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US House panel to consider releasing report on Trump's attorney general nominee

www.voanews.com US House panel to consider releasing report on Trump's attorney general nominee

Former congressman Matt Gaetz is under scrutiny for allegations of sexual misconduct, illicit drug use

The U.S. House of Representatives Ethics Committee is set to meet Wednesday to decide whether to release its investigative report on former Representative Matt Gaetz, who was accused of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use before he was picked by President-elect Donald Trump to be attorney general in his new administration.

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Just fucking do it already. It's not going to change anyone's mind. Trump is a pedophile rapist convicted of fraud. Gaetz is just a pedophile rapist. Republicans support rape as long as the rape victim suffers as much as possible.
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Spoilers: they won't, it'll leak, they'll deny it
It's be so sweet to see Gaetz out of work. He resigned to take this position, the report gets released, and he doesn't get AG.

Ideally, he gets prison time. :)
- He’ll be a Fox News host if he doesn’t land this gig
  
  Apparently that would be enough to qualify him for Secretary of Defense
  
  A candidate for Secretary of Defense you say?
- Pardon
  
  HE SAID, "IDEALLY HE GETS PRISON TIME!"
- They might have a fully open staff to employee after Trump finishes naming his secretary picks. After all, the only thing more qualifying for a senior government position than hosting a TV show on Fox News is hosting one on NBC
Honestly writing articles like this, “someone will consider….” Should be license to have your ability to read and write beaten out of you.

Shut the fuck up

Report on things that are happening
- They are meeting to decide whether or not to release the report. This is quite literally something that is happening.
  
  They won’t.
- This was pretty much assumed to be dead in the water after Gaetz resigned. It could have been, but the fact that the Republican-majority house committee isn't 100% jumping at the opportunity to sweep things under the rug is a thing that's happening. Maybe it won't go all the way, but they are discussing. That's a thing that's happening.
  
  Now, if it were one of those "(person) should do something" or "(committee) could do this thing that's in their power on paper but totally in the author's imagination in practice" things, sure. But you've got people talking about releasing a report on someone arguably not in their jurisdiction. That's something.
I'm guessing they will not. Because party interests.
Do it you fucking cunts!
If this is not Mafia, I don't know what is!
Release the Pedofiles!
“Consider” — that word is doing quite a bit of heavy lifting here
Release it, you fucks

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