Legal AF by MeidasTouch - SICKO Matt Gaetz Gets WHAT HE DESERVES from his OWN Party

Episode Date: January 26, 2024

MAGA Rep Matt Gaetz of Florida and his alleged out of country sex with a minor is back in the news again as the House Ethics Committee determining whether Gaetz should be removed from the House, moves to interview the alleged victim AND obtain the criminal prosecution files from the DOJ. Michael Popok of Legal AF breaks down what will likely happen if the Committee votes to recommend impeachment and removal of Gaetz. Go to https://PrizePicks.com/legalaf and use code legalaf for a first deposit match up to $100! Visit https://meidastouch.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown Lights On with Jessica Denson: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/lights-on-with-jessica-denson On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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So the wingman went to jail, that's Joel Greenberg, former Seminole County, Florida tax assessor, but Matt Gaetz escaped any type of prosecution. But separate and apart from the Department of Justice, there's a little thing known as the House Ethics Committee, and it's exactly what you think. Now that one is a very unique committee because it's comprised of five Republicans and five Democrats. So none of the, there's no party issues, right? They have been continuing their investigation, even though the Department of Justice for criminal side has decided to walk away from prosecuting Matt Gaetz. That doesn't mean he's out of the woods yet

with the ethics committee for the place where he does his work, which is the house, the house of representatives. And that organization, that ethics committee has decided and is ramping up its investigation of Matt Gates by reaching out, this is the reporting to the alleged victim who was a minor, a 17 year old minor woman girl at the time that Matt Gates is alleged to have had sex with her and brought her out of the country, I think to the Caribbean in order to apply her with, this is the allegations, drugs and alcohol and have sex with her. The ethics

committee has not only continued its investigation but it has now reached out, the reporting is to this, what was once a girl, now an adult, but the minor victim of Matt Gaetz's sexual attack and has reached out to the Department of Justice, where what Donald Trump likes to refer to as Biden's Department of Justice, in order to try to voluntarily obtain for the Department of Justice their investigative files related to Matt Gaetz. Okay, I'm going to break it all down for you, including the political component of it, which is Matt Gaetz to this day, believes that this is a conspiracy against him, started by ousted speaker Kevin McCarthy, ousted in part by Matt Gaetz. Let me tie it all together.

ousted in part by Matt Gaetz. Let me tie it all together. The original investigation based on complaints by the victim were brought by the Department of Justice in 2020, that was under Bill Barr, therefore under Donald Trump. That led to Matt Gaetz escaping ultimate prosecution and ultimate charges being brought against him, but his wingman and the person that he partied with

and went away on trips, including with the then 17 year old girl, was convicted of six felony counts, including of sex with a minor and sex trafficking and that type of thing, an obstruction. Somehow Matt Gaetz escaped any type of prosecution after a three year investigation. The ethics committee, however, continued because it's a different standard, you know, at the criminal level. It's can they prove

the case beyond a reasonable doubt? And I assume based on interviews and even Greenberg testifying against Matt Gaetz, they didn't think they had what they needed in order to obtain the, go to the grand jury and obtain the convict, the indictment and or conviction. And that's prosecutorial discretion. But the ethics committee operates on a different standard. You know, whether the house member committed a violation of ethics and therefore should be removed

from his office. Now that's a recommendation from the ethics committee that ultimately goes to the full house. The chances of the full house, even on a recommendation of these 10 members, five Republican and five Democrats ousting Matt Gates is probably low, but let's not put the cart before the horse. So the ethics committee do their job. And so now it has reached the point where they have reached out to the Department of Justice. Now they have an issue to subpoena the Department of Justice. They've asked for a voluntary turnover of the documents in the Department of Justice's files. Now normally the Department of Justice, you know, it's voluntary. They don't have to cooperate with

the Ethics Committee, but I could see a world where the Biden Department of Justice decides to cooperate with the House Ethics Committee and turns over everything they got on Matt Gaetz, maybe except for the most highly sensitive information. I mean, they already have a deal in place with Greenberg, Joel Greenberg to testify, and I assume testify against Matt Gaetz. And there might be witness statements by Joel Greenberg as part of his plea deal. You know, he got a lesser sentence even though he went to jail. So if they don't, the question is, can the House Committee on Ethics subpoena

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It's driven by gates. And it was all based upon an ethics complaint that happened in the last Congress. That's the one that I'm talking about here on this hot take. He, McCarthy referring to Gates, would throw his country away to try to protect himself for what could come out as the truth. That's the ethics investigation about the sex

with a minor as alleged. And so this is that tangled world of law politics and justice that we sort of focus on a major on legal AF on the Midas Touch Network. And we bring this news to you so that you understand at least what the ethics committee is currently doing. And then I'll walk through with you who the ethics committee members are and then what I think happens next. Ethics committee members, this is one of those unique committees, as I said earlier in the hot take, that is not dominated by a Republican. There's no majority. It's five Republicans, five Democrats. The chairperson is a Republican because they're in the majority,

but they all have equal votes. So the chairman or the ranking members of the Republican side of the committee are Michael Guest guest who chairs the committee from Mississippi, David Joyce of Ohio, John Rutherford of Florida, Andrew Gabarino of New York, and Michelle Fishbach of Minnesota. On the Democratic side, the Democrat side, the ranking member is Susan Wilde of Pennsylvania, Veronica Escobar of Texas, Mark Dessolnier, or Dessolnier of California, Deborah K. Ross of North Carolina, and Glenn F. Ivy of Maryland. And so that's the group that's doing their work. Now, they'll prepare a report.

Let's say in the next three to six months, they conclude that Matt Gaetz, committed ethics violations, lied to the committee, has conduct unbecoming a member of the House and should be impeached. That'll be a report that gets turned over to the speaker of the House, whoever the speaker of the House is at that moment. I have to check my watch to see who the Republicans still have in there.

Could be the current guy who knows or that person could be removed by that point. And then they decide whether they're gonna put it to a floor vote. And at the current moment, of course, in the next, until November, the Republicans are barely in the majority in the house, but they are in the majority.

And so they'd have to vote on it, and Gates seems to be reasonably well respected among the, at least the right-wing MAGA conservatives of the caucus there And so the chances of him being voted out even if all the Democrats vote to oust him He's not going to get enough votes against him in the Republican side for that to happen But I think it's important from politics and justice and law that the committee and I'm pleasantly surprised that the committee is Continuing to do its work. I'm sure it's because it's evenly split Democrat and Republican and there's no way to stop it. And they take their

job seriously as a committee member. And I think it's important. I mean, we can we can poo poo it and say, oh, well, it won't lead to anywhere. But that doesn't mean it shouldn't be, it shouldn't be done. And it shouldn't be addressed by the ethics committee. So we'll continue to follow what happens with Matt Gates and the allegations that he had sex with a minor, used the legal drugs, showed pornography on the house floor and all the rest of the things that are in the ethics charge. One place, Legal AF and the Midas Touch Network.

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