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edhopper

(34,480 posts) Wed Jun 19, 2024, 03:14 PM Jun 2024

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How in Hell did the DOJ not charge Gaetz? [View all]

Witness tells House Ethics Committee that Gaetz paid her for sex: Sources
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/witness-tells-house-ethics-committee-that-gaetz-paid-her-for-sex-sources/ar-BB1ouUtp?ocid=BingNewsSearch

It is criminal they let him off the hook.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/15/politics/matt-gaetz-justice-department/index.html

I hope Garland enjoyed being grilled by a man he had the goods on and failed to act.

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How in Hell did the DOJ not charge Gaetz? [View all] edhopper Jun 2024 OP

To me that's a rhetorical question gab13by13 Jun 2024 #1

They have immunity while at a house session Voltaire2 Jun 2024 #9

IMO, there is a metric ton of criminal evidence. onecaliberal Jun 2024 #14

My thoughts exactly...how was he not charged for something JT45242 Jun 2024 #2

Nah whathehell Jun 2024 #13

Same reason the did DOJ not charge the architects of a literal coup d'etat... Sky Jewels Jun 2024 #3

And convict Hunter Biden. sop Jun 2024 #12

Personally, I find it very bold of Merrick Garland markodochartaigh Jun 2024 #18

Did they ever find proof of him paying underage women? I have no doubt that incel has to pay, but need evidence. Silent Type Jun 2024 #4

How did Robert Kraft get away with it? Johonny Jun 2024 #5

Just spitballing but: they didn't feel the evidence was solid enough for a prosecution? brooklynite Jun 2024 #6

You noticed that too? William769 Jun 2024 #7

The GOP lead Congressional Ethics Committee edhopper Jun 2024 #8

See this - BumRushDaShow Jun 2024 #11

thank you. Asked, and answered. (And in some detail) stopdiggin Jun 2024 #15

"The fact that a 'House committee' is 'investigating' something .. ? Self evidently meaning about as next to nothing" BumRushDaShow Jun 2024 #17

His main cohort wasn't a "credible" witness. rubbersole Jun 2024 #10

Ask Sessions and Barr malaise Jun 2024 #16

"Why is Jeff Sessions so quiet?" BumRushDaShow Jun 2024 #20

The witnesses that came forward in the original investigation were unreliable Fiendish Thingy Jun 2024 #19

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