Matt Gaetz issues 'final' response to Ethics committee probe of underage sex claims

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Source: The Independent

10 hours ago


Matt Gaetz has published a lengthy letter he’d sent to the House Ethics Committee informing the panel’s lawmakers that he would no longer be complying with the Ethics investigation into allegations that he had slept with an underage girl.

The Florida congressman rehashed a number of familiar complaints in the letter, which accused the panel of pursuing the investigation for the purpose of humiliating him and damaging him politically after a Justice Department investigation ended without charges being filed.

But he went further than just denouncing the committee — Gaetz also would go on to write a Twitter thread on Thursday discussing the evidence in his case, and included several pieces of evidence he argued exonerated his name.

The tone of Gaetz’s letter was angry and defiant: “Your correspondence of September 4 asks whether I have engaged in sexual activity with any individual under 18. The answer to this question is unequivocally NO. You can apply this response to every version of this question, in every forum.” He also denied using “illicit” drugs. Altogether, the thread and letter represent Gaetz’s latest salvo against the Ethics Committee, which clearly aims at repairing his image with both journalists and moderate voters.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/gaetz-sex-probe-twitter-thread-b2619711.html

[Tetrachloride]

1. angry and defiant

and maybe underwater

[JoseBalow]

2. For some reason, I don't trust him.

I suspect he may not be telling the truth

[dchill]

11. But one must be cautious in these suspicions! 🤔

[wolfie001]

3. Amazing this clown is still in the House

He's worse than George Santos, AKA Kitara Ravache

[Cartoonist]

4. Sounds like a confession to me.

"I won't cooperate"

[Novara]

5. For once I'd like to see some goddamn consequences, but I'm afraid he will skate

I recently saw "A Very Royal Scandal," about Prince Andrew's association with Epstein and the underage girls he raped. As the program went on to show how much the whole thing fucked up his life all those years later I was yelling at the TV: "Was it worth it?"

I'd like to ask Gaetz the same: "Was raping underage girls worth it?"

In a just world, his life would fall apart because of it. But in America, this is not a just world. So for him I'll bet it was "worth it," and he'll go on to rape more underage girls.

Our justice system is fucked. It never holds republicans accountable.If this was a Dem, his life would be (rightfully) ruined.

[70sEraVet]

6. The fact that the 'Good Christian' voters in his district aren't screaming....

for his head, speaks volumes.

[purr-rat beauty]

7. matt's last stand?

what gives him the last word on this?

the law will decide when this is over

hopefully?

[mucholderthandirt]

8. Well, thank GOD we got Hunter Biden's d*ck pictures into the Senate record. Who know what he might have gotten away with

We just have to overlook all the sexual abuse the Republicans do, because Hunter Biden used drugs and didn't pay taxes. It's the end of the world, I tell you! We need exact measurements of his arousal so we can go after him with all the power the Senate and House can bring. I mean, who the heck does he think he is?

Kamala Harris claims to have worked at a McDonald's. How are we to believe that? She's obviously lying, she's nothing like working class people. Donald Trump was born with a silver spoon in his... er, mouth, he obviously had to work hard for everything he's gotten, he knows more about running this country than anybody, ever, in all of human history!
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And if anyone doesn't get the sarcasm, they need to go away and take classes, or something.

[FakeNoose]

9. I don't think this "repairs his image" one bit

If anything it makes him look skeevier and even more guilty.

[Martin68]

10. I guess Matty is worried the committee is close to recommending action against him.