WASHINGTON (AA) – Former US Representative Matt Gaetz violated state laws by engaging in sexual misconduct with a minor and using illegal drugs during his time in Congress, according to a final House Ethics Committee report. The 37-page report alleges that Gaetz paid women, including a 17-year-old girl, for inappropriate encounters and u...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Former US Rep. Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump’s next attorney general. It came in a shock announcement as a House of Representatives panel weighs the release of a critical report concerning sexual misconduct allegations against Gaetz. Gaetz was on Capitol Hill on Wednesday...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Republican opposition led to the House Ethics Committee failing to release Wednesday the panel’s report on alleged sexual misconduct by former Representative Matt Gaetz, who has been chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Justice Department. The panel is comprised evenly of five Democrats and five Repu...
WASHINGTON (AA) – House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday urged the Ethics Committee not to release its investigation into former Congressman Matt Gaetz. “I’m going to strongly request that the Ethics Committee not issue the report, because that is not the way we do things in the House,” Johnson said, according to the medi...
Several Senate Republicans are strongly objecting to President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Matt Gaetz for U.S. attorney general. They say Gaetz will not be confirmed, raising concerns over the House Ethics investigation into allegations against him of sexual misconduct, drug use, and accepting improper gifts. House Ethics com...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump named Matt Gaetz as attorney general on Wednesday. “It is my Great Honor to announce that Congressman Matt Gaetz, of Florida, is hereby nominated to be The Attorney General of the United States,” Trump said on his Truth Social media platform. Gaetz is a “deeply gifted and tenacious att...
A report by Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz has alleged that the Biden administration is suppressing intelligence regarding U.S. military relations with Niger. Gaetz has claimed U.S. troops in Niger are stranded without essential support like medicine and mail. Last month, Niger’s ruling junta denounced the U.S. and announced ending the co...
