Firebrand Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia has stepped in on behalf of Donald Trump’s embattled attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz, issuing a bizarre challenge to her Republican colleagues. .
As pressure mounts to release a Congressional report on sexual misconduct allegations that could invalidate Gates’ nomination, Taylor Greene has also released multiple reports of assault and sexual harassment against fellow Republicans. They also requested full disclosure.
She also said she filed one of the claims herself.
“To my Republican colleagues in the House and Senate, if you’re going to release an ethics report and tear apart your own ethics report that President Trump appointed, then release it all for the American people to see. Please,” Taylor Greene wrote in X magazine. The post had received 1.3 million views by 1pm ET on Tuesday.
“Yes. All the ethics reports and allegations, including the one I filed, all your sexual harassment and assault allegations that were secretly resolved at the expense of the victims with taxpayer money, Jeffrey Epstein’s It’s not just all the files, the tapes, the recordings, the witness interviews. They weren’t the only assets. If we’re going to dance, let’s all dance in the sunshine.” wrote.
She concluded with what appeared to be a veiled threat. “I definitely will.”
Although the seemingly disparate allegations remain unsolved, Taylor Greene’s intervention exposed the rift within the Republican Party caused by Trump’s nomination of Gaetz to be America’s top law official.
Republican senators have expressed enough opposition to overturn Trump’s nomination if they vote emotionally during his Senate confirmation hearings, scheduled after he returns to the White House. .
By resigning from Congress following Trump’s appointment, Gaetz delayed the release of the House Ethics Committee’s report into his misdemeanor allegations, which had been scheduled for last Friday.
Nevertheless, her fellow Republicans and senators have demanded its release for consideration in the confirmation process, which sparked Taylor Greene’s outburst.
The documents are believed to be highly damaging to Gates, who is accused of paying two women, including a 17-year-old minor, for sex in 2017. It was also stated that he had been taking drugs such as ecstasy. The charges were part of a two-year criminal investigation by the FBI into Mr. Gates’ alleged involvement in sex trafficking, but were later dismissed.
Lawyers for the woman who said she witnessed Gates’ actions have leaked further details of the incident to the U.S. media in recent days, raising pressure on the candidate and raising concerns that she may be called as a witness at the hearing. This has given rise to speculation that the hearing is now likely to turn into a public hearing. media circus.
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The depth of feelings fellow Republicans have toward Gaetz has been made clear in several television interviews.
Ohio Republican Rep. Max Miller told CNN that his statement that Gates should not be attorney general reflected the personal feelings of many people.
“I look at him as a member of Congress and the work he’s done here, and it’s been abhorrent,” he said. “I’m not alone in thinking this way. I just say the quiet parts out loud and I hope other colleagues have the same courage to do so, but as a member of Congress, should not be the most powerful law enforcement agency in our country, and we all know that. And he will not be approved.”
Texas Congressman Tony Gonzalez, who has previously called Gaetz and other far-right politicians “shitholes,” cryptically said: We are all still trying to figure out who he is, but soon the American people will know who he is. ”
