"Who you talkin' 'bout, Willy?" Are you changing the subject to Matt Gaetz? Or George Santos?
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http://www.newsweek.com/could-matt-gaetz-expelled-house-gop-ethics-kevin-mccarthy-1831427
Could Matt Gaetz Be Expelled? What We Know as Republicans Turn on Him.
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"Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz could face expulsion proceedings from the House of Representatives as his fellow Republicans appear to grow weary of his personal vendetta against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, according to reports.
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"House GOP members are said to be looking into trying to oust Gaetz from the party if the findings of an Ethics Committee report into allegations of sex trafficking, bribery and drug use against the congressman reveals findings of guilt.
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"The committee has been investigating the allegations against Gaetz since 2021, which the Republican has long denied. The allegations are believed to overlap a Justice Department probe into claims Gaetz had sex with a teenage girl and paid for her to travel with him, including over state lines for prostitution. The Justice Department confirmed in February that it would not bring forward charges against the Florida Republican as part of the sex trafficking investigation. ...
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"Any attempt to expel Gaetz from the House would require a two-thirds majority vote. In the entire history of the United States, only five members of the House of Representatives have been expelled. The last House member to be removed from office was Ohio Congressman James Traficant in 2002 after he was convicted on corruption charges. ...
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" "No one can stand him at this point. A smart guy without morals," one Republican House member told Fox News. The quote was also posted on X, formerly Twitter, by Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich. In response to the claims, Gaetz posted a mocked-up image of several people pointing guns at his face. ...
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"Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich asked on social media if Gaetz was "secretly an agent for the Democratic Party?" because of his attempts to remove McCarthy via a motion to vacate. ...
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"Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz could face expulsion proceedings from the House of Representatives as his fellow Republicans appear to grow weary of his personal vendetta against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, according to reports. House GOP members are said to be looking into trying to oust Gaetz from the party if the findings of an Ethics Committee report into allegations of sex trafficking, bribery and drug use against the congressman reveals findings of guilt.
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"The committee has been investigating the allegations against Gaetz since 2021, which the Republican has long denied. The allegations are believed to overlap a Justice Department probe into claims Gaetz had sex with a teenage girl and paid for her to travel with him, including over state lines for prostitution. The Justice Department confirmed in February that it would not bring forward charges against the Florida Republican as part of the sex trafficking investigation. ...
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"Any attempt to expel Gaetz from the House would require a two-thirds majority vote. In the entire history of the United States, only five members of the House of Representatives have been expelled. The last House member to be removed from office was Ohio Congressman James Traficant in 2002 after he was convicted on corruption charges. ...
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"A Republican lawmaker also noted the findings of the Ethics Committee investigation into Gaetz could see the Florida congressman ousted. "We want him out," the lawmaker told CNN. ...
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"Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich asked on social media if Gaetz was "secretly an agent for the Democratic Party?" because of his attempts to remove McCarthy via a motion to vacate. "No one else is doing as much to undermine, weaken and cripple the House GOP," Gingrich wrote on X. However, in a follow-up post, the former Georgia congressman said the alleged effort to expel Gaetz for being a "destructive, irresponsible anti-Republican may be a step too far."
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" "Expulsion from the House requires a two-thirds vote. However expelling him from the House Republican Conference and eliminating all his committee assignments and all resources other than those an individual member is entitled to would be a rational response to his suicidal efforts to cripple the House GOP," Gingrich said. ...
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"New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who said she would "absolutely" support a motion to remove McCarthy as House Speaker, questioned why the GOP would try to expel Gaetz and not New York Republican George Santos. Santos has been being charged with numerous offenses including embezzling money from his campaign, falsely receiving unemployment funds and lying to Congress about his finances.
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""The idea that Republicans would expel Gaetz over creating political headaches for themselves but not Santos over indictment on 13 Federal charges, including 7 counts of wire fraud and 2 counts of lying to Congress, seems wild," Ocasio-Cortez posted on X. "They'd be setting themselves up for the entire cycle." ... "
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