Now we will get to see hundreds of pages describing Matt's diddling of children, drug use, and other unsavory activities. Maybe he should not have pissed off so many Republicans by shoving McCarthy out the door. House Ethics Committee expected to release Gaetz report https://abc11.com/post/gaetz-report-house-ethics-committee-expected-release-matt-sources/15672129/
Oh, he mad. Maybe he should not have been banging minors and doing drugs then bragging about it on the House floor. Matt Gaetz makes threat to return to Congress and expose ex-colleagues https://www.rawstory.com/gaetz-thrteat/ Outgoing Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is not taking news that the House Ethics Committee will release what is expected to be a highly damaging report on him before Christmas lightly, and has posted a warning to his soon-to-be ex-colleagues on X on Wednesday afternoon. After posting a long screed on X earlier professing his innocence while also admitting that he has given money to women he dated as well as others who just asked, he added, "I NEVER had sexual contact with someone under 18. Any claim that I have would be destroyed in court - which is why no such claim was ever made in court. My 30’s were an era of working very hard -- and playing hard too." Having gotten that out of the way, he continued, "I was charged with nothing: FULLY EXONERATED. Not even a campaign finance violation. And the people investigating me hated me." Apparently attempting to get Republicans on the Ethics Committee to think twice about making the report public, he threatened in the afternoon, "Someone suggested the following plan to me: 1. Show up 1/3/2025 to congress 2. Participate in Speaker election (I was elected to the 119th Congress, after all…) 3. Take the oath 4. File a privileged motion to expose every “me too” settlement paid using public funds (even of former members) 5. Resign and start my @OANN program at 9pm EST on January 6, 2025." You can see his post here.
Matt Gaetz wants his buddies in Congress to move forward with his "revenge plan" of exposing any Congressmen who "used public funds to pay sexual harassment settlements". Somehow Gaetz and his buddies seem to forget that supposedly over 50% of these settlements came from office of Republicans. But who knows, maybe that is the point. Matt wants to stick it home to his former GOP colleagues. Matt Gaetz’s GOP Buddies Are Preparing to Carry Out His Revenge Plan The firebrand conservative is seeking retribution after the House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release the results of an ethics investigation against him. https://www.thedailybeast.com/gaetzs-gop-buddies-prepare-to-carry-out-his-revenge-plan/
The final draft of the Gaetz report from the House Ethics Committee is out. Matt Gaetz ethics report says his drug use and sex with a minor violated state laws https://www.cbsnews.com/news/matt-gaetz-ethics-report-released/ Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican who briefly stood to become President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be attorney general, was found by congressional ethics investigators to have paid numerous women — including a 17-year-old girl — for sex, and to have purchased and used illegal drugs, including from his Capitol Hill office, according to a final draft of a comprehensive investigative report obtained by CBS News. Those were among the findings of the long-running investigation by the House Ethics Committee into Gaetz, which concluded the former Florida congressman violated multiple state laws related to sexual misconduct while in office. "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," the 37-page report concludes. On Monday, Gaetz filed a lawsuit in federal court to block the release of the report, saying that he is now a private citizen and not subject to the jurisdiction of the committee. Gaetz resigned from Congress in November after Trump announced plans to nominate him for attorney general. But facing opposition from some fellow Republicans, Gaetz withdrew from consideration a week later. The release of the ethics report, expected Monday, brings to a close — at least for now — Gaetz's incendiary tenure on Capitol Hill, where he became one of the most vocal and provocative members of the pro-Trump faction in Congress. Gaetz has denied any improper conduct and asserted the claims were a "smear" invented by his political enemies. The committee said the congressman refused to sit for sworn testimony, though he did submit written answers to some of the committee's questions. The report gives fresh voice to allegations of misconduct that have circulated around Gaetz for years, in spite of his firm denials. It draws on testimony from witnesses who told the committee they were paid to have sex with Gaetz, text messages discussing the transactions, and Venmo and PayPal receipts. Among the report's most lurid findings were the allegations of sex- and drug-fueled parties and travel, including a 2018 trip to the Bahamas where witnesses say he took ecstasy and had sex with four women. "From 2017 to 2020, Representative Gaetz made tens of thousands of dollars in payments to women that the Committee determined were likely in connection with sexual activity and/or drug use," noted the report, which lists payments totaling more than $90,000 to 12 different women. The committee said it also received testimony that at a 2017 party, Gaetz twice had sex with "Victim A," who was 17 years old at the time and had just completed her junior year in high school. "Victim A recalled receiving $400 in cash from Representative Gaetz that evening, which she understood to be payment for sex," the committee wrote. "Victim A said that she did not inform Representative Gaetz that she was under 18 at the time, nor did he ask her age." In his written responses to the committee, Gaetz denied having sex with a minor. The Department of Justice previously investigated Gaetz for violating sex trafficking laws but did not bring charges. The committee said it did not find sufficient evidence Gaetz violated the federal sex trafficking statute because although he transported women across state lines for the purpose of sex, those women were all 18 or older at the time. The report noted that while all the women who testified said the sexual encounters with Gaetz were consensual, one woman told the committee the use of drugs at the parties and events they attended may have "impair[ed their] ability to really know what was going on or fully consent." Another woman told the committee, "When I look back on certain moments, I feel violated." The report found "substantial evidence" Gaetz engaged in rampant illicit drug use. The committee said it obtained text messages he sent where he referred to drugs as "party favors," "rolls" or "vitamins." It also said he created a fake email from his Capitol Hill office "for the purpose of purchasing marijuana." The report noted that Gaetz had denied using illicit drugs in his written answers to the committee. In addition to sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, the report also accused Gaetz of accepting gifts of luxury travel in excess of permissible limits with the 2018 trip to the Bahamas. And, it said he arranged for his chief of staff to assist a woman with whom he had engaged in sexual activity in obtaining a passport, falsely indicating to the State Department that she was one of his constituents. Gaetz told conservative personality Charlie Kirk last month that he plans to spend the coming years "fighting for President Trump." "I think that eight years is probably enough time in the United States Congress," Gaetz said, though last week, he floated in a post on X the idea of returning to participate in the election for House speaker. The House Ethics Committee had initially voted to keep the report under wraps, but reversed course in a secret vote earlier this month. Two Republican members of the committee were among those who voted for its release, according to two sources familiar with the vote. The committee has 10 members, evenly split between Republicans and Democrats.
This is the clown that Trump wanted for Attorney General. A drug doing pedophile who pays women for sex. 'Beyond disturbing': Critics wince at lurid details in Matt Gaetz ethics report https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-house-ethics-report-2670664515/
Matt Gaetz upset that Martin Short made fun of him on SNL, but at least his girlfriend didn't see it, because it was past her bedtime. ‘An Insult’: Matt Gaetz Isn’t Laughing At ‘SNL’ After Martin Short’s Monologue Jab The former congressman knocked the “sad” NBC show following the comedian’s name-drop. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matt...t-monologue-insult_n_6769107be4b07e8126a51bfa
The House Ethics Committee report on Matt Gaetz - https://ethics.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Committee-Report.pdf
I knew when Gaetz was all over defending Dem rep Katie Hill over some relationship with a staffer (seems so trivial now to resign for that) that his goose was cooked, though I didn't think he could hold on this long.