Matt Gaetz is terrified that the 'entire purpose' of Jan. 6 committee is to charge GOP lawmakers

[Soph0571]

"I think the entire purpose of the Jan. 6 committee is to create a series of criminal referrals to the Biden Justice Department," he insisted. "And I think [House Minority Leader] Kevin McCarthy is the lead target, unfortunately."

According to Gaetz, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi excluded one of the Republican Party's "best players" when she refused to allow Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) to participate in the committee.

Gaetz went on to call for McCarthy to remove Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) from their respective committees because they have accepted Pelosi's invitation to participate in the Jan. 6 committee.

"I really do believe that the end goal of the Jan. 6 committee is to create a series of criminal referrals," he said. "And remember during the Russia hoax, a lot of the criminal process occurred not as a result of any underlying federal criminal law but instead as a result of these process crimes."

[link:https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-january-6-committee/|]

Of course there is going to be exposure of process crimes... they committed them. Don't be insurrectionist enablers and be surprised at the consequences. Whining about it is just so snowflake.

[SoCalDavidS]

1. I Remember When He Was Getting Charged "Any Day Now"

America!

[Kingofalldems]

5. So you're saying he won't get charged?

[Sneederbunk]

15. I think he is saying I will believe it when I see it.

[SoCalDavidS]

28. Exactly

Perhaps I just watch and believe what I see on TV too much. But I remember them saying back in May, that charges against him were imminent.

I'm just bitching. I have extremely low expectations at this point in my life. I realize that there are many people who are above the law.

[Orrex]

46. I think that "charged" in this context means

"Admits no wrongdoing and faces no accountability."

[Politicub]

48. I'm in the same camp.

Republicans seem to get away with anything and everything. It’s rare to see a prosecution.

[11 Bravo]

44. Remember Fitzmas?

I hope with all my heart that the slimy little pedophile is charged, tried, convicted, and stuffed under the jail; but I certainly understand the pessimism.

[Celerity]

11. Gaetz case takes bizarre tabloid turn

A sugar daddy web site linked to the federal probe says the GOP lawmaker never had an account on the site.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/23/gaetz-case-takes-bizarre-tabloid-turn-500692

MIAMI — A sugar daddy website linked to the sex-trafficking investigation of Matt Gaetz publicly weighed in on the scandal, saying the lawmaker has never been registered on the site in search of young women.

The unusual move by the web site SeekingArrangement puts some distance between Gaetz and the accusation against him. The site had been caught up in the Gaetz case because it had reportedly been used by the GOP lawmaker and another key player in the case to connect with an underage girl for sex.

SeekingArrangement, which helps “sugar babies” connect online with men, released a statement because of yet another odd twist in the case: The former mistress of golfer Tiger Woods sued the website claiming it wrongfully terminated her contract as the company's spokesperson. The plaintiff, Rachel Uchitel, said she was fired because SeekingArrangement was in damage control due to the investigation into Gaetz, which is unrelated to her lawsuit.

Uchitel never met or had any interactions with Gaetz. She also had no connection to Gaetz’ former friend and “wingman,” Joel Greenberg, a former Florida county tax collector who had met a 17-year-old on SeekingArrangement and admitted to prosecutors that he had sex with her in 2017.

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[Wounded Bear]

2. GQP "Best player" means most childish shit stirrer and gas lighter...

[lagomorph777]

3. Uh-oh Matt. Now we are especially interested in your role.

[zuul]

4. Well, yeah. Does he think insurrection should go unpunished?

Never mind. Of course he does.

[oasis]

6. Matty doth protest too much, methinks.

[calimary]

37. Yep.

[crickets]

55. +1

[Walleye]

7. It's the United States Department of Justice, not Biden's justice department, moron

[Maeve]

19. Well, he got used to thinking of it as the tRump DOJ, so....

another thing corrupted by the king of corruption

[Walleye]

20. Yeah,I was thinking the same thing. Dammit!

[gratuitous]

8. If he hasn't done anything wrong, he has nothing to worry about

Right?

[catrose]

9. Only if they're guilty, Matt

[genxlib]

10. Process Crimes...

There is another name for a process crime.

Just call it a crime.

[Ocelot II]

12. "Process crimes" are still crimes, Matt.

And maybe he should just stfu and worry about some other crimes that are even closer to home, like child sex trafficking.

[BradAllison]

13. "That's what we'd do to them!!!" n/m

[Caliman73]

14. So then you are admitting to "process CRIMES"?

He is too stupid to get out of his own way. The only thing that has saved him is his daddy's money and influence. That, and the reluctance the US legal system has on prosecuting criminals who happen to be elected to office.

[Walleye]

21. Hope he gets plenty of frozen fish sticks to eat in prison

[HAB911]

16. Guilty conscience

[pwb]

17. Good to see pukes squirm.

.

[Vogon_Glory]

18. Why does Matt have to worry about the 01 06 riot?

I mean if the Republican Party/Conservative spin is true, they were all as innocent little lambs and pure as freshly/fallen snow and thus have nothing to worry about. (Having lived through twenty-plus years of right wing BS I rather doubt this).

So what do the dear little lambs worried about? They were innocent, weren’t they?

Or were they involved?

[Buns_of_Fire]

22. Shut up, Matt. You're drunk. nt

[Cosmo Blues]

23. Calling Jordan a player

Denotes how they feel about politics, as a game. McCarthy will have to testify how he begged Trump to help when the insurrectionists were trying to find lawmakers and kill them, lawmakers will be outed for giving insurrection as tours of the capital before January 6th, Marjorie Taylor green will get busted for live texting the whereabouts of Nancy Pelosi during the siege, she, Trump, Stone, Brooks, Don Jr. Giuliani, and others will be outed for conspiracy to incite a riot, and pedophile Gates may be involved in that too. And try as they might Mr sugar babies deleting doesn't really work on the internet

[calimary]

39. I wonder how many times he'd take the 5th?

[Brother Buzz]

24. Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.

[DFW]

25. Charge Congressional Republicans with wrongdoing? Why, not at all!!

The only ones who will be charged will be those guilty of having committed crimes.

Oh. Wait a second, there.

Never mind.

[BlueStater]

26. If that's what it leads to, so be it.

Maybe you assholes shouldn’t have encouraged the deranged, delusional lies of a sociopathic shitstain.

[frogmarch]

27. Guilty conscience. nt

[marble falls]

29. He should be worried. Investigate thoroughly and let the chips fall where they may.

[calimary]

40. Hopefully all over GOP heads.

[marble falls]

42. Who else is there? Democrats weren't in on it, but if there were: too bad for them. Prosecute 'em.

[ancianita]

30. It's about justice. He knows if it were the other way around, he'd be saying "it's about justice."

[Reader Rabbit]

31. Proverbs 28:1

"The guilty flee where no man pursueth..."

[calimary]

41. Now THAT'S a good quote!

Proverbs 28:1

"The guilty flee where no man pursueth..."

Well worth remembering.

[yonder]

52. Excellent.

[ScratchCat]

32. I think some are misunderstanding "process crimes"

Re-read what he said. They are trying to liken this to the "Russia probe". Process crimes means like what they got Flynn and others for, i.e., lying. Not that I agree, but what he is trying to paint the picture of is a "phony" investigation with a purpose of creating "crimes" with the process. The counter argument is - don't lie under oath and you wont have anything to worry about.

[Vinca]

33. That's curious. Why would someone be concerned if they hadn't done anything?

Old Matt should be more worried about his antics with underage girls.

[UCmeNdc]

34. Let the facts speak for themselves. If you did something wrong you should be worried.

[bucolic_frolic]

35. Is he still walking free?

What's taking so long?

[rlegro]

36. If you walk like a duck, and talk like a perp, chances are.....

[Leith]

56. Chances are

it's a derp.

[KS Toronado]

38. I hope they uncover that Gaetz was one of the "tourist guides"

prior to Jan 6th.

[seta1950]

43. Wow

Innocent people don’t think that way🤨

[YoshidaYui]

45. If he was involved... And had a part in it

Fuck him!!

[usaf-vet]

47. Well, If there were Congress members assisting the treasonous insurrectionist I bet the were GQP...

... members..PERIOD!

[AllaN01Bear]

49. all those rs who singed onto the lawsuit by the az attorney gen. should be charged w

treason. trying to overturn the election.

[Ford_Prefect]

50. Matt's assistants better get his cue cards in order. Testimony before the committee

will be under oath and I suspect they already have some interesting video and audio on Matt, Kevin, and the whole GQP posse.

[ananda]

51. Which is exactly as it should be.

Criminals should be afraid.

[Jarqui]

53. Republicans have nothing to worry about in terms of criminal charges

if they didn't commit a crime.

They only need to worry if they did something criminal.

Which is probably why Gaetz is worrying.

[Mr. Ected]

54. This from those who chanted "Lock Her Up"?

Fuck them all.