Law Ranking democrat on ethics committee admits to leaks about Gaetz

[cincymma79]

^^^ which means Gaetz can bang all the underage hookers and use all the drugs he wants?

There it is. The I thought this was America defense

 

[jk7707]

lol...

Two things can be true

1) There was no need to leak this this shit. Gaetz is wormy as fuck and would have never survived the Senate review. And it would have been 100x worse to have to address all these issues in front of the Senate and on TV. Even with the leak, he would have dropped out or been thrown to the wolves. Furthermore, there likely would have been enough GOP Senators breaking rank to sink him anyway. He made a ton of enemies when he decided go after Kevin McCarthy for personal reasons.

2) Democrats continues to shred any semblance of ethics and integrity they once claimed to have. I mean... Why bother taking a vow to keep information confidential on a ETHICS BOARD....

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not disclose, to any person or entity outside the Committee on Ethics, any information received in the course of my service with the Committee, except as authorized by the Committee or in accordance with its rules,” the oath reads

So yes, please cheer this on. The American people already think Congress is a piece of shit with the lowest approval in history. Why disappoint them?

For fucks sake... lol

LOL. You're assuming any Senate Republicans actually have a spine at this point. For fucks sake. If it made it to a vote after a confirmation hearing you bet your ass there would be enough Republican cowards to confirm him rather than risk the wrath of MAGA. This exact scenario is going to play out with Patel coming up in the near future. So, in that context, what she did was worth whatever committee norm she broke.

You know what could have been done to avoid all of this? The ethics committee could have released their findings and let people decide. Instead, Mike Johnson and the rest of the cowards on the committee hid behind a "precedent" that didn't actually exist to avoid angering Trump.

 

[Darkballs]

Good for her. The American people deserve to know if our elected leaders are criminals.

Haven't heard a good excuse from the MAGA bots as to why this should have been withheld in the first place.

 

[fungi]

"The rule of law"!

'WTF is "rule of law" when there's Daddy's Presidential pardon?'

- Hunter Biden, probably.​

 

[44nutman]

Because (1) he knew Gaetz and had access, (2) The Establishment wanted Gaetz, and (3) He was in prison and getting Gaetz could get him out.

If you attend parties with hookers cocaine and ecstasy, you set your own self up.
Greenberg did hit up Gaetz up for a Trump pardon, Gaetz turned Grrenerg over to Roger “Bang my wife” Stone who wanted to get paid in Bitcoin to get Greenberg a pardon.
Still defending a sitting Congressman who attended hooker and blow parties. Who may or may not have banged a 17 year old while coked out of his mind.Never change, Bro

 

[44nutman]

Good for her. The American people deserve to know if our elected leaders are criminals.

Haven't heard a good excuse from the MAGA bots as to why this should have been withheld in the first place.

They don’t have a good excuse. They are going to try to turn the story away from the fact a member of the Family Values party attended hooker and blow parties.
The MAGA Doggers that are semi smart have already bailed on this thread, because defending Gaetz makes you look like a hack. I mean who defends a sitting member of Congress attending hooker and blow parties and that is not even considering 2 witnesses under oath said Gaetz had sex with a 17 year old.There is no way to find the moral high ground and trigger the Libs, so it’s best to just move on.

 

[DoctorTaco]

If you attend parties with hookers cocaine and ecstasy, you set your own self up.

Dont yuck my yum, cowboy.

 

[PainIsLIfe]

Because (1) he knew Gaetz and had access, (2) The Establishment wanted Gaetz, and (3) He was in prison and getting Gaetz could get him out.

Getting Gaetz wasnt going to get him out of jail.

 

[Whippy McGee]

Getting Gaetz wasnt going to get him out of jail.

The criminal thought it would. But, then the DOJ figured out the girl had a fake idea produced by the inmate they were working with and realized the whole case was blown.

 

[Bob Gray]

He would had survived the ethics review because everyone in the GOP party is afraid of Trump, it didn't survived because MAGA who loves accusing everyone of being sex predators found themselves defending one.

Man, it didn't take long for the narrative to change.

Initially it was "Look how many republicans don't like Gaetz. No way he gets confirmed."

Suddenly it's "Gaetz would have been confirmed without opposition because no one stands up to Trump".

 

[PainIsLIfe]

The criminal thought it would. But, then the DOJ figured out the girl had a fake idea produced by the inmate they were working with and realized the whole case was blown.

So your argument isn't that he didn't pay an underaged hooker; it's simply that he thought the underaged hooker was 18?

Btw, I'm sure he wasn't asking prostitutes for ID while he was coked up and on viagra.

 

[PainIsLIfe]

Man, it didn't take long for the narrative to change.

Initially it was "Look how many republicans don't like Gaetz. No way he gets confirmed."

Suddenly it's "Gaetz would have been confirmed without opposition because no one stands up to Trump".

Dude, I just heard a senator complaining that all the accusations against the FOX guy were rumors and not out in the public to investigate and when the interviewer asked if he (FOX guy) should release the lady from her NDA so they could get answers in the open he answered "absolutely not."

 

[Whippy McGee]

So your argument isn't that he didn't pay an underaged hooker; it's simply that he thought the underaged hooker was 18?

Btw, I'm sure he wasn't asking prostitutes for ID while he was coked up and on viagra.

Hooker? I'm not sure. Gaetz has plausible deniability. He had every reason to believe she was 18. It's why the FBI / DOJ dropped it.

 

[PainIsLIfe]

Hooker? I'm not sure. Gaetz has plausible deniability. He had every reason to believe she was 18. It's why the FBI / DOJ dropped it.

1- They came from a sugar baby web site and he sent venmo payments- so yes hooker.

2- And you have plausible deniability that you don't already know all of this, but no one will believe either of you.

3- the law doesn't allow a I thought she was 18 defense, even if it were a fake id.

4- The fbi dropped it because he's rich and politically connected. Just like they weren't going to charge Hunter with anything until it got leaked to the public.

 

[Whippy McGee]

1- They came from a sugar baby web site and he sent venmo payments- so yes hooker.

2- And you have plausible deniability that you don't already know all of this, but no one will believe either of you.

3- the law doesn't allow a I thought she was 18 defense, even if it were a fake id.

4- The fbi dropped it because he's rich and politically connected. Just like they weren't going to charge Hunter with anything until it got leaked to the public.

No. You have the story wrong.

She was introduced to Gaetz through the criminal that already had an affair with her and knew she was underage. The criminal then made her a Fake ID as that was his job in Florida and pointed her at Matt Gaetz with the goal of giving him up to get our of prison.

 

[cincymma79]

1- They came from a sugar baby web site and he sent venmo payments- so yes hooker.

2- And you have plausible deniability that you don't already know all of this, but no one will believe either of you.

3- the law doesn't allow a I thought she was 18 defense, even if it were a fake id.

4- The fbi dropped it because he's rich and politically connected. Just like they weren't going to charge Hunter with anything until it got leaked to the public.

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