FL Bar Complaint Filed Against Gaetz For SCIF Stunt

The Miami New Times reports:

The Miami-Dade Democratic Party on Thursday filed a formal bar complaint against Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz (R), urging the Florida Bar to sanction the Trump acolyte for storming a secure congressional facility during the closed-door phase of the impeachment inquiry.

As previously reported at the time, a faction of approximately two dozen House GOP members, led by Gaetz, barged into the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, also known as a SCIF, interrupting the deposition of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper.

The group then refused to leave the facility, yelling and shouting down the procedure as a “sham process.” The complaint also alleged that Gaetz’s stunt violated Florida Bar rules prohibiting attorneys from willfully obstructing evidence gathering procedures and knowingly violating the rules of a tribunal.