Given the current state of affairs in the House of Representatives, there is very little that I would expect Democrats and Republicans to work together on, particularly on the House Ethics Committee, where weaponizing investigations has become far more common.
That being said, they found a consensus, the belief that Matt Gaetz is a corrupt son-of-a-bitch.
The House Ethics Committee is still investigating allegations against Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), including that he may have engaged in sexual misconduct and illegal drug use, and accepted improper gifts. It has opened up new lines of inquiry into the Florida lawmaker, according to a statement released by the bipartisan panel on Tuesday.
The 10-member committee, which rarely discloses information about ongoing investigations, clarified the status of its review of Gaetz in the lengthy statement. The panel wrote that since initiating its investigation in April 2021, it has “determined that certain of the allegations merit continued review” and that the committee has identified additional allegations that “merit review,” while at the same time dispensing with other charges.
The committee detailed the new avenues of investigation, including whether Gaetz “dispensed special privileges and favors to individuals with whom he had a personal relationship, and sought to obstruct government investigations of his conduct.” The committee added that it will “take no further action at the time on the allegations that [Gaetz] may have shared inappropriate images or videos on the House floor, misused state identification records, converted campaign funds to personal use, and/or accepted a bribe or improper gratuity.”
The update was released the morning after Gaetz took to X, the website formerly known as Twitter, to criticize the House Ethics Committee for “opening new frivolous investigations” into his activities, castigating the committee as “Soviet” and working at the behest of former speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), whom Gaetz last year helped oust from the speakership.
Who amongst us does not hate Matt Gaetz.
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