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Matt Gaetz furiously denies moving against Kevin McCarthy for not stopping ethics investigation into him over illicit drug use, sexual misconduct and misuse of campaign funds - as he takes one final shot at ousted speaker
Daily Mail ^ | 3 October 2023

Posted on 10/03/2023 8:40:56 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Matt Gaetz on Tuesday night angrily denied that he had worked to unseat Kevin McCarthy in revenge for McCarthy failing to protect him.

Gaetz, 41, is facing a House Committee inquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct, use of illegal drugs, and misuse of funds.

Gaetz has argued that the two-year, wide-ranging inquiry into his conduct is the work of McCarthy and his allies, who he argues are bent on smearing him.

A parallel investigation by the Justice Department into allegations of sex trafficking and sex with a minor was dropped in February, when prosecutors concluded they did not have enough evidence to bring charges.

McCarthy on Monday insisted once again he could not block the investigation into Gaetz: on Tuesday, after he was ousted, McCarthy said it was because Gaetz had a personal dislike of him.

Gaetz on Tuesday said that was 'an urban legend', and angrily denied moving against McCarthy as revenge for McCarthy failing to block the ethics investigation.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bfake; gaetz; house; mccarthy; speaker
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1 posted on 10/03/2023 8:40:56 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Silly.

https://twitter.com/RepMattGaetz/status/1701635980392890544


2 posted on 10/03/2023 8:43:08 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Yellow journalism at its finest.

The slander attempts, by the DNCCP against Matt Gaetz, were laughably bogus.


3 posted on 10/03/2023 8:44:02 PM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

They treat him just like they treat Trump.

I think McCarthy would bend over backwards (pun intended) for protecting Santos while encouraging fabrication against Gaetz.


4 posted on 10/03/2023 8:51:48 PM PDT by patriot torch (..)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
...use of illegal drugs, and misuse of funds.

Well, just to be certain, let's have a comprehensive audit of Mister Gaetz' campaign fund distributions and also a thorough and detailed blood test for any and all drugs of abuse.

Priority for rapid completion - high, results to be released, un-censored, real-time.

America wants to know.

5 posted on 10/03/2023 8:55:38 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

He’s been in Congress since 2010, and I’ve heard none of this about my district’s Congressman until this year.


6 posted on 10/03/2023 9:04:36 PM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Seaplaner

Let's hope President Trump will replace Mcarthy. Sounds like Matt Gaetz will be going to jail at some point. I hope he can be replaced.

7 posted on 10/03/2023 9:09:46 PM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: skr

Russell Brand, Tim Ballard, Matt Gaetz....I’m sensing a pattern here.


8 posted on 10/03/2023 9:11:13 PM PDT by Right Brother (Pray for God's intervention to stop UMCRevMom's invasion of Free Republic)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

This investigation dates back to 2021 (prior to the Rs winning the House and McCarthy becoming speaker):

https://www.npr.org/2021/04/09/985851957/house-ethics-committee-investigating-florida-gop-rep-matt-gaetz

There were matters preceding this investigation. But, given the guy’s brash style, the prior matters, and the current matters also, might simply be grist for the mill.


9 posted on 10/03/2023 9:26:52 PM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

I never trusted Gaetz, but I trust the accusers against him less.


10 posted on 10/03/2023 9:32:22 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

It’s hypocrisy in action that there hasn’t been nearly the scrutiny for the Biden Family Syndicate that they had with the false allegations against Matt Gaetz. It is typical of the Marxist fools who throw truth to the wind in order to kill the MAGA movement.

We must know that there is an agenda to grind America down.


11 posted on 10/03/2023 9:48:11 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

All I know is that the President Pro Tempore of the Senate is now second in line to the Presidency - since the Speaker has now been vacated. If anyone here knows who that is, then there should be a small sense of panic when the nationwide emergency alert goes off tomorrow. 😜


12 posted on 10/03/2023 9:56:27 PM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: LittleBillyInfidel

10-4.

Just like Thanksgiving Eve 2020:

“STFA from everybody.

Don’t have Thanksgiving dinner and if you do; don’t you dare lower your MagikMasks until actually taking a bite (and then immediately raise it up again) because if you don’t

YOU MIGHT KILL GRAMMA!”


13 posted on 10/03/2023 10:45:28 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Seaplaner

Let’s do it for all Congresspeople as many seem like they might be on drugs.


15 posted on 10/04/2023 12:14:13 AM PDT by vivenne (⁹)
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To: LittleBillyInfidel

“President Pro Tempore of the Senate”
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Well that would be the incredibly STUPID Patty Murray.


16 posted on 10/04/2023 2:01:49 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: skr; BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Investigation has been in the news for two years. Involves alleged sex trafficking, misuse of taxpayer funds (including hiring a woman for a no-show job), drug use. A buddy of Gaetz was sentenced to 11 years in prison. The House ethics investigation was paused while the DOJ had the case.

This absolutely precedes the McCarthy speaker situation in 2023.

17 posted on 10/04/2023 3:13:50 AM PDT by NautiNurse (🇺🇸)
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To: LittleBillyInfidel

Second in line would be Camel HairaSs.


18 posted on 10/04/2023 3:21:37 AM PDT by Wdempsey (Democrats and slinkys.. Both useless but fun to push down stairs.)
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To: LittleBillyInfidel
I think succession would skip over the temporary Speaker and move on to the Secretary of State, which would be Antony Blinken.

-PJ

19 posted on 10/04/2023 3:45:40 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Wdempsey
Second in line would be Camel HairaSs.

Wrong. That loser is the Vice-President. The VP is first in line to the Presidency.

20 posted on 10/04/2023 4:28:15 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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