Report: Top Ethics Committee Democrat Leaked Matt Gaetz Report Details, Violating Sworn Oath

[mystery-ak]

Report: Top Ethics Committee Democrat Leaked Matt Gaetz Report Details, Violating Sworn Oath

Bradley Jaye 10 Dec 2024

Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA), the top Democrat on the House Ethics Committee, admitted to the panel that she violated her sworn oath and leaked details of the investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz to the press, The Hill reported Monday.

Leaks about the Gaetz investigation and the threat of its full release played a significant role in derailing Gaetz’s nomination by Donald Trump for attorney general.

The report from The Hill’s Mychael Schnell raises new questions about the motivations of the notoriously bipartisan committee, which restarted its investigations into Gaetz after a probe from Joe Biden’s Department of Justice ended without charges and continued even after the nominee resigned from the House and was no longer under the committee’s purview.

Chairman Michael Guest (R-MS) even signaled the Ethics Committee was likely to ignore Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) recommendation to withhold releasing its report, before Gaetz ultimately announced he would withdraw his nomination after obstinate senators concerned about the report’s contents refused to back him.

The Hill reports that Wild:

…was absent from the panel’s meeting last week after being traced as the source of leaks to the press regarding the investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz , sources told The Hill.

It remains unclear if Wild voluntarily skipped the Thursday gathering or was asked not to attend, what information she leaked and to whom, and how the panel tracked her back as being the leaker. Two sources said Wild ultimately acknowledged to the panel that she had leaked information.

Wild had expressed her anger after Guest told media following a November 20 meeting that the committee had not agreed to release the report. Wild took to the media to call that statement “inaccurate.”

Guest “betrayed the process by disclosing our deliberations within moments after walking out of the committee,” Wild said in justifying her own reasoning for going to the press.

Wild herself had previously told reporters that the Gaetz report should be released.

The committee is known for its intense secrecy and rarely issues an official statement to the press except when required by statute or House rules to provide notice of its actions.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/10/report-top-ethics-committee-democrat-leaked-matt-gaetz-report-details-violating-sworn-oath/

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Isn't it some joke that the Dem Ethics Committee head is unethical?

Speaker Johnson should arrest her.

[Timber Rattler]

Oh the irony...

[SZonian]

Since when do dems have ethics, or most politicos in DC for that matter?
What a joke.

[Smokin Joe]

No, dammit!

It's NOT okay when THEY do it!

That needs to be hammered home.

[mystery-ak]

Dec 10, 2024 -
Politics & Policy
Johnson calls for disciplinary action over Gaetz Ethics report leaks

    Juliegrace Brufke,
    Andrew Solender

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said there "ought to be repercussions" for anyone who leaked information related to the unreleased Ethics Committee probe into former Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) conduct.

Why it matters: The leaks, which have allegedly been traced to the panel's ranking member, Susan Wild (D-Pa.), could set a dangerous precedent if left unpunished, Johnson told Axios Tuesday

    "In my opinion, there ought to be repercussions for that," Johnson said in a hallway interview. "We can't set that as a precedent. It's dangerous."
    Johnson said he had not discussed the prospect of disciplinary action with House Ethics Chairman Michael Guest (R-Miss.) and did not elaborate on what he thought might be appropriate.

The latest: Guest told Axios later Tuesday that he hasn't spoken to Johnson for "a couple of weeks" but would be "happy to" discuss the situation allegedly involving Wild.

    But with Wild's pending departure from Congress in January, Guest said lawmakers "would be limited on anything that could possibly be done within the Ethics environment."
    Another House Republican close to GOP leadership told Axios they doubt there is time for any repercussions to occur.

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https://www.axios.com/2024/12/11/johnson-calls-for-disciplinary-action-over-gaetz-ethics-report-leaks

[Bigun]

Yet another corrupt Democrat (read Commie) rides off into a comfortable retirement at our expense. Ain't it wonderful?

 

[DefiantMassRINO]

I hope Wild was kicked off the Committee, and had her other committee assignments removed.

These things must be punished harshly.

This type of conduct impairs Government's ability to function and cheapens the value of ethics investigations.  Searches for truth devolve into political opposition research and gossip.

[PeteS in CA]

No consequences of significance, so she'd do it again if she thought it would sabotage Trump.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

    But with Wild's pending departure from Congress in January, Guest said lawmakers "would be limited on anything that could possibly be done within the Ethics environment."
    Another House Republican close to GOP leadership told Axios they doubt there is time for any repercussions to occur.

Damn is there isn't anything they could do.

What about stripping away all the benefits of an ex-Congressmen, including pension and medical care for life?

We need to get serious on this type of unethical behavior.