Worth emphasizing this, because most news outlets did not:
“Rep. Matt #Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Thursday ominously invoked Donald #Trump’s call to far-right violent extremists while joining the former president at his criminal trial in New York.
“Standing back and standing by, Mr. President,” Gaetz wrote on social media, along with a photo of himself positioned behind Trump at his trial.”
House Ethics Committee investigating Rep. Matt #Gaetz has reached out to the woman whom the congressman allegedly had sexual relations with when she was a 17-year-old minor #GaetzGate
Via Fred Wellman, who says it better than I would have: 1/...
Hahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahaahahahahahha…they are eating themselves alive. What a bunch of rabid clowns.
#Gaetz: Mr. Speaker, you are out of compliance with the agreement that allowed you to assume this role. The path forward for the House of Representatives is to either bring you into immediate total compliance or remove you... #McCarthy
Matt #Gaetz on the House floor: "It is going to be difficult for my Republican friends to keep calling President Biden feeble while he continues to take Speaker #McCarthy's lunch money in every negotiation."
“The fact that nothing has come of it has kind of astonished her, who along with all the others had been the focal point of such an intense investigation,” the woman’s lawyer said. “For them to go through all that and then for the target of the investigation to just get a wink and a nod has created for some of them a loss of faith in the system.” #maga#gaetz https://www.thedailybeast.com/witness-told-feds-she-was-paid-for-sex-parties-with-matt-gaetz
JUST NOW: Rep Matt Gaetz (R-FL) tells CBS News at a GOP meeting this morning he accused Speaker Kevin #McCarthy of having or paying social media influencers to trash #Gaetz.
So.. that’s where things stand. Less than 72 hours til a shutdown
#House ethics committee reached out to Rep. Matt #Gaetz’s ex-girlfriend amid ongoing investigation
“The outreach, which has not previously been reported, is a sign that the GOP-led committee’s investigation into the Florida Republican has recently expanded to include questioning around allegations of sex crimes, drug use and illicit benefits.”
According to video obtained by NBC News, just days before Matt #Gaetz led the effort to oust Kevin #McCarthy, Gaetz denounced Republicans' #impeachment inquiry as unserious at a private event.
"I don't believe that we are endeavoring upon a legitimate impeachment of Joe Biden."
Gaetz introduced a resolution Mon evening to #remove “Speaker” Kevin #McCarthy from his seat, triggering an expected intraparty clash & setting up a showdown for the House to decide whether to depose McCarthy likely within 48 hours.
“When ABC News reported on Wed that House Ethics Committee acquired text messages betw a young woman involved in sex trafficking investigation & Rep. Matt #Gaetz (R-FL), Gaetz spox told ABC that the congressman “does not know anything about the woman you’re referencing.”
🍿 Rep. Matt #Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Monday moved to force a vote on ousting Speaker Kevin #McCarthy (R-Calif.), following through with his pledge to do so after the Speaker put a “clean” continuing resolution to fund the government on the House floor.
These are the misfits who are in control of the House. Swell.
Via Axios's Juliegrace Brufke:
Per a source in the room, #McCarthy screamed at Matt #Gaetz to sit down when he went to the mics, with the source saying Rep. Bost “almost lunging at him.” 1/...
"According to the report, which has not been independently verified by MSNBC or NBC News, the [House] Ethics Committee's investigators, in addition to their focus on the congressman’s Matt [#Gaetz] possible lobbying violations, have also 'reached out to witnesses who were questioned as part of the Justice Department’s sex trafficking investigation into the #Florida congressman.'”
A 71st House Republican has signed on to co-sponsor Rep. Matt #Gaetz's resolution to formally express sentiment of U.S. House that Donald #Trump did not engage in insurrection: Del. James Moylan (R-Guam)