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Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) is forcing a House vote this week to release the Ethics Committee’s report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned from Congress after being named and later withdrawing as Trump’s pick for attorney general.

The Ethics Committee deadlocked on making the report public, which investigates allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use.

Casten argues that resigning should not shield members from accountability, citing past cases where reports on former lawmakers were released.

Gaetz denies wrongdoing and may pursue future political roles.

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[–] Hazor@lemmy.world 44 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If he was found to have done nothing wrong, it would have been released immediately and all conservative media would have been parading it out saying "look, it really is a democratic witch hunt against conservatives!"

The mere hesitancy to release it confirms what we've known all along: dude did some bad stuff, probably involving sex with minors.

[–] Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 20 points 3 weeks ago

probably involving sex with minors.

Rape. It was rape. A minor cannot legally consent to have sex with a partner of near/equal age, let alone a man decades older than them.

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 32 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah let's go ahead and release that. Though it's still hard to believe people vote for him basically knowing it's fact.

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Rape and sex with a minor have statues of limitations. That is how little these people care about this shit.

[–] 7toed@midwest.social 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I think you mean relations with a young woman... fuck me I can't even be facetious cause our media actually reports like that.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago

Relations with a women. Who was a recent graduate.

[15 paragraphs later]

She was set to graduate junior high the next year.

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 weeks ago

You mean "non consensual relationship with a young female"? That is usually the reporting.

[–] DerArzt@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago

It'll get shot down by exactly who you think.

[–] BMTea@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Can't these "fascism is coming" mfs just read the report into the record? Have some balls! If you're going tell voters to forget about things like Medicare For All and vote to save denocracy, at least make a show of putting up a fight.

[–] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

1000% read it on the fucking house floor.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

This is shaping up to be the official first shit-show of Trump's second term. Remember, if Gaetz is only prominent in Washington and under the graces of Trump because he blew up the House to oust McCarthy.

Would anyone be surprised if McCarthy was whipping votes against Gaetz?