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Summary

Sen. Lindsey Graham defended Matt Gaetz, Trump’s nominee for attorney general, saying allegations of sexual misconduct should not disqualify him based on “a media report.”

Gaetz denies the claims, which include sexual misconduct with a high school student, drug use, and improper gifts, asserting they were part of an extortion plot.

While the FBI convicted someone for extortion related to the allegations, Gaetz was not charged.

Some Senate Republicans, like Sen. John Cornyn, are pressing for the release of a bipartisan House Ethics Committee report on the matter.

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[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 131 points 2 months ago (2 children)

...a bipartisan House Ethics Committee report...

See, thing is, that's not a media report.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 43 points 2 months ago (1 children)

the fact he's a raging asshole who likes to pay underage girls for sex isn't, either. it's just straight facts.

[–] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

You can't argue facts with the party of feelings. They claim to be strong but they're so terrified of losing their positions of power (socially, politically, etc.) that they have no choice but to deny the truth. They've turned the truth political. (The recent pathetic (predominantly social media) responses to the 60 minutes opening about his cabinet picks is an excellent example of this.)

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

The fact that they are voting not to release it tells you all you need to know. If they had a report that cleared him, they would have immediately released it.

[–] Rottcodd@lemmy.world 76 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Lindsey Graham can always be counted on to suck up to whichever Republican is currently getting the most headlines.

[–] BeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lindsey Graham can always be counted on to suck the dick ~~of whichever Republican is currently getting the most headlines.~~

[–] Rottcodd@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Sorry - I edited that because I could just see some tight-assed mod getting all twisted up over it, and I wanted the underlying message to not get deleted, and only saw your response after the fact.

But now that you mention it...

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Most compromised politician in the US. At this point, I'm convinced that his handlers won't let him just retire, and will use him for shit like this until he's demented.

[–] Rottcodd@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Hmm...

I actually hadn't thought about it that way - to the degree that I thought about it at all, I guess I pretty much assumed that opportunistic sycophancy was just his nature.

But yeah - now that I am thinking about it, it is quite likely that to the degree that it's not his own nature, it's a role he has to play at the behest of and on the behalf of his patrons.

And the only other thing I've really noticed about Graham is that pretty much no matter what he's doing or saying, there's this ongoing low level sense of sleaze that just sort of emanates from him. He just seems like the sort of "conservative" with a sex dungeon in his basement and a bunch of highly specialized escort services on speed-dial.

Which ties in neatly.

[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago

I actually totally agree, here... Instead of relying on various media spin, we should be basing our opinions on the official report from the House Ethics Committee. Release the fuckin' report.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 months ago

Someone should absolutely be disqualified from being a DA when they can't be a prime example of being a law-abiding citizen.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

WTF does disqualify anyone for anything at this point? Let me guess... being a Democrat? Not bending over quickly enough when Trump walks up behind you?

[–] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Mainly being a Democrat at the point.

Did you see MGT is going to help Musk and Vivek? She's going to cut every Dem program and ensure every Dem employee is fired before any Republican employee.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lmao. This fucking guy.

Gríma Wormtongue had more redeeming qualities than this toady. And he ate a fucking hobbit!

[–] Xanis@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And he ate a fucking hobbit!

W-wait. Hold up. No way...

Edit: IMPLIED. Somehow I'm relieved. Given the character I'm not wholly sure why.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

LOL, this is the party that was demanding a long form birth certificate from Obama based on their crazy conspiracies.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

How about an FBI investigation with Venmo receipts?

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Vocabulary word of the day: Quisling

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes they abso-fucking-lutely should.

[–] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No, he's right. Nobody should be disqualified for a media report. All that would do is lead to everybody throwing wild accusations against everybody else.

However, reports from FBI investigations and the House Ethics Committee absolutely should be grounds for disqualification.

[–] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

If it was just a "media report," then you wouldn't have any problems releasing it.

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Well of course Lindsey Graham, anti-gay activist and well-known gay prostitute hirer, doesn't want ethics reports coming out. He hates coming out.