toddandclare.com, which is owned by T&C Network Solutions, to send an “8-year-old juvenile (i) unlawful, indecent images and video media of himself performing lewd sex acts on a mobile camera device, and (ii) unlawful obscenity materials of a child pornographic nature.”
I was online the night redditors blew up the story which involved Russian funds, and some other made up crap...all traced back to former DOJ employees.
The NYT’s and every hack media organization ran the story as if it were the gospel truth.
Even if it is true, Age of Consent is 16 in both Florida and washington d.c.
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(although there are some situational modifiers that can raise the age to 17 or 18.)
Trump/Russia 2.0: Use the false allegations to open up an “ethics investigation” fishing expedition.
“Even if it is true, Age of Consent is 16 in both Florida and washington d.c.”
If so, Florida must have changed the age of consent very recently. I read that it was 18.
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One of the Hill authors has used Mitt Romney as a source several times.
One of the other articles (about Gaetz) cites Paul Ryan’s staff as a source.
Paul Ryan and Mitts Romney - lots of people gunning for Gaetz.
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Neither Ryan nor Romney is worth the powder to send them a lead donation. Filth
When will the “Ethics Committee” investigate Nancy’s Husband’s investments, profiting from Gov’t contracts?
I was going by the chart about 1/4 the way down the page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_the_United_States
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