I won’t write about the specifics of the House Ethics Committed report on Matt Gaetz, it has already been able handled on this site.
What I will note that that in 2023, that Merrick Garland’s DoJ dropped its investigation of Gaetz, despite strong evidence of wrongdoing.
This sh%$ is pretty much black letter law:
Responsible coverage of the Gaetz report would add: paying a minor for sex alone is a violation of the federal sex trafficking statute, no transportation or coercion required (and an alleged trafficker not knowing an alleged victim’s age is not considered a defense) www.cbsnews.com/news/matt-ga...
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— Melissa Gira Grant (@melissagiragrant.com) December 23, 2024 at 8:07 AM
Thank you Merrick Garland for having secured your status as a worse Attorney General than John Mitchell, Edwin "Meathead" Meese, John Ashcroft, Alberto Gonzalez, Jeff Sessions, and William Barr.
The role of the US Attorney General is to fully and faithfully execute the laws, not to restore the reputation of the Department of Justice, and you have failed.
What’s more, prioritizing the “Reputation” of the DoJ is a fools errand, because you will be replaced by Pam Bondi, or Alex Jones, or the Stay-Puft Marshmallow man.