The resignation of former Representative Matt Gaetz is read aloud on the House floor.
Republicans demand to read ethics report into Matt Gaetz sex allegationsA woman reportedly testified to the House Ethics Committee that Matt Gaetz had sex with her when she was 17 years old.
Gaetz's resignation leaves the Ethics Committee without jurisdiction over the Florida Republican, even as the panel was set to vote on Friday on whether it would release its report on the investigation it conducted. The accuser reportedly 'represented that she was an adult' on the website where she met Gaetz's friend Joel Greenberg, who in 2022 was sentenced to 11 years in prison for sex trafficking a minor.
Be the first to commentBe one of the first to commentCommentsShould Gaetz completely step down from politics?Comment nowIt was reported in June that at least one woman has reportedly admitted to the House Ethics Committee that Gaetz paid her for sex through Venmo.The women were shown Venmo payments from the Florida Republican to them and asked if they were for sex.
The Ethics Committee in a rare public statement at the time announced they would conduct 'further review' into Gaetz on charges that include sex abuse and illicit drug use.Trump shockingly nominated Gaetz to be the top law enforcement official in the nation on Wednesday. 'The President's role is to make the nomination, but we need to have complete vetting of the nominees, not only so we know that the nominee is qualified, but also to protect the president,' Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said Thursday.Cornyn even floated the idea of taking legal action to review the report's contents.
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