Members of Congress have their secrets.
They may soon be out in the light.
And one ugly sex scandal is about to blow up in Congress.
House Ethics Committee move to destroy Matt Gaetz backfires
The House Ethics Committee tried to get one more shot at Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz.
Gaetz faced an ethics investigation based on the false allegations that Gaetz slept with a 17-year-old girl that not even the weaponized Joe Biden Justice Department could make stick with criminal charges.
By resigning, the Ethics Committee investigation should have stopped its investigation since Gaetz was a private citizen.
But Gaetz also led the rebellion that ousted RINO former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy.
McCarthy appointed the members of the Ethics Committee so they voted in secret to smear Gaetz by releasing the report.
Gaetz tried to get ahead of this story, saying he was never charged or sued in this matter because the allegations against him were completely made up.
“The Biden/Garland DOJ spent years reviewing allegations that I committed various crimes,” Gaetz wrote on social media.
“I was charged with nothing: FULLY EXONERATED. Not even a campaign finance violation. And the people investigating me hated me,” Gaetz added.
“Then, the very ‘witnesses’ DOJ deemed not-credible were assembled by House Ethics to repeat their claims absent any cross-examination or challenge from me or my attorneys. I’ve had no chance to ever confront any accusers. I’ve never been charged. I’ve never been sued,” Gaetz continued.
Gaetz also floated his own nuclear option by proposing he show up to get sworn in on January 3 – Gaetz’s resignation was for this Congress and Gaetz won re-election for the Congress seated in January – and introduce a privileged resolution forcing the disclosure of the name of every member of Congress that dipped into the House’s taxpayer slush fund to silence accusers making allegations of sexual harassment.
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 Congressman Matt Gaetz (@FmrRepMattGaetz) December 18, 2024
Gaetz may not need to show up to get sworn in on January 3, 2025, to force this vote.
POLITICO reported that conservatives in the House are willing to introduce this resolution on their own to expose the alleged predators in their midst.
“The effort is inching toward reality, with GOP lawmakers passing around a resolution that would execute the effort,” POLITICO exclusively reported.
“The measure says it would make public ‘each settlement of a complaint filed against the office of a Member of the House under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 that provides for the payment of funds which was approved by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee during any Congress,’” the POLITICO report continued.
