Should the ethics report on Gaetz be released?

Should the ethics report on Gaetz be released ?

  • No, now that he's out of Congress it doesn't matter.

    Votes: 3 4.2%
  • No, it will make he and Trump look bad and who cares at this point

    Votes: 2 2.8%
  • Yes, a cabinet level pick should be fully vetted

    Votes: 37 51.4%
  • Yes, it will find it's way out in the end and better to deal with it now than have it linger

    Votes: 8 11.1%
  • Pie continues to rule

    Votes: 22 30.6%

  • Total voters
    72
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lawgator1

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The timing is of course very suspicious. Gaetz spared possible major embarrassment by getting the AG pick.

It also seems like it will get leaked eventually. If it's bad, let it happen now and Trump can jettison him. If it's bad and comes out when he's actually AG, it will be a fiasco.
 
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#14
In large part. I mean, it's Trump's risk to take, I suppose. Seems to me if it was an exonerated it would have been released.
Neither exoneration nor violation are the standard for release. They have nothing to do with it.
From Newsweek Nov '24:
The House Ethics Committee is also investigating whether Gaetz violated sex-trafficking laws. In September, Gaetz said in a statement that he would no longer voluntarily cooperate with that probe. The chairman of the House Ethics Committee said an ethics inquiry is shuttered when a lawmaker leaves Congress since the committee no longer has jurisdiction over them.
 
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#16
There are about 24 people the Office of Congressional Ethics transmitted a referral to the Committee on Ethics for investigation since Biden took office (not a partisan statement. I had to choose a starting point bc list goes back to 2009).

 
#17
#17
Wasn't the investigation tied to a plea deal? I don't trust plea deals. You are buying testimony.
 
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#19
This is great. Gaetz is the sacrificial lamb while all the other picks get pushed through. If he doesn’t get confirmed then Desantis can appoint him to Rubios seat.
That's sort of my thinking. If the Dems really want to go down this path, Trump will use it to his advantage.
 
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Neither exoneration nor violation are the standard for release. They have nothing to do with it.
From Newsweek Nov '24:
The House Ethics Committee is also investigating whether Gaetz violated sex-trafficking laws. In September, Gaetz said in a statement that he would no longer voluntarily cooperate with that probe. The chairman of the House Ethics Committee said an ethics inquiry is shuttered when a lawmaker leaves Congress since the committee no longer has jurisdiction over them.


I understand the point that when he resigns that ends it. This is just an unusual circumstance. And my larger point is that it seems likely to me it will find it's way out eventually.
 
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For me, the answer lies in process. These ethics reports are governed by a set of rules and standards. If those rules and standards call for and provide for release, release. If they don’t, don’t.

I know this seems like revolutionary thinking, but why can’t we just expect our accountability entities to be accountable to their own rules?
 
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For me, the answer lies in process. These ethics reports are governed by a set of rules and standards. If those rules and standards call for and provide for release, release. If they don’t, don’t.

I know this seems like revolutionary thinking, but why can’t we just expect our accountability entities to be accountable to their own rules?


What about accountability for Gaetz? Should he be able to avoid it by switching jobs, especially moving into such an important job?
 
#24
#24
What about accountability for Gaetz? Should he be able to avoid it by switching jobs, especially moving into such an important job?
Wasn't he held accountable by criminal investigation???? Being investigated by an unethical committee about ethics is hilarious..these are the same one Insider trading, a slush fund to pay of sex scandals, allowed a porn to be filmed in chambers..bottom line is innocent to proven guilty...he was not proven guilty...anything else is more political attacks...even the own links do t say he had sex with a minor..he paid for a friend to bring the friends GF to a party ..nowhere does it says at the time he knew she was underage...you can assume..and that it..it's a nothing burger I told.hard evidence comes out..if ever
 
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Wasn't he held accountable by criminal investigation???? Being investigated by an unethical committee about ethics is hilarious..these are the same one Insider trading, a slush fund to pay of sex scandals, allowed a porn to be filmed in chambers..bottom line is innocent to proven guilty...he was not proven guilty...anything else is more political attacks...even the own links do t say he had sex with a minor..he paid for a friend to bring the friends GF to a party ..nowhere does it says at the time he knew she was underage...you can assume..and that it..it's a nothing burger I told.hard evidence comes out..if ever
What is the matter with you?
Regardless, it is not a good look to have to address the release of these issues.
Some seem to forget, the man did ask for a pardon over 4 years ago regarding it.
A nothing burger it ain't and his buddy is already serving time for part of the nothing burger.
I doubt he gets confirmation regardless of the release of information.
 

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