A group of Republicans is reportedly planning to carry out threats against former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz after he voted to release a report into sex trafficking allegations against him.
Gates resigned from the House of Representatives after members of Congress expressed concerns about President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of him as U.S. attorney general. Gates withdrew his nomination and later accepted an offer to host OANN's show.
“All of your sexual harassment and assault allegations were resolved in secret at the expense of the victims with taxpayer money.”
Now, in the wake of the Gates debacle, plans are being finalized to expose other members of Congress with sexual harassment accusations. According to Go to Politico.
Some Republican lawmakers want to make public information about slush funds used to pay hush money to members' whistleblowers. Politico claims to have obtained a draft of the bill being developed in that effort.
The motion reportedly “exposes each settlement of a complaint filed against a member of Congress's office under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 and provides for the disbursement of funds; Approved by the committee chair and the ranking minority member during the committee period in any Congress. ”
Gates was the subject of a House Ethics Committee investigation on suspicion of sex trafficking and sexual assault of a minor. He denied the allegations, pointed out that no charges had been brought against him in connection with the allegations, and slammed his critics. House members secretly voted to release the requested House ethics report despite his objections.
On Wednesday he blackmailed One of his final actions as a member of the Diet was to “reveal all settlements (even those of former members) that were paid using public funds.''
Among those likely to support a nuclear option with publicly funded hush money is Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. proposed Disclosed in November.
“To my Republican colleagues in the House and Senate, if we are going to release an ethics report and tear apart our own ethics report that President Trump appointed, please release it all for the American people to see. ” she wrote on social media.
“Yes…all ethics reports and complaints, including the one I filed,” she added. “All of your sexual harassment and assault allegations were resolved in secret at the expense of the victims with taxpayer money.”
Gaetz acknowledged Wednesday that he was a womanizer and drank too much alcohol when he was younger, but continued to defend himself against the criminal charges.
“While not criminal, it's embarrassing that I probably partied, womanized, drank and smoked more than I should have early in life. I'm living a different life now,” he said. wrote.
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