Should the ethics report on Gaetz be released?

[lawgator1]

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.

 

[Boca Vol]

If an ethics report comes out on Gaetz, shouldn't one come out on every member of Congress & the Senate? That will never happen.

 

[Septic]

If an ethics report comes out on Gaetz, shouldn't one come out on every member of Congress & the Senate? That will never happen.

Yes.

Annually.

 

[lawgator1]

If an ethics report comes out on Gaetz, shouldn't one come out on every member of Congress & the Senate? That will never happen.

Reasonable.

But this is unique given the claims.

 

[C-south]

Reasonable.

But this is unique given the claims.

Is there a diary?

 

[Caculator]

Reasonable.

But this is unique given the claims.

It’s the seriousness of the charge, you believe?

 

[volfanhill]

If an ethics report comes out on Gaetz, shouldn't one come out on every member of Congress & the Senate? That will never happen.

Sure. But that's not the system today. Nor the issue at hand.

 

[lawgator1]

It’s the seriousness of the charge, you believe?

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.

 

[hjeagle1vol]

Is there a diary?

That one will get glossed over

 

[Jxn Vol]

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.

 

[85SugarVol]

Yes.

 

[VOLLeeann]

I hope they don't name his abused especially the children

 

[McDad]

Pie because pie.

 

[McDad]

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.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Sure. And let’s see the results of Biden’s cognitive tests while we’re at it. And a list of contents uncovered while searching Melania’s underwear drawer at Mar-A-Lago..

 

[McDad]

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).

Investigations | Office of Congressional Ethics

oce.house.gov

 

[Weezy]

Wasn't the investigation tied to a plea deal? I don't trust plea deals. You are buying testimony.

 

[rekinhavoc]

I am all for releasing all ethics violations to the public.

Start with the insider stock trading.

Finish with the slush fund they have been paying off sexual harassment claims.

If Gaetz had sex with a child or trafficked a child he should be prosecuted.

 

[Boca Vol]

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.

 

[lawgator1]

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.

 

[Ritzwatch]

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?

 

[rekinhavoc]

Burn them all.

 

[lawgator1]

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?

 

[whodeycin85]

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