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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGaetz Runs Afoul of House Ethics Rules
https://politicalwire.com/2020/07/22/gretz-runs-afoul-of-house-ethics-rules/Gaetz Runs Afoul of House Ethics Rules
July 22, 2020 at 6:35 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has privately engaged in several spending practices in his nearly four years in office that appear to be in conflict with the Houses ethics rules, Politico report.
Gaetz, a close ally of President Donald Trump from the Florida Panhandle, improperly sent tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to a limited liability company linked to a speech-writing consultant who was ousted from the Trump administration, in direct conflict with House rules.
In another possible violation, a private company installed a television studio in his fathers home in Niceville, Fla., which Gaetz uses when he appears on television.
Taxpayers foot the bill to rent the television camera, and the private company that built the studio which Gaetz refuses to identify takes a fee each time he appears on air, his office said. Its unclear how much it cost the private company to construct the studio.
Gaetz, a close ally of President Donald Trump from the Florida Panhandle, improperly sent tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to a limited liability company linked to a speech-writing consultant who was ousted from the Trump administration, in direct conflict with House rules.
In another possible violation, a private company installed a television studio in his fathers home in Niceville, Fla., which Gaetz uses when he appears on television.
Taxpayers foot the bill to rent the television camera, and the private company that built the studio which Gaetz refuses to identify takes a fee each time he appears on air, his office said. Its unclear how much it cost the private company to construct the studio.
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Gaetz Runs Afoul of House Ethics Rules (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jul 2020
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joshdawg
(2,651 posts)1. Lock him up!
He deserves nothing less.
jaxexpat
(6,852 posts)2. ......and he was such a sweet boy back when he was a Girl Scout.
Just couldn't buy enough of his cookies. Then he joined the "young republicans". Cut his hair and nails. He's never been the same.
djacq
(1,634 posts)3. Isn't about time to kick this guy OUT?
Historic NY
(37,453 posts)4. Imagine having your own propaganda center built, in your fathers house.
What happened to his house with the whiter picket fence and his son Nester?
milestogo
(16,829 posts)5. I read the post as "Gaetz Runs out of House Ethics Rules"
And I thought, he's broken all the house ethics rules. What else is new...
BumRushDaShow
(129,543 posts)6. Start cranking up the House Ethics Committee machine!
George II
(67,782 posts)7. He runs afoul of Ethics Rules just by remaining in the House.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,472 posts)8. Busy building those Presidential bonafides.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)9. He is a republican.
Ethics are for democratic politicians, doncha know? His father must be SO proud of widdle drunk Matt. He never gets tired of making a total ASS of himself, all done with a smirk.