Cawthorn tells McCarthy orgy, cocaine remarks were exaggerated

[brooklynite]

Source: Axios

Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) admitted suggestions that his colleagues have done cocaine and invited him to orgies were "exaggerated" in a tense meeting with Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the House GOP leader told Axios.

Driving the news: McCarthy says he may take further action to condemn Cawthorn over his "unacceptable" remarks, which set off a firestorm within the House Republican conference.

What he's saying: "There's a lot of different things that can happen," McCarthy told Axios and other reporters.

"I just told him he's lost my trust, he's gonna have to earn it back, and I laid out everything I find is unbecoming. And, you can't just say 'You can't do this again.' I mean, he's, he's got a lot of members very upset."

Read more: https://www.axios.com/cawthorn-mccarthy-orgy-cocaine-exaggerated-e801218d-aa88-4f15-8925-204348711ba0.html

[Turbineguy]

1. Said one turd to another...

[L. Coyote]

10. Seems they now share a crime in common.

18 U.S. Code § 4 - Misprision of felony
Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, conceals and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

Albeit, they failed to report different crimes.

[onenote]

15. Notwithstanding what 18 USC 4 says, there is no affirmative duty to report a crime.

“[A] person who witnesses a crime does not violate 18 U.S.C. § 4 if he simply remains silent.” United States v. Ciambrone, 750 F.2d 1416, 1418 (9th Cir. 1984)

See also Neal v. United States, 102 F.2d 643, 646 (8th Cir. 1939):

`To sustain a conviction * * * for misprision of felony it was incumbent upon the government to prove beyond a reasonable doubt (1) that * * * the principal, had committed and completed the felony alleged * * *; (2) that the defendant had full knowledge of that fact; (3) that he failed to notify the authorities; and (4) that he took * * * affirmative steps to conceal the crime of the principal.'

Typical acts of concealment include making false statements to law enforcement authorities, hiding evidence, and harboring the felon.

[jmowreader]

29. Which lets McCarthy off the hook

You can’t “conceal” a crime that you learned about because the criminal was running his mouth off about it about on national television.

[SoCalDavidS]

2. EVERYTHING Out Of Their Lying Mouths Is Exaggerated nt

[Martin68]

16. Not everything. Many of them are bald-faced lies.

[Escurumbele]

3. Cawthorn's mistake was saying it was the republicans who do that, if he had said it was the

Democrats, McCarthy and all the rest who are upset would be cheering for him...

What a bunch of hypocrites...and if they are that upset something tells me that maybe Cawthorn is telling the truth???

How dare Cawthorn spill the beans that way...Well, that is it, we will not invite him again to our orgies and cocaine tastings.

[PatSeg]

12. He's really not very bright

It is amazing he ever made it this far in life.

[COL Mustard]

25. The joke used to be

Why don’t Republicans have group sex? Too many thank you notes to write.

[dixiechiken1]

4. "There's a lot of different things that can happen."

Pffffffft. This is Kevin McCarthy we're talking about. Nothing will happen.

[Eyeball_Kid]

23. Dimes to Donuts...

Cawthorn got his invitations from McCarthy.

After he got one from Rand Paul.

[dixiechiken1]

27. GAAAA!!! 😳😳😳

I'm now scarred for life from those mental images. I gotta go bleach my brain. Ew.

[Effete Snob]

5. "I just told him he's lost my trust"

...and that's the last time I invite him to one of my cocaine orgies.

[TheRickles]

6. LOL!

[ZZenith]

13. Excellent.

[getagrip_already]

7. Funny, that doesn't sound like a denial to me......

It is a very lawyerly way of saying he didn't repeat his exact words.

Exaggerated? So what parts were true? Was it just a small bump of coke and not a huge one? Were some of the members younger or older than 60-70's?

It's a non-denial denial.

Basically, he is upset he said it publicly. He is not saying it categorically untrue.

[Journeyman]

9. That was my initial response -- what scenario inspired this "exaggeration"? . . .

And what "kernel of truth" lay behind his embellishment?

[bucolic_frolic]

8. The truth hurts?

Dunno. I wasn't telling the story. I doubt he just invented it.

[3825-87867]

11. The Яepublicans that are upset...

are probably the ones not invited to the orgies or coke parties!

[ZZenith]

14. He saw Lindsey take a handful of No-Doze

And Ted Cruz offered to show a picture of his wife naked and that was about the extent of it, then.

[Mr.Bill]

17. If McCarthy decides to remove him from the House,

thinking all the Democrats would vote for that, so he would just need enough republicans to make the two-thirds majority, all the Democrats should vote to keep him. He's doing us far more good than he is for the republicans.

[Mr.Bill]

18. Exaggerated? So, there were only a few hookers

and a couple grams of Coke? What's sad for McCarthy is he doesn't even have enough political clout and power to control this punk. Cawthorne is probably laughing at him right now.

[bucolic_frolic]

19. Yes, that's exactly the suspected and unwritten part of this story

Pssst!!! I'll let you in on a secret! You ready?

NO ONE goes to orgies to party with 60-70 year olds!! Isn't that a shock?

[COL Mustard]

26. That would be the most boring orgy

In the history of orgies.

“Hurry up Marge, it’s almost 8:30 and I have to work tomorrow!”

[scarytomcat]

20. surprise surprise it was a lie

maybe maybe not Cowtrump is a fake

[GenThePerservering]

21. Please!

Decorum is essential in the Chamber. "Sexual get togethers"!

[Marcuse]

22. McCarthy gives Cawthorn the the same lecture that McCarthy received from Ryan.

[mackdaddy]

28. First GQP rule about the Hookers and Blow, Don't talk about the Hookers and Blow....

Guess they had to remind him of the rule.