Investigation Into Matt Gaetz's Partying With Drugs, Minors

The House Ethics Committee is investigating allegations that far-right swinger Rep. Matt "Teen Spirit" Gaetz (Insurrection - FL) used illegal drugs while serving in Congress. At the center of the investigation are sworn statements from two women who saw Gaetz at a 2017 party in Florida where cocaine, ecstasy and alcohol were being used. From ABC News:

"According to a sworn written statement that has been obtained by the Ethics committee, a woman says that in summer of 2017, when she was 20 years old, she attended a party in Florida that Gaetz also attended, which featured alcohol and drugs including cocaine and MDMA, sources familiar with the committee's work told ABC News.

In the sworn statement, which has not been previously reported, the woman said that in addition to Gaetz, the party was attended by the then-minor who was at the center of a yearslong Justice Department investigation into accusations that the Florida Congressman had sex with her when she was 17, according to sources.

According to the statement provided to the committee, sources said the woman who made the statement -- who ABC News is not identifying -- said she saw the then-minor naked at the party, which was also attended by adult men other than Gaetz, and that at the party there allegedly were bedrooms that were made available for sexual activities." (our emphasis)

Former House Speaker Kevin "Qevin" McCarthy, a bitter Gaetz nemesis, has said on several occasions that Gaetz has to answer to the allegations that he used illegal drugs and had sex with a minor. The story continues:

"Last week, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made headlines when he claimed he was ousted because he would not stop the ongoing House Ethics probe into Gaetz.

'I'll give you the truth why I'm not speaker,' McCarthy said at an event at Georgetown University. 'It's because one person, a member of Congress, wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with a 17-year-old.'

The House Ethics probe into Gaetz has continued to move forward in recent weeks, with investigators reaching out to more individuals, including young women who were allegedly paid by Gaetz's one-time close friend Joel Greenberg to attend sex parties, sources said."

Gaetz is one of the least liked members of his own party, and he's actively campaigned against some Republican incumbents whom he feels are insufficiently fascist / MAGAt. With a Republican-controlled Ethics Committee, however, he may slip away from this investigation as he did from the Justice Department's.

(photo: "Teen Spirit" looking stressed. Reuters)

 

Pics Of The Day -- The Circus Was In Town

 

Christofascist Republican MAGAt clowns gather at last night's State of the Union Address:

Braying MAGA trash mouth Rep. Marjorie Taylor Traitor Greene (Shawn Thew/ Getty Images)

Expelled, disgraced con man George Santos with teen sex trafficker (alleged!) Rep. Matt Gaetz (Perv- FL) (Win McNamee/ Getty Images)

Santos again with bad mom Rep. Lauren Boebert (Fondler- CO) and yukking with former Trump White House drunken pill pusher Rear Admiral Cap'n Ronnie Jackson (Ambien- TX) (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Border security bill tanker and crooked ex- cop Rep. Troy Nehls (Trumpist-TX), unironically wearing the "never surrender" mug shot of the Malignant Loser when he surrendered in Fulton County, GA (Getty Images)

Your Christofascist MAGAt Republican party/ cult, ladies and gentlemen. 

BONUS:  Future Speaker of the House Hakeem Jeffries had something to say about the clown show:

"Marjorie Taylor Greene, who's basically running the House Republican Conference, shows up in campaign paraphernalia.  And then these people want to lecture Joe Biden because he delivered a strong and forceful speech that made them uncomfortable because he exposed their lies and shamelessness.

"We have one message for extreme MAGA Republicans who want to lecture us about decorum: get lost.  You're a joke. Exhibit A, Marjorie Taylor Greene.  Exhibit B, George Santos."

Mic drop.

QOTD -- Matt Gaetz's Future

 

“Well, I don’t know if Mike Pence will run for president in 2024.  But I don’t think Matt Gaetz will have an impact on that. In fact, I’d be surprised if he was still voting. It’s more likely he’ll be in prison for child sex trafficking by 2024. And I’m actually surprised that Florida law enforcement still allows him to speak to teenage conferences like that. So I’m not too worried about Matt Gaetz, thanks.” -- Marc Short, former chief of staff to Mike Pence, reacting to Rep. Gaetz's remark at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday, that "Mike Pence will never be president."  We can only hope Short is right, but in the meantime:  Republicans in disarray!

Pardon Me ... And Me ... And Me

 

Names were named at today's January 6 insurrection hearing:   Republican/ Seditionist Congressmen who were looking for a presidential pardon for their actions in service of the Malignant Loser's coup attempt (can you say "consciousness of guilt"?):

 

Rep. Matt Gaetz (Pedo Seditionist-FL), in particular, requested a pardon that went "from the beginning of time up until today, for any and all things."   (Translation:  "Please make that underage sex trafficking case against me go away, too!")

All of the two- legged rats requesting pardons are frothing, well- known enemies of American democracy.  One of them, Rep. Mo Brooks (Seditionist-AL) appears to be eager to extract some vengeance on the Malignant Loser for double- crossing him in his effort to win the Republican nomination for Senate in Alabama.  The next round of hearings unspool in mid- July and promise to continue to expose the criminality of the Malignant Loser and his sychophants.

Shade of the Day

 

Some stinging shade was provided by Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA) in yesterday's House Rules Committee hearing to discuss derelict impersonator and Trumpist thug Steve "Loose Cannon" Bannon's criminal comtempt of Congress. Fellow Trumpist thug Rep. Matt "Teen Spirit"Gaetz (Sedtion-FL) was in the witness chair on Bannon's behalf when Torres threw some shade at him:

"It is unfortunate that we have to look at the moral character of how people deny and try to try and twist the truth around what happened. People died. This is not about someone being sexually assaulted or somebody paying to have sex with a young girl or somebody not protecting people that are under their jurisdiction. This is about our democracy. This is about future generations of Americans that deserve to have liberty and justice for all."  (our emphasis)

Well done, Congresswoman Torres. Accused sex trafficker Gaetz's profile and fundraising efforts seem to have cratered as he anticipates charges in the sex trafficking case that involves him and a Florida bro of his. He posted a $100,000 net loss for the July-September quarter, after donations from the rubes began to dry up.

 

See You In Court -- Republican Crime Roundup

 

The heat on pervy Trumpist asshole Rep. Matt "Gaetzgate" Gaetz (R- Junior Prom) is reaching the point where it could combust his hair product:

Federal authorities investigating alleged sex trafficking by GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz have secured the cooperation of the congressman's ex-girlfriend, according to people familiar with the matter.

The woman, a former Capitol Hill staffer, is seen as a critical witness, as she has been linked to Gaetz as far back as the summer of 2017, a period of time that has emerged as a key window of scrutiny for investigators. She can also help investigators understand the relevance of hundreds of transactions they have obtained records of, including those involving alleged payments for sex, the sources said.

News of the woman's willingness to talk, which has not been previously reported, comes just days after the Justice Department formally entered into a plea agreement with Joel Greenberg, a one-time close friend of Gaetz whose entanglement with young women first drew the congressman onto investigators' radar.

Speaking of underage sex, 

Wyoming state Sen. Anthony Bouchard, a Republican trying to unseat U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney next year, revealed that he impregnated a 14-year-old girl when he was 18, describing the relationship as “like the Romeo and Juliet” story in a description that drew a rebuke from a sexual assault prevention group.

Bouchard vowed not to drop out of the race and blamed "dirty politics” for bringing the story to light.

Bouchard, 55, initially disclosed what he described as a typical teenage relationship in a Facebook Live video to supporters on Thursday. He later confirmed the girl's age to the Casper Star-Tribune.

“It’s a story when I was young, two teenagers, girl gets pregnant,” he said in the video. “You’ve heard those stories before. She was a little younger than me, so it’s like the Romeo and Juliet story.”

Bouchard married the girl when she was 15 and he was 19, when both were living in Florida. They divorced three years later, he told the newspaper. She killed herself when she was 20, Bouchard said.

Just like Romeo and Juliet, but Bouchard didn't fulfill his part of this totes romantic story.

Finally, on top of the former guy's manifold legal problems, add this:

The Chinese American Civil Rights Coalition has sued former President Donald Trump for his attacks on China and his Asian slurs, accusing him of sparking a spike in violence against Asian Americans.

“Defendant’s extreme and outrageous conduct indeed has caused members of the Plaintiff organization, and to a large extent Asian Americans, emotional distress, and resulted in an unmistakable rising up trend of racial violence against Chinese Americans and Asian Americans from New York to California,” said the federal suit, filed Thursday in the Southern District of New York by the nonprofit civil rights group.

It seeks $1 for each American of Asian or Pacific Island heritage, which would amount to about $22.9 million in damages.

All together now:  Lock them up!  Lock them up!

Coronavirus Poetic Justice Update

That was then:

Reviewing the coronavirus supplemental appropriation and preparing to go vote. pic.twitter.com/wjJ4YY4VZz

— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) March 4, 2020

(Har.)

This is now::  "Rep. Matt Gaetz is the latest member of Congress to go into self-quarantine after coming in contact with an individual at CPAC who has since tested positive for the coronavirus." Not so funny anymore is it, you smug jackass?

Other science- skeptical Trumpist Republicans who are self- quarantining after coming into contact at the Conservative Crackpot Political Action Conference with a person who tested positive for coronavirus: Texas Sen. "Tailgunner Ted" Cruz, Arizona Rep. Paul "Even My Family Hates Me" Gosar, and Georgia Rep. Doug "Peckerwood" Collins.  Both Collins and Gaetz have also come into contact with germophobe dolt Donald "Dr. Trump, PhD'oh" Trump in recent days.

We can only hope, if you know what we mean and we think you do.

Twit Tweet, Thwap -- Gaetz Strikes Out, Again

Prelude:

Omg this fucking tool https://t.co/37yi3GCEv2

— andy lassner (@andylassner) October 28, 2019

Twit tweet:

I’d ask NBC if they stand behind such a dumb/triggered/profane comment from a senior employee...

But I’ve learned after reading #CatchAndKill that accountability isn’t really NBC’s “thing.” https://t.co/6Jilq9pcXz

— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) October 28, 2019

Thwap:

Y’all sure do get triggered, for folks who use the word “triggered” all the time.

— Rob Anderson for Louisiana (@RobAnderson2018) October 28, 2019

Yes...but not often enough. pic.twitter.com/NQdwKbq4pP

— dfrntdrmmr (@dfrntdrmmr) October 28, 2019

Did you actually type "accountability" with a straight face Tipsy McSwervy?

— Irene Martin (@Dancing_Bat) October 28, 2019

I guess you forgot that Trump has the national inquirer catch and kill tons of stories about him. But here you are balls deep in Trump. #loser

— donaldtrumpnewstoday (@irishrygirl) October 28, 2019

Somehow, I have my doubts that he's read #CatchAndKill...

— Cavanaugh with a "C" (@KFCavanaugh) October 28, 2019

My forever Matt Gaetz reply. pic.twitter.com/M0n3Fc3tP9

— CB (@The_Sweary_Mom) October 28, 2019

And, finally,

I don’t work for NBC, but I can’t tell you how much it means to me that you took time out of crashing hearings to respond to me. https://t.co/cnV6k5uQ6B

— andy lassner (@andylassner) October 28, 2019

Tweet Of The Day -- Witness Tampering 101

This bottom- dwelling slug is a stone cold Trump stooge named Matt Gaetz, Republican Congressman from Florida:

We wonder if this came from his own tiny, lizard brain, or if someone whispered in his ear, just as Michael Cohen testifies on Trump's sleazy criminality. FBI may want to question him about this under 18 U.S. Code 1512.

We're reminded of the quote from Dashiell Hammett's "Maltese Falcon," oft cited by Charles P. Pierce: "The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter."

Son of a bitch is cheap as they come.

(We took a screenshot of Gaetz's tweet since we knew he'd be deleting it at some point, which he has now...)