Due to the opposition of Republicans, the House of Representatives Ethics Committee, former Congressman Matt Gaetz, who was nominated by Donald Trump, the 47th President of the United States, to the Department of Justice, accused “paying money to 2 women for sexual intercourse”, “having sexual intercourse with an underage girl” and ” He was facing charges such as “drug use”.
HE MADE A STATEMENT
An investigation was conducted in the Ethics Committee due to the accusations against Gaetz, and a report was prepared as a result of this investigation. It was noted that despite public pressure, Trump opposed the release of the report in question. After all these allegations, a new development took place. Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida, whom Trump nominated as Secretary of Justice, withdrew his candidacy.
“We have no time to waste on an unnecessarily prolonged fight in Washington, so I am withdrawing my candidacy for Attorney General,” Gaetz said. “Trump’s Justice Department should be in place and ready on his first day in office,” he said.
“I APPRECATE THE LAST EFFORTS”
Making a statement after Gaetz’s decision to withdraw, Trump said, “I appreciate Matt Gaetz’s recent efforts to be confirmed as Attorney General. He was doing very well, but at the same time he didn’t want to be a distraction for management, whom he respected very much. “Matt has a great future ahead of him and I can’t wait to see all the great things he will do.”
SEXUAL HARASSMENT ACCUSED AGAINST THE DEFENSE MINISTER CANDIDATE
A police report has been published regarding the allegation that Fox News host Pete Hegseth, whom Trump nominated for the Ministry of Defense, sexually harassed a woman in 2017.
According to the 22-page police report made public, a woman whose real name was withheld and given as Jane Doe claimed that she was forcibly detained by Hegseth at a hotel in California in October 2017.
Doe stated that she met Hegseth at an event organized by the California Republican Women’s Federation, where Hegseth was a speaker.
Stating that she could not remember everything exactly that night because she was drunk, Doe stated that when she woke up, she realized that she found herself in Hegseth’s room. Although she persistently wanted to leave the room, Hegseth first confiscated her phone and then prevented her from leaving the door, and that she was sexually harassed.
Hegseth’s lawyer, Timothy Palatore, in his written statement following the announced report, stated that the incident was investigated by the police at that time and that no charges were filed against Hegseth after it was determined that the allegations were unfounded.
HIS FIRST MARRIAGE ENDED DUE TO ‘INFALOY’
Palatore shared the information that his client reached an agreement by agreeing to pay a certain amount to Doe in December 2020, thinking that his career would be damaged if the allegations were made public.
The sexual harassment allegation against Hegseth was first brought to the agenda last week, and Trump’s Defense Secretary candidate denied the allegations and argued that his contact with Doe was “consensual”.
In court records, at the time of the accusations in 2017, it was shown that Hegseth was in the process of divorcing his second wife, with whom he had three children, and the reason was that it was revealed that he had a child with his current wife, a Fox News producer.
US media shared the information that Hegseth’s first marriage ended in 2009, again due to “infidelity”.
REPUBLICAN OBSTACLE TO ‘SEXUAL ABUSE’ REPORT
Susan Wild, the ranking Democrat on the House Ethics Committee, rejected claims that the committee agreed not to share the report.
Wild said the statement was unavailable because five Republican members of the 10-member committee voted against releasing Gaetz’s report on “sexual misconduct” allegations.
Democratic member Wild shared the information that the committee will reconvene on December 5 and continue its discussions on the report.
Following the deadlock, Democrats announced that they would request a vote in the House of Representatives to publish the report, while Democratic Representative Sean Casten announced that he would try to submit a motion to force the vote.
“The allegations against Matt Gaetz are serious, they are credible. The House Ethics Committee has conducted a comprehensive investigation for years to get to the bottom of this matter,” Casten said. he said.