{"id":2371394,"date":"2024-11-20T16:51:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T21:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swalwell-deems-gaetz-drama-distraction-from-trumps-plan-to-punish-enemies-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T16:53:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T21:53:14","slug":"swalwell-deems-gaetz-drama-distraction-from-trumps-plan-to-punish-enemies-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swalwell-deems-gaetz-drama-distraction-from-trumps-plan-to-punish-enemies-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Swalwell deems Gaetz drama \u2018distraction\u2019 from Trump\u2019s plan to \u2018punish\u2019 enemies &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fswalwell-deems-gaetz-drama-distraction-from-trumps-plan-to-punish-enemies-washington-examiner%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=2371394&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--><p>Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) criticized the ongoing investigation into former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, stating \u2062that it \u2064is a\u200b &#8220;distraction&#8221; from \u2063more significant issues surrounding President-elect Donald \u200dTrump&#8217;s \u2062nomination of Gaetz \u200bas attorney general. Swalwell argued \u200bthat the focus on the House Ethics Committee&#8217;s report, which has been pending for\u2062 three years, diverts \u200dattention away \u2062from Gaetz&#8217;s potential role in politically targeting Trump&#8217;s perceived enemies. He emphasized concerns\u200c that Gaetz would prioritize loyalty \u200dto Trump \u200cover crucial\u200c matters such as corruption and national security. Additionally, Swalwell contended that \u2063Trump&#8217;s choice to nominate Gaetz reflects a disregard for the electorate&#8217;s concerns about border security \u200band economic\u2063 issues. He suggested that voters may not view Gaetz as a credible\u2064 candidate for\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-gop-house-candidate-jarome-bell-calls-1-8-trillion-spending-bill-a-communist-christmas-list\/\" title=\"Exclusive -- GOP House Candidate Jarome Bell Calls .8 Trillion Spending Bill a \u2019Communist Christmas List\u2019\">attorney general position<\/a> if there remains unresolved scrutiny about his past conduct.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Swalwell deems Gaetz drama &lsquo;distraction&rsquo; from Trump&rsquo;s plan to &lsquo;punish&rsquo; enemies<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1885649\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-swalwell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Eric Swalwell<\/a> (D-CA) argued the drama over whether or not the House Ethics Committee will release its investigative report on former Florida Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/matt-gaetz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Matt Gaetz<\/a> is a &ldquo;distraction&rdquo; from President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s plan for his nominee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s nominee for attorney general, Gaetz, has been one of the most controversial among his Cabinet picks, specifically because the former representative was subject <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3234893\/democrats-letter-house-ethics-committee-release-gaetz-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">to a House Ethics Committee investigation for three years<\/a>. When asked about the possibility of the report being released and showing that Gaetz committed no wrongdoing, Swalwell theorized that the discussion this report is creating is drawing attention away from &ldquo;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-legacy-media-convinced-americans-that-andrew-cuomo-was-a-hero\/\" title=\"How The Legacy Media Convinced Americans That Andrew Cuomo Was A Hero\">real issues<\/a>&rdquo; with Trump&rsquo;s nominee.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, I actually think the report is a little bit of a distraction about the real issues with Matt Gaetz, which is that he is going to go in and politically punish Donald Trump&lsquo;s perceived enemies,&rdquo; Swalwell said on CNN&rsquo;s <em>NewsCenter<\/em>. &ldquo;And he&rsquo;s going to do all of that work at the cost of us not investigating money laundering, corruption, counterterrorism, counterintelligence issues because he&rsquo;s just going to be a lapdog for Donald Trump. And he&rsquo;s actually told us that&rsquo;s what he&rsquo;s going to do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2702896&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=3d075ece17480330ec45a590ef608318\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Swalwell added that Trump&rsquo;s nomination of Gaetz shows that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">president-elect<\/a> is ignoring what the majority of voters asked of him, suggesting people cared about border security and lowering the cost of living. He also contended that voters would not take Gaetz seriously as attorney general if his &ldquo;dirty laundry&rdquo; is hidden by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House Republicans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Swalwell&rsquo;s claims that Trump will <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">enact retribution run counter<\/a> to recent comments from the president-elect, who told Fox News Digital that he is not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-potential-motive-for-virgina-beach-shooting-released\/\" title=\"Report: Potential motive for Virgina Beach shooting released\">seeking retribution<\/a> nor being able &ldquo;to destroy people who treated me very unfairly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am always looking to give a second and even third chance, but never willing to give a fourth chance &mdash; that is where I hold the line,&rdquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-says-media-vital-making-america-great-again-vows-work-free-fair-open-press\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> said Trump<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3225215\/jim-jordan-cold-water-trump-campaign-retribution-promises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">dismissed the possibility of Trump seeking retribution against his political enemies<\/a>, pointing to how the former president did not do so &ldquo;in his first term.&rdquo; He also contended that the Republican Party is opposed to &ldquo;going after your opponents using lawfare.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1885649\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1885649\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swalwell calls Gaetz controversy a &#8216;distraction&#8217; from Trump&#8217;s agenda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2371395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Swalwell-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5843,3624,5894,6741,3634],"class_list":["post-2371394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-distraction","tag-gaetz","tag-politics","tag-swalwell","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Swalwell-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371394","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2371394"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2371398,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371394\/revisions\/2371398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2371395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2371394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2371394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2371394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}