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BumRushDaShow

(142,069 posts)
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 06:39 AM 19 hrs ago

Jeffries: 'Of course' House Ethics Committee report on Gaetz should be released

Source: The Hill

11/17/24 6:45 PM ET


House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Sunday “of course” the House Ethics Committee should release its report on the misconduct allegations against former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned from Congress last week when President-elect Trump tapped him to be attorney general.

“Of course it should be released,” Jeffries said on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” when Kristen Welker asked about Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) saying that the report should not be released.

“And that’s not just Democrats saying that,” Jeffries continued. “You have repeatedly seen Senate Republicans make clear, who are on the Senate Judiciary Committee or throughout that chamber, say that they want access to all available information so they can make a decision about whether the nominee for attorney general is qualified to serve in that office.”

“The Senate has a clear responsibility to serve as a separate and coequal branch of government and a check and balance. That’s as America as baseball, motherhood and apple pie,” Jeffries said.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4995331-hakeem-jeffries-house-ethics-committee-report-matt-gaetz/

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IronLionZion

(46,951 posts)
2. Well yeah, what are they hiding?
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 10:19 AM
15 hrs ago

Probably some bad stuff in that report. Sounds pretty suspicious if they don't want people to know.

jalan48

(14,371 posts)
7. His language comes off as rather weak to me if that's the case. He could demand the release if nothing else.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 03:07 PM
11 hrs ago
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