{"id":2053000,"date":"2023-10-02T19:35:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T23:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-plotting-against-matt-gaetz-seek-his-expulsion-from-congress-reports\/"},"modified":"2023-10-02T19:36:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T23:36:59","slug":"house-gop-plotting-against-matt-gaetz-seek-his-expulsion-from-congress-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-plotting-against-matt-gaetz-seek-his-expulsion-from-congress-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP allegedly planning to expel Matt Gaetz from Congress, per reports."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-gop-plotting-against-matt-gaetz-seek-his-expulsion-from-congress-reports%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2053000&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>House GOP Plotting Against Matt Gaetz, Seek His Expulsion from Congress: Reports<\/h2>\n<p>As Rep. Matt Gaetz\u200b looks to remove Kevin McCarthy from the speakership, some within his own party are seeking to remove Gaetz \u2014\u2064 from Congress\u200c entirely.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz has \u200dsaid repeatedly that he planned to move to \u2062vacate the \u2063speakership \u201cthis week,\u201d a move that, if successful, would remove McCarthy \u200bfrom the \u2062role \u200band force another, or \u200dpotentially \u2062a series\u2063 of votes, to determine his successor.<\/p>\n<p>However, Gaetz is\u200b the subject \u2062of a House Ethics Committee \u2063investigation \u2064that\u2064 is expected to wrap up soon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-gop-members-seek-expel-gaetz-renewed-threat-vacate-house-speaker-mccarthy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> reported\u200d Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>One unnamed Republican House member reportedly told Fox that the \u2064report\u2063 was\u2063 \u201cmostly written,\u201d\u200c but they didn\u2019t know what it concluded about the\u2064 representative \u200cfrom Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one can stand him at this point,\u201d the\u200b source told Fox News White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich. \u201cA smart \u200cguy without morals.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">House GOP \u200cmembers are \u200cseeking to\u2062 quickly expel Gaetz if the ethics report comes \u2063back with findings of guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Following threats to \u2062vacate McCarthy, one tells me \u201cNo\u200c one can stand him at this point.\u2064 A smart guy \u200dwithout morals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacqui \u2062Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacquiHeinrich\/status\/1708471523340607809?\">October 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Ethics Committee reopened an investigation into Gaetz\u200c earlier \u2064this year, after the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/republican-not-off-hook-yet-impeachment-acquittal-bidens-doj-will-make-sure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Justice<\/a> announced it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/matt-gaetz-cleared-doj-officially-decides-not-charge-congressman-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would not charge Gaetz<\/a> in connection with allegations of drug use, corruption and sexual misconduct with a \u200bminor.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 committee had previously\u200d been investigating Gaetz, \u200cbut\u2062 put that on hold until the DOJ announced its \u2064findings.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u2064 various outlets including <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/house-ethics-committee-requests-interviews-documents-reopened-gaetz\/story?id=101229160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a> reported in\u2064 July that the House committee\u2062 had \u200dresumed \u200bit work \u2062and was seeking documents and witness interviews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u2062 Ethics Committee typically \u200coperates through leaks and so\u200b this\u2063 is no surprise, but the\u200d Ethics Committee has never found me to be in \u200cviolation of\u200d House rules, though they\u2019ve \u2063been investigating me \u200bduring my entire\u2063 seven years in Congress,\u201d\u2062 Gaetz \u2064told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/13\/politics\/matt-gaetz-house-ethics-committee-investigation\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, a formerly close friend of \u200dGaetz, \u200dformer Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg, \u2064received an \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/friday-afternoon-update-intel-leaker-hearing-and-theranos-founders-appeal\/\" title=\"Friday Afternoon Update: Intel Leaker Hearing And Theranos Founder\u2019s Appeal\">11-year prison sentence<\/a> as part of a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-plotting-against-matt-gaetz-seek-his-expulsion-from-congress-reports\/\" title=\"House GOP allegedly planning to expel Matt Gaetz from Congress, per reports.\">plea \u2064deal involving wire fraud<\/a> and the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disney-employees-school-coach-among-219-snared-sweeping-florida-sex-trafficking-sting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sex trafficking<\/a> of a\u200b minor, \u200bABC noted.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz has, of course, denied all \u2064wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>If\u200b the committee report fails to\u200c clear \u200bhim, Gaetz will likely face a motion to expel him from the House. For\u200b the motion to succeed, two-thirds of the House would have to\u2062 vote \u2063in \u2062favor\u200b of it.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2062was not immediately \u2062clear how much support\u2064 the motion would have, although presumably most House Democrats would \u2063join with some Republicans in voting for Gaetz\u2019 ouster.<\/p>\n<p>Some House \u2064Democrats, however, might prefer to keep \u2064Gaetz in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-gaetz-says-will-seek-oust-mccarthy-speaker-week-calls-new-house-leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">current role<\/a>, serving as\u2063 a perpetual thorn in Speaker McCarthy\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz \u201cis Joe Biden\u2019s favorite Republican because he causes a lot of confusion and dissension inside the party itself,\u201d fellow Florida Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez \u200btold <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6338203147112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox<\/a> in an interview \u200dSunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf \u2062it weren\u2019t for Matt Gaetz, we would have had\u200d a funding resolution that actually controlled the border and would \u200chave \u200bhad close to\u200d 10 percent \u2064cuts in government,\u201d he added. \u201cBut because\u2062 of\u200c Matt Gaetz, we didn\u2019t get either one \u2062of\u200c those.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-gop-plotting-matt-gaetz-seek-expulsion-congress-reports\/\">House GOP Plotting Against Matt Gaetz, Seek His \u2064Expulsion from Congress: Reports<\/a> appeared first \u200con \u2064 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why is Rep. \u2064Matt Gaetz facing\u200d a House Ethics Committee investigation?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Prominent member of the Republican Party, Rep. Matt Gaetz, made headlines when he announced his intention to remove Kevin McCarthy from the speakership. However, recent reports indicate that some\u2062 members within his own party are aiming to remove Gaetz from Congress\u200c altogether. Gaetz is currently the subject of a \u2062House Ethics Committee investigation,\u200c which is\u2063 expected to conclude soon.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News reported on Sunday that the House Ethics Committee investigation into Gaetz is nearing its end. According to an \u2063unnamed \u200cRepublican House\u2062 member \u200dwho spoke to\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-73976-ballots-released-by-maricopa-county-56-1-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"BREAKING: 73,976 Ballots Released By Maricopa County \u2014 56.1% FOR DONALD TRUMP\">news outlet<\/a>, the investigation report is\u200b mostly written, but the contents and conclusion \u2064regarding\u2062 Gaetz&#8217;s actions are \u200dstill unknown.<\/p>\n<p>It \u200cis evident that Gaetz&#8217;s reputation\u200d within his party has taken \u200ca significant hit, as the same Republican House member criticized his character, stating that\u2063 &#8220;No \u2062one can stand him at \u200dthis\u2063 point. \u2063A \u200bsmart guy without morals.&#8221; Such negative sentiments indicate that Gaetz&#8217;s position \u200dwithin\u200b the GOP is precarious.<\/p>\n<p>The Ethics Committee first reopened its investigation\u2064 into \u2064Gaetz\u200c earlier this year after \u200bthe Department \u200dof Justice\u200c opted not to \u2063charge him \u2063in\u200d connection with the allegations\u2063 of drug use, \u200ccorruption, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-more-men-linked-to-netflix-doc-charged-with-sexual-misconduct-with-minors\/\" title=\"Two More Men Linked To Netflix Doc Charged With Sexual Misconduct With Minors\">sexual misconduct involving<\/a> a minor. \u200dThe committee had previously \u2064suspended its investigation until the\u200d DOJ&#8217;s findings were \u200dreleased.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the \u2062DOJ&#8217;s decision not to \u200cpress charges, the\u2064 House Ethics Committee continued its \u2064inquiry\u2063 into Gaetz. In July, various outlets,\u200c including \u2063ABC News, reported that the committee had \u200cresumed its work and was \u200dseeking documents \u200dand witness interviews related to the case.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the \u2063ongoing \u2062investigation, Gaetz told CNN in July that the\u200b Ethics \u2063Committee&#8217;s activities were not surprising, stating, &#8220;The Ethics Committee typically operates through\u2063 leaks, and so this is no\u2062 surprise. But the Ethics \u2064Committee has \u2062never found me to be in \u2062violation of House rules, though \u200cthey&#8217;ve been investigating me during my entire seven years \u200cin Congress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These developments have cast a shadow of\u200b doubt\u2064 over \u200dGaetz&#8217;s political future. If the Ethics Committee\u200c finds \u200bGaetz \u2063guilty, \u2064House GOP members\u2063 are reportedly seeking his swift expulsion from Congress.\u200b This would be a significant blow to Gaetz&#8217;s ambitions\u2062 and could\u2064 potentially signal the end of his political\u200b career.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to\u200b be seen how the Ethics Committee&#8217;s investigation will conclude, but Gaetz will have to wait\u200d anxiously for its\u2064 findings. In \u200ba politically charged atmosphere, his reputation is at stake, \u200dand the\u200b outcome of this investigation could have far-reaching consequences\u2062 not only for him but also for the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Rep. Matt Gaetz&#8217;s \u200bposition \u2062within the Republican \u200dParty is under threat as some members\u200d seek to remove him from Congress. The ongoing House Ethics Committee investigation into Gaetz&#8217;s actions \u200dhas taken a toll on \u2064his \u200breputation, and if the report confirms his \u2063guilt,\u200b expulsion from Congress may be imminent. \u200bThese developments highlight the\u200b deep divisions and challenges\u200b within the GOP, as \u200dit grapples with internal conflicts and seeks to maintain its political standing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Matt Gaetz aims to oust Kevin McCarthy from the speakership, but some in his party want Gaetz removed from Congress altogether. Gaetz has vowed to vacate the speakership this week, potentially displacing McCarthy and triggering a new leadership selection process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2010,"featured_media":2053001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2053000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2010"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2053000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2053001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2053000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2053000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2053000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}