Mike Johnson says Matt Gaetz ethics report 'should not come out' as some GOP senators push to see it
Source: USA Today
Published 11:05 a.m. ET Nov. 17, 2024 | Updated 2:49 p.m. ET Nov. 17, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., continued to insist Sunday that the House Ethics Committee should not release a report on its investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who is incoming President Donald Trumps pick to be attorney general. It should not come out, Johnson said Sunday on CNNs "State of the Union."
Johnson noted that Gaetz resigned from Congress and said the committee shouldnt be investigating private citizens. CNN host Jake Tapper pointed out that the Ethics Committee has released reports in the past after members resigned. I wasnt the speaker at that time, Johnson said.
However, some of Johnson's and Gaetz's fellow conservatives have said the report shouldn't be kept behind closed doors at least for members of the upper chamber. Sen Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., said on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday that the Ethics Committee should "absolutely" release its report on Gaetz.
That should be definitely part of our decision-making," he said. The background of Matt Gaetz does matter. "Now, should it be released to the public or not? I guess that will be part of the negotiations," he also noted.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/17/mike-johnson-matt-gaetz-donald-trump/76382648007/
Irish_Dem
(57,309 posts)They all cover for each other.
BOSSHOG
(39,836 posts)A convicted felon nominates a pedophile for the #1 law enforcement officer in the land and Mikey doesnt want the American People to hear the details. Christian Conservative Values.
yourout
(8,062 posts)Dave Bowman
(3,596 posts)The Wizard
(12,863 posts)They have unclean hands. A lack of ethics does not constitute brilliance.
Docreed2003
(17,800 posts)Johnson's excuses are weak and ridiculous and if this were a Democrat, he'd be more than happy to release the report.
walkingman
(8,330 posts)Biggest bigots and hypocrites on the planet.
Dave Bowman
(3,596 posts)Kid Berwyn
(17,967 posts)The great American Al Capone certainly would approve as would that great man of the pee-tapes, Vladimir Putin, of course.
Dem4life1970
(426 posts)...and the more they call attention to it, the greater chance it will be leaked.
Shermann
(8,636 posts)He's not exactly a private citizen being on deck for that AG gig. Transparency is prudent in that case.
Midnight Writer
(22,969 posts)but want to protect the privacy of an ex-Congressman with multiple accusations of statutory rape and sex trafficking of minors.
bucolic_frolic
(46,970 posts)look for conspiracies too
Evolve Dammit
(18,603 posts)to actual snakes, who are important to our planet. these cult folks seek to use it all up (destroy it), then rapture and stuff....
NowsTheTime
(893 posts)Trumps personal attorney in hush money trial...that guy.
Marthe48
(18,984 posts)Be nice to see some birds flying in the face of the religious hypocrisy of the far right.
Hassler
(3,676 posts)Javaman
(63,100 posts)Releasing the report would derail everything these fascists fucks are trying to do.
BumRushDaShow
(142,213 posts)I.e., Madison Cawthorn.
Galraedia
(5,167 posts)Otherwise they wouldn't be trying to hide it.
Aussie105
(6,254 posts)All past deranged misdemeanors are now expunged and to be ignored!
The Trump clan is trying to whitewash themselves - not fair thinking past behavior is a predictor of future behavior.
Most of us know better.
Trump will pardon them all, and they will run the country like a well oiled machine! /sarcasm
It's a Republican fallacy.
Give a sleazebag an important title and an office, and the ethics and moral code needed for the job will somehow infuse from the environment.
Most of us know that it doesn't work that way, the ethics and moral code is what you need to bring to the job.
Trump thought years ago that just sitting at the Oval Office desk would turn him into a proper President.
How did that work out?
struggle4progress
(120,241 posts)But it you can get a rapist, or a beer-bonging weenie-wagger, or a stoned pedophile -- why then, you have some leverage!"
Galraedia
(5,167 posts)It's obviously bad and I'm guess other republicans may be implicated in unethical behavior with Matt Gaetz in the report.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(115,244 posts)SomedayKindaLove
(1,102 posts)As elitist Christians. Sure, the Bible has good advice for the plebeians to follow, but Johnson can pick and choose his morality as he hides behind his faith and pushes for a pedophile for Attorney General.
calimary
(84,306 posts)What have you seen that you want so badly to keep hidden from the rest of us?
magicarpet
(16,501 posts)Besides call a recess and trumpty Humpty can emergency appoint Gaetz to a two year stint and no senate confirmation then required.
Alleged dirty scum underaged girl pedophile then Matt Gaetz becomes The Madonna but sans the Virgin status.
Amen.
The Roux Comes First
(1,561 posts)Or at least that's probably as Clarence and Sam would see it.
AverageOldGuy
(2,052 posts)The national sport of DC is leaking sensitive documents.
Someone will leak the report by the end of the week.
JT45242
(2,886 posts)You have tons of rethug congress critters in both houses who are compromised by liking young girls, young boys, or both.
They will be told quite simply STFU and fall in line or here is the ethics report on you.
They always cave because they are all dirty.
Maybe old Mitt is not dirty but he sure as hell won't put country over party against a king with unlimited power.
Since appointments are 'official duties' it will not be a crime to extort compliance
Gore1FL
(21,883 posts)keithbvadu2
(40,083 posts)johnnyfins
(1,395 posts)Doesnt want the report released. Pisshair Fuhrer wouldnt like that.
travelingthrulife
(679 posts)These are simply the WORST christians.