Two GOP Reps Voted To Force Release Of Gaetz Report

December 23, 2024 Infighting Is Funny, Republicans

The House Ethics Committee’s report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) had been poised to stay officially buried — until two centrist Republicans on the panel unexpectedly voted to release it, Axios has learned.

Reps. Dave Joyce [photol (R-Ohio) and Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.) sided with the committee’s five Democrats in voting to release the report, two sources familiar with the matter told Axios.

Chair Michael Guest (R-Miss.), along with Reps. Michelle Fischbach (R-Minn.) and John Rutherford (R-Fla.), opposed doing so, arguing the panel lost jurisdiction after Gaetz resigned, the sources said.

Read the full article. And now come the death threats.

Garbarino previously appeared here for taking credit for a rail funding bill that he voted against and for getting a death threat from a cultist angry about his vote for a separate infrastructure bill.

How the Matt Gaetz ethics report finally came out – Axios https://t.co/N7HS3zJ8QF

— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) December 23, 2024