House Ethics Probe Into Matt Gaetz Is Heating Up Again

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/house-ethics-probe-into-matt-gaetz-is-heating-up-again



The House ethics panel investigating far-right Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has contacted multiple new witnesses and begun interviews, according to ABC News.

The House Ethics Committee reopened its probe into Gaetz in July, after the Department of Justice’s sex-trafficking investigation closed without charging the Florida congressman.

Gaetz has been accused of sexual misconduct, drug use, and public corruption.

In a statement to ABC News, Gaetz mocked the Republican-led panel, saying, “It’s great to see the Ethics Committee has interests beyond trading stocks. They seem to be quite the unusual whales.”

Read it at ABC News

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1. Anything to get that entitled frat boy out of our faces...

I went to high school with a boy who eerily resembled Gaetz, right down to the hairstyle. He was insufferable, too.

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2. Considering how small of a majority republicans have in the House

Either they REALLY, REALLY hate Gaetz, or what he did was REALLY, REALLY bad, and they feel they have no choice but to do the right thing for once.

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3. I think so too, but why did the JD shut down their investigation?

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4. Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz is SEETHING

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🚨BREAKING: Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz is SEETHING as the Republican-led House Ethics Committee is reopening its investigation into him by contacting multiple new witnesses.

The previous investigation, led by the DOJ, was focused on allegations of sex trafficking and closed without any charges being pursued, despite his friend Joel Greenberg beingn convicted and sentenced to 11 years in prison for sex trafficking a minor and wire fraud.

In an attempt to deflect, Gaetz released a statement saying "It's great to see the Ethics Committee has interests beyond trading stocks. They seem to be quite the unusual whales," alluding to a bill he co-sponsored with Rep. AOC aiming to stop members of Congress from trading stocks.

It is unclear which new witnesses have been contacted, although Greenberg's attorney Fritz Schiller said he could not "confirm or deny" speaking with anyone from the Committee.