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House GOP members seek to expel Gaetz amid renewed threat to vacate House Speaker McCarthy
Fox News ^ | October 1, 2023 | Danielle Wallace, Jacqui Heinrich, Chad Pergram

Posted on 10/01/2023 5:17:20 PM PDT by Reno89519

House GOP members are preparing a motion to expel Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., amid his renewed threat to pursue a motion to vacate House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

The House Republican members will seek to expel Gaetz if the ethics committee report comes back with findings of guilt, Fox News has learned. One member told Fox News the report is mostly written but does not know what it contains. Yet following threats to vacate McCarthy, the member said of Gaetz, "No one can stand him at this point. A smart guy without morals."

It takes a two-thirds vote to expel.

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The House Ethics Committee has been investigating Gaetz since 2021 on allegations, including campaign finance violations as well as claims of taking bribes and using drugs – accusations the congressman has vehemently denied. Gaetz also denies allegations leaked from a Justice Department sex trafficking probe said to have involved an underage girl.

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KEYWORDS: expel; expell; gaetz; house; kangaroocourt; mccarthy; starchamber
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To: Reno89519

It’d make a good replacement for these damned debates, too.


121 posted on 10/02/2023 4:02:57 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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