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Matt Gaetz ethics report says his drug use and sex with a minor violated state laws
(www.cbsnews.com)
Oh wut? No way!
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🤯🤯🤯 raping a minor is against the law now? And what will be punished after? Murder? That's very inconsiderate.
Everyday he's not in cuffs is another day Congress condones statutory rape
He's perfect for the turnips "clean swamp"
So turns out the child-fucker is indeed a child-fucker. I could give a shit about the drug use, other than the typical qon hypocrisy there.
People with those "Pedophiles for Trump" signs need to update it to "Pedophiles for Republicans" to be more accurate and more inclusive.
You were fine until you used the word inclusive. Now you're woke.
Lock the child rapist up.
Why is this even an argument? Republicans are disgusting sickos, letting this piece of shit roam around, actively protecting him.
I mean, he paid minors to cross state lines for sex...
That's a federal thing and Biden's AG could bring charges.
We have another month before Republicans are the only ones who can hold him accountable. But I'm not expecting much, even tho child trafficking should be an obvious charge and evidence already uncovered.
I just don't think Biden's admin has it in them to do anything about this. They'll ignore it and then later complain when Republicans do the same thing.
Neither party is really interested in politicians ever being held accountable, if not, Biden would have done something about trump in the last four years.
They could have charged him any time in the last several years. Don't hold your breath.
I just don't think Biden's admin has it in them to do anything about this. They'll ignore it and then later complain when Republicans do the same thing.
Really going to both-sides this? Merrick Garland is a heel-dragging clown, but even if Biden replaced him with the most aggressive and seasoned prosecutor on Earth today, how the absolute fucking fuck would you expect them to try this case in 28 days?
That is a federal thing, and Biden could bring federal charges; good job, cookie for you. What would he be doing by bringing these? Oh, just casually getting him indicted and either not having enough time to start the trial or, if the trial does somehow start, creating jeopardy and thereby disallowing future prosecution when Trump inevitably drops the case. Good thinking. Too bad you're not running the country with this 5D political calculus.
Edit: so actually, there's technically no risk of double jeopardy, because what the OP is describing is completely impossible anyway:
"Unless the defendant consents in writing to the contrary, the trial shall not commence less than thirty days from the date on which the defendant first appears through counsel or expressly waives counsel and elects to proceed pro se."
Thus you'll never reach a jury being impaneled or a witness being sworn, because the trial will never happen. So bravo, I guess; that risk isn't there. What you have instead is a DOA case that simply goes absolutely nowhere.
This was all well known years ago. Waiting on a congressional report was always a cop out.
but even if Biden replaced him with the most aggressive and seasoned prosecutor on Earth today, how the absolute fucking fuck would you expect them to try this case in 28 days?
We've known about Gaetz' child sex trafficking ring for about 18 months now.
Lol the people arguing about "evidence" and "investigations" are completely missing the real point, IMO.
If you or I were up on these charges, investigation, trial, and sentencing would be carried out in less than a month without hesitation or issue as far as the government is concerned.
The ONLY reason it's taking longer than that is because of who it is.
Full stop.
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We’ve known about Gaetz’ child sex trafficking ring for about 18 months now.
Initial reports, and rock-solid evidence to bring to court to try an elected sitting congressman are two VERY different things. 18 months is rarely enough time to do discovery and complete a trial for a murder with multiple eye-witnesses.
Hell, the Parkland Shooting, where he admitted to doing it and pleaded guilty took over 3 YEARS to come to conclusion. Gaetz would have been fighting tooth and nail to ride it out to the next administration who would promptly try to drop the case.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkland_high_school_shooting
The Parkland high school shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on February 14, 2018 On October 20, 2021, Cruz pleaded guilty to all charges and apologized for his crimes. The prosecution sought the death penalty, and a four-month death penalty trial was expected to commence in January 2022.
Initial reports, and rock-solid evidence to bring to court to try an elected sitting congressman are two VERY different things. 18 months is rarely enough time to do discovery and complete a trial for a murder with multiple eye-witnesses.
We literally saw the venmo transaction lol
I've seen people charged, tried, and prosecuted for soliciting sex in a weekend.
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child sex trafficking ring
Are we just making shit up now?! FFS, the report is out and plenty fucking damning.
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Merrick Garland is a heel-dragging clown,
And Biden appointed him after Trump tried to steal an election...
Do you think Biden is stupid and thought Merrick wouldnt be a "heel dragging clown"? Or do you think he knew and that's why he was picked?
Is Biden incompetent or intentionally maintaining the status quo where the rich and politically connected are above the law?
Like...
even if Biden replaced him with the most aggressive and seasoned prosecutor on Earth today, how the absolute fucking fuck would you expect them to try this case in 28 days?
Is this the first time you noticed Merrick was a waste of a pick? Do you think up until now he's been doing a fine job?
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he paid minors to cross state lines for sex
The report specifically says he did not. One minor and he didn't move her across state lines. However, 17 is statutory rape in Florida.
Wtf does this have to do with anyone besides the FBI?
Because the FBI can only bring charges to the office of the attorney general. And the AG are divided into regions that do not map to the political maps of the states.
And the AG has more people to please than just the FBI. And the FBI, right now, is under pressure to submit to the incoming Trump presidency.
The Luigi solution to lack of accountability seems to be all that remains.
Color me surprised, illegal things break laws? What is this county coming to?!? What is next, greed causes suffering?
And nothing will happen, and he will spend the next ten years being the “special guest speaker” at colleges all over the country making hundreds of thousands per speech. And the pieces of shit win again.
Unfortunately you're probably right. Anything even remotely connected to politics has gotten so cult-like that "nuh uh" has become a valid defense for most.
Won't matter unless he's got hella damning evidence, maybe not even then. Anything he says going forward will look like petty revenge.
At least he's not my Congressman anymore, I'll take what I can get.
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He's threatened to expose more creeps in the GOP if the report was released, so I guess we'll see if he follows through.
He’s threatened to expose more creeps in the GOP if the report was released, so I guess we’ll see if he follows through.
Let's not pretend it will matter if he does.
Rape is against the law?!?!
Sorry officer I didn't know I couldn't do that
Not for these guys.
Remember, there’s lots of images with Trump and Epstein over time. There’s reports of Trump walking into the dressing room during Miss Teen USA. And Trump is convicted of sexual assault.
The press did bring up the Miss Teen USA thing but back in 2016. They’ve largely ignored both that piece and the Epstein & Trump connection. Though that kid from his base tried to shoot him because of the Epstein thing. Again, largely ignored by the press.
Here’s my conspiracy theory. Gaetz didn’t play ball with someone over in DC so he’s been thrown to wolves by simply revealing the truth about him.
Not convicted. He was found to have committed sexual assault as a finding of fact in a civil defamation case.
The last time he was threatened with release, he resigned. The threat was to leave the government or the report is released. When he planned to become AG, the report release was on the table. Then he dropped his Attorney General position so they weren't going to be released. Then he said he was going to take the vacated Senate seat so it was released.
Still raises the question of why him? Being a smarmy asshole isn’t the reason, there’s lots of that going around in DC.
While there's a lot of criminal activity, not all politicians are child rapists.
Trump and Diddy too
Fiddly is where he needs to be. Trump is still in DC. Presumably because the snake pit hasn’t turned on him yet, unlike Gaetz.
"The Committee determined there is substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz violated House Rules and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress," the 37-page report concludes.
Also US and state laws...
"Victim A said that she did not inform Representative Gaetz that she was under 18 at the time, nor did he ask her age."
Ignorance ( *cough* willful) of the law isn't a valid defence especially a legal adult vs a minor. Even if she had been legal, the vast difference in ages is gross.
Time for him to go to jail then.
Shocker
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