{"id":128601,"date":"2024-11-22T00:57:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T17:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128601"},"modified":"2024-11-22T00:57:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T17:57:58","slug":"gaetz-reportedly-tells-senators-he-wont-go-after-trump-foes-in-his-first-week-matt-gaetz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128601","title":{"rendered":"Gaetz reportedly tells senators he won\u2019t go after Trump foes \u2013 in his first week | Matt Gaetz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The scandal-plagued former Florida congressman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/matt-gaetz\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Matt Gaetz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebulwark.com\/p\/matt-gaetz-pitching-attorney-general-senators-confirmation-scandals\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">reportedly<\/a> told senators skeptical of his suitability to be attorney general that he would not seek retribution against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> enemies \u2013 in his first week on the job, at least.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cLook, I\u2019m not going to go there and indict [the former Wyoming congresswoman] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/liz-cheney\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Liz Cheney<\/a>, have storm troopers bust through the studio door at MSNBC, and arrest [the retired public health official] Anthony Fauci in my first week,\u201d Gaetz told senators, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebulwark.com\/p\/matt-gaetz-pitching-attorney-general-senators-confirmation-scandals\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">according to the Bulwark<\/a>, a never-Trump conservative site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Some senators, the Bulwark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebulwark.com\/p\/matt-gaetz-pitching-attorney-general-senators-confirmation-scandals\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">said<\/a>, detected an \u201cominous disclaimer\u201d. The site also said Gaetz added that he wanted to \u201cbreak the cycle of weaponizing\u201d the Department of Justice \u2013 a reference to Republican claims that federal charges against Trump over election subversion and retention of classified information were politically driven.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"498d09f2-4788-4340-be0c-57c2d401d7d5\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:3,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;House ethics committee deadlocked on whether to release Matt Gaetz report&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;498d09f2-4788-4340-be0c-57c2d401d7d5&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/20\/matt-gaetz-house-ethics-committee-vote&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Meeting senators on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Gaetz was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/20\/trump-cabinet-vance-gaetz\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">accompanied<\/a> by JD Vance, the vice-president-elect and junior senator from Ohio. Confirmation hearings for Gaetz would be expected in the new year. Attention is therefore focused on Republicans who might be less vulnerable than most to threats from Trump, and thereby might seek to block Gaetz either before or during hearings. Chief among them are Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine, relative moderates, and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the former leader heading for <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/4569800-mcconnell-will-serve-out-full-term-through-2026\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">retirement<\/a> and widely seen as an institutionalist at least to a degree disdainful of Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">John Cornyn of Texas, a senior member of the judiciary committee, made headlines by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/11\/20\/gaetz-investigation-house-ethics-committee-vance\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">predicting<\/a> confirmation hearings for Gaetz would be like \u201cKavanaugh on steroids\u201d \u2013 a reference to hearings in 2018 in which Brett Kavanaugh, Trump\u2019s second supreme court pick, angrily denied sexual assault allegations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Gaetz, 42, is a hard-right Trump loyalist and dedicated controversialist with scant legal experience. Trump nominated Gaetz to run the justice department even though it recently investigated him over allegations that he paid for sex with girls under the age of consent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">While that investigation was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/matt-gaetz-was-once-under-investigation-for-sex-trafficking-now-he-could-lead-the-justice-department\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">dropped<\/a> and Gaetz vehemently denies wrongdoing, Washington remains abuzz over a House ethics committee report on the matter \u2013 and other controversies \u2013 which was due to be released before Gaetz resigned to seek confirmation as attorney general.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">On Wednesday, the House ethics committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/20\/matt-gaetz-house-ethics-committee-vote\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">locked on partisan lines, 5-5<\/a>, in a vote on whether the Gaetz report should be released. Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker, has said he opposes such a move. Sean Casten, an Illinois Democrat, has moved for a vote to secure publication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cEthics has their power to get their act together five minutes ago,\u201d Casten <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/11\/20\/gaetz-investigation-house-ethics-committee-vance\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">told<\/a> the Washington Post, adding: \u201cWhat I know at this point is that we cannot trust the ethics committee to do the ethically correct thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">There is precedent for the release of an ethics <a href=\"https:\/\/ethics.house.gov\/committee-reports\/staff-report-matter-representative-william-h-boner\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">report<\/a> about a former House member: in 1987 and in the case of William H Boner, a Tennessee Republican accused of corruption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Casten\u2019s resolution cannot be resolved until after the Thanksgiving recess but Gaetz seems guaranteed to remain in the headlines. As reported by Politico, Democrats on the Senate judiciary committee have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/11\/20\/congress\/matt-gaetz-fbi-files-judiciary-committee-democrats-00190650\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">requested<\/a> FBI files from the justice department investigation of Gaetz. Outside Congress, an attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/matt-gaetz-allegedly-paid-adult-woman-sex-2017-attorney-says-rcna180174\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">said<\/a> this week Gaetz paid his client for sex in 2017, when the client was 17 years old and in a state, Florida, where prostitution is illegal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Joel Leppard, who represents two women who say Gaetz paid them for sex, told NBC: \u201cThey want the American people to know the truth and that they are speaking the truth.\u201d The second woman who says she was paid to have sex with Gaetz was 19 at the time, Leppard said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">On Wednesday, ABC News first <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/gaetz-10k-venmo-payments-2-women-testified-house\/story?id=116019367\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">reported<\/a> that the ethics committee obtained records showing Gaetz paid more than $10,000 to two women who testified before the panel, with some of the payments being for sex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In response, a Trump spokesperson pointed to the dropped justice department investigation and said: \u201cThese leaks are meant to undermine the mandate from the people to reform the justice department.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Gaetz continues to deny wrongdoing. On Thursday, the Bulwark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebulwark.com\/p\/matt-gaetz-pitching-attorney-general-senators-confirmation-scandals\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">said<\/a> Mike Lee of Utah, a Senate judiciary committee member and Trump ally who was touted for attorney general himself, said Gaetz told him: \u201cThere\u2019s no there, there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">But allegations range further. Last June, the House ethics committee <a href=\"https:\/\/ethics.house.gov\/press-releases\/statement-regarding-matter-representative-matt-gaetz\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">said<\/a> it was investigating claims that Gaetz \u201cmay have engaged in sexual misconduct and\/or illicit drug use, shared inappropriate images or videos on the House floor, misused state identification records, converted campaign funds to personal use, and\/or accepted a bribe, improper gratuity, or impermissible gift\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Parts of that statement chimed with a now famous quote from Markwayne Mullin, a former House Republican turned Oklahoma senator who <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mkraju\/status\/1709765049051381761\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">told CNN<\/a> last October: \u201cThere\u2019s a reason why no one in the [Republican] conference came and defended [Gaetz], because we had all seen the videos he was showing on the House floor \u2026 of the girls that he had slept with. He\u2019d brag about how he would crush ED [erectile dysfunction] medicine and chase it with an energy drink so he could go all night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThis is obviously before he got married.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/21\/matt-gaetz-trump-enemies\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The scandal-plagued former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz reportedly told senators skeptical of his suitability to be attorney general that he would not seek retribution against Donald Trump\u2019s enemies \u2013 in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128601\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}