Prelude To Detroit: Matt Gaetz Handles Sean Hannity But Who Handles Him?

Matt Gaetz has been quite colorful in his psyoptics.

Cocktails & Popcorn: Michael Cohen, Matt Gaetz, Nancy Pelosi, Rashida Tlaib & Ethics - Stripping Attorney Client Privilege

The article, below, was found as I was trying to find out which rock Sean Hannity slid beneath.

The reporting claims House Ethics released a report.

I searched House Ethics for the report, but found nothing which led me to believe the matter was referred to the OIG, which in turn, may have referred to his Florida District U.S. Attorney Office, which may have been the source of this article, but, hey, what do I know?

I know messy leakiness when I see it because Matt was mean to my Sweetie.

Neither do I know if Matt is going to be stripped of his right to keep and bear the arms of the United States if he is defrocked of his law license.

#maytheheavensfall

Sean Hannity advised Gaetz on deleting Cohen tweet

Fox News’s Sean Hannity advised Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) about a tweet that was perceived as threatening to President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen in 2019, according to a House Ethics Committee's report released on Friday.

The report on Gaetz included screenshots from a text conversation between Hannity and the Florida representative with the handwritten label “conservation with Sean Hannity on Feb 27th.”

That 2019 text conversation and the ethics investigation were centered on a tweet by Gaetz that suggested Cohen had not been faithful to his wife. The tweet came one day before the president’s former lawyer was scheduled to testify before a House committee.

Democrats and legal experts accused Gaetz of participating in witness tampering with the tweet, prompting the lawmaker to apologize. The House Ethics Committee admonished Gaetz for his Cohen tweet, saying it "did not meet the standards by which Members of the House should govern themselves."

The text exchange included in the report began with one from Gaetz: “F---ers are coming for my law license. You were right. We all spend our time in the barrel.”

“Run this shit by me!!!” Hannity replied. “You won’t lose the license.”

The Fox News host said it was “smart to pull it down and say what u said. It will pass. Attention span of people is zero. Just learn from it.”

The Florida lawmaker followed up by asking how long he should “lay low.” Hannity answered, “Just a while” and encouraged Gaetz to reach out to Cohen or his lawyer Lanny Davis.

“Just say you were upset at what was transpiring and meant it as a question, not a statement,” Hannity wrote. “And u would never threaten anyone. In retrospect it was poorly written and you wish u didn’t send it. That’s a CYA,” using an acronym for “cover your ass.”

Hannity then provided Gaetz with contact information for Cohen and Davis but instructed the lawmaker to send the apology to “me first.”

Gaetz sent a draft of the apology to Hannity. Another screenshot shows the Florida representative saying, “Cohen asked me to post apology and pls ask ppl to leave his family alone. I did. It felt good.”

Hannity responded, “Good,” and Gaetz followed up by saying, “You are amazing. Thank you.”

Fox News and Gaetz’s office did not immediately return a request for comment.

In February 2019, the Florida lawmaker posted the tweet in question to Cohen. It said, “Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends? Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. I wonder if she’ll remain faithful when you’re in prison. She’s about to learn a lot.”

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Gaetz tweeted an apology hours after posting the tweet, saying it was not his “intent to threaten.”

"While it is important 2 create context around the testimony of liars like Michael Cohen, it was NOT my intent to threaten, as some believe I did," he tweeted. "I’m deleting the tweet & I should have chosen words that better showed my intent. I’m sorry."

Months later, the Florida Bar determined there was “no probable cause” that Gaetz broke its rules with his tweet on Cohen.

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Tales Of The New Crown: Did Judiciary Majority Members Infect Trump?

This is not good.

If Judiciary Majority Members must self quarantine, will there be network analysis to find out if the members of CPAC are infected?

What if Trump is infected?

Are Judiciary Minority Members at risk?

We had better encourage self containment for them, too.

Will Emergency Manager Emperor Pence soon reign, considering that he already has his Procurement Consortia Task Force, in place.

I wonder if Mick Mulvaney is going to infect Ireland because you know darn well Mark Meadows probably did not do any elbow bumps with him. 

Who shall be the next Chief of Staff to go....?

I wonder if there are any benchmarks for legal determination of a constitutional crisis, or is that a matter yet to unfold.

#maytheheavensfall

Meadows, Other Members Of Congress Self-Quarantine After CPAC Coronavirus Exposure

"What should I do with this cup?"

Reps. Mark Meadows, Doug Collins, and Matt Gaetz said Monday that they are self-quarantining after learning they came in contact with a person infected with coronavirus while attending a conservative conference in the Washington area last month.

Rep. Mark Meadows, who is the incoming White House chief of staff, is one of several members who attended last month's Conservative Political Action Conference. At least one attendee has tested positive for coronavirus. Meadows says he has no symptoms and tested negative. But, his spokesperson said, "out of an abundance of caution ... he'll remain at home until the 14 day period expires this Wednesday."

That brings the number of congressional lawmakers who are self-quarantining over coronavirus concerns to six.

Both Collins and Gaetz have been in close contact with Trump in recent days. Reporters traveling with the president saw Gaetz board Air Force One on Monday.

Neither have reported any symptoms, but said their decisions to self-quarantine were also taken out of an abundance of caution.

Collins, R-Ga., ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, said on Twitter that he was notified by officials from CPAC that they discovered a photo of him with someone who had tested positive for coronavirus.

Meadows giving Trump the Cooties

"While I feel completely healthy and I am not experiencing any symptoms, I have decided to self-quarantine at my home for the remainder of the 14-day period out of an abundance of caution," Collins said.

Gaetz, R-Fla., said his decision to self-quarantine came after the same realization: that he came in contact with a CPAC attendee 11 days ago who tested positive for coronavirus.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas and Rep Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., who also attended CPAC, announced that they were taking the same step.

Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Paul Gosar Self-Quarantine After Coronavirus Exposure At CPAC

According to the office, the unidentified individual is from New Jersey and was ill during CPAC, which ran from Feb. 26 to Feb. 29. The person was hospitalized and his symptoms worsened when he returned to New Jersey.

The patient was able to recall names of people he had been in contact with at CPAC, including the four members of Congress who have announced self-quarantines, according to the office.

The risk of becoming infected for the members of Congress remains low, the office said.

Before announcing his quarantine, Gaetz was aboard Air Force One with Trump earlier Monday.

Reporters traveling with the president saw Gaetz boarding the president's plane via the front steps.

In a press briefing on Monday, Vice President Mike Pence said he did not know whether Trump was tested for the coronavirus, but the White House later clarified that he has not.

"Matt Gaetz for Congress"

"The President has not received COVID-19 testing because he has neither had prolonged close contact with any known confirmed COVID-19 patients, nor does he have any symptoms," White House Spokesperson Stephanie Grisham said in a statement. "President Trump remains in excellent health, and his physician will continue to closely monitor him."

Last week, Gaetz was seen wearing a biohazard gas mask on Capitol Hill, a move criticized as a publicity stunt. Gaetz defended the decision as a way of demonstrating his concern.

Rep. Louie Gohmert says he also learned over the weekend that he had potentially been exposed to the virus at CPAC, but will not self-quarantine. He said the House physician referred him to a top physician at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who cleared him to return to Washington. "I took the advice of the expert and returned to work," he tweeted.

Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, says he is also under self-quarantine after interacting with the infected person at CPAC. Schlapp introduced President Trump and shook his hand at the conference on Feb. 29 before the president delivered remarks.

"The president of the United States, as we all know, is quite a hand washer," White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham told Fox News. "He uses hand sanitizer all the time. So he's not concerned about this at all."

Another member of Congress, Julia Brownley, D-Calif., said on Monday that she, too, is self-quarantining upon learning that a person she spoke to in Washington last week tested positive for coronavirus.

"Out of an abundance of absolute caution, my DC staff and I are self-monitoring and maintaining social distancing practices. Neither I, nor my staff, are experiencing any symptoms at this time," Brownley said in a statement.

The coronavirus outbreak is also causing members of Congress to cancel events. For instance, Rep. Josh Harder, D-Calif., announced he has cancelled a planned town hall next week and will hold a coronavirus telephone town hall instead.

At a meeting on Monday with congressional leaders, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was reportedly asked about the prospect of lawmakers voting remotely, but Pelosi shot down the idea.

"We're here, and we're working," said Pelosi, according to a source in the meeting.

There are no plans to change the congressional schedule, the source said.

The outbreak, which has spread to more than 100 counties, has so far claimed the lives of more than two dozen Americans and roiled financial markets.

The Trump administration has summoned Wall Street executives to the White House for a meeting on Wednesday about the impacts of coronavirus on the economy, a person familiar with the meeting confirmed.

The meeting comes after the Dow plunged more than 2,000 points on Monday, its most dramatic drop since the financial crisis of 2008.

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Cocktails & Popcorn: Michael Cohen, Matt Gaetz, Nancy Pelosi, Rashida Tlaib & Ethics - Stripping Attorney Client Privilege

Always enjoy a frothy, cold beer from back home
before you get thrown under the bus.

I am hoping someone files a similar ethics action on Rashida Tlaib, and her rogue ass crew who advised her, because it seems Nancy Pelosi is preparing to throw Rashida under the bus.

I would expect nothing less from Nancy, and her rogue ass crew.

U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib's accusation of racism upends Cohen hearing

These grievous actions challenging the right to hold the office of the public trust is a form of stripping those pesky attorney client privileges, holding them to the laws of the land.

Those opinions should be glorious as we proceed to let justice be served, though the heavens fall.

It is fun grieving through the public administrative system because you can get some really fun letters of dismissal to use as evidence in exhausting administrative remedies when it comes to documenting false claims, so let us see what Florida shall do.

Back to the issues of demonstrating that #perkinscoiesucks...

Florida state bar investigating Matt Gaetz for threat to Michael Cohen

The Florida Bar has opened an investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) after the lawmaker appeared to send a threatening tweet on the eve of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s congressional testimony.

Francine Walker, a spokesperson for the Florida Bar, confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday that the state's bar association has opened an investigation into whether Gaetz, a licensed attorney, violated professional conduct rules.

The story was first reported by the Daily Beast.

The probe centers around a tweet Gaetz sent questioning Cohen’s faithfulness to his wife which came one day before Cohen’s scheduled appearance between the House Oversight and Reform Committee.

“Hey @MichaelCohen212 — Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends?” Gaetz tweeted on Tuesday. “Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. I wonder if she’ll remain faithful when you’re in prison. She’s about to learn a lot…”

Gaetz, a staunch ally of the president, received his law degree from the College of William and Mary in 2007.

The Florida Bar’s rules of professional conduct state that lawyers “should conform to the requirements of the law, both in professional service to clients and in the lawyer’s business and personal affairs” and “should use the law’s procedures only for legitimate purposes and not to harass or intimidate others.”

“If rules have been violated, The Florida Bar will vigorously pursue appropriate discipline by the Florida Supreme Court,” Walker said in a statement. “The Florida Bar takes its responsibility of regulating lawyer conduct very seriously.”

“It seems that the Florida Bar, by its rules, is required to investigate even the most frivolous of complaints,” a spokesperson for Gaetz said in a statement.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called for the House Ethics Committee to “vigilantly monitor” members’ statements on social media.

Gaetz initially defended the comments, insisting that he was "witness testing” but later deleted the tweet and issued an apology.

“While it is important 2 create context around the testimony of liars like Michael Cohen, it was NOT my intent to threaten, as some believe I did," Gaetz tweeted late Tuesday. "I’m deleting the tweet & I should have chosen words that better showed my intent. I’m sorry."

Speaker, I want to get the truth too. While it is important 2 create context around the testimony of liars like Michael Cohen, it was NOT my intent to threaten, as some believe I did. I’m deleting the tweet & I should have chosen words that better showed my intent. I’m sorry. https://t.co/Rdbw3sTQJD

— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) February 27, 2019

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JUDICIARY: Transparency & Accountability: Examining Google and its Data Collection, Use and Filtering Practices - Color Commentary

I get such  a tickle when watching House Judiciary question the gatekeepers of the internet questions on its search engine algorithms and control of the data when it comes to censorship.

I remember sitting in the first Google hearing, in absolute awe that they actually spoke, quite openly, mind you, of reverse algorithms in searches.

Some Member's staffers actually developed good questions, some just left their Member look like a bumbling fool.

That is mean and a reflection of incompetence.

Google is an equal opportunity censorship organization because they suppress my searches.

Gaetz seemed to have an issue with Google suppressing conservative speech.

Allow me to bring him up to speed.

Google suppressed me, so that argument gets defenestrated.

Most of that "conservative speech" is funded propaganda talking points by foreign, online operations, like that of Granpa Corsi, my affectionate name for the conservative online celebrity, Dr. Jerome Corsi, who made his fortune spinning yarns by the Youtube fireplace about how Obama has a fake birth certificate and, at one point, told the world he was "Q".

But never forget TYT and the other foreign, online personalities of CNN, MSNBC & FOX pumping those propaganda talking points.

Shout out to Johnson for dropping "Flat Earthers" in the public record.

Shout out to Rashkin for dropping #pizzagate and the pizzacrappers..

FUN FACT! CONGRESSIONAL CHIEFS OF STAFF RUN BACKDOOR, CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE - PERSONAL INUREMENT OPERATIONS ON GMAIL!

Now, that is what I call a Public Private Partnership!

Jayapal just asked about access to due process in the courts in sexual harassment for Google employees.

I wonder what she is going to say about a staffer, who was sexually harassed by fellow staffers, Members of congress, and their Super Secret Smarty Pants Public Private Partnerships for almost 10 years.

Gohmert is going after Wikipedia using political bias against conservatives asking if Google should be held accountable in a court of law, which was an interesting approach to letting the people have access to due process, if they can afford it, or know how to do it.

Funny, no one has yet to raise the issue of foreign funding of political social media operations, both conservative and liberal, or whatever.

Oh wait, King just brought up Grampa Corsi without mentioning his name. (someone may want to look into King's Public Private Israeli funding network.)

MAXIMUS GOODLATTECUS just asked who was making decisions on Google content moderation, meaning Youtube.

Someone should ask him who funded that child welfare propaganda he put out through the Committee promoting propaganda.

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U.S. House Judiciary Committee Calls For Special Investigation of Loretta Lynch, James Comey & Hillary Clinton

Letter of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to appoint a second special counsel to investigate a plethora of matters connected to the 2016 election and its aftermath, including actions taken by previously public figures like Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FBI Director James Comey, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

U.S. House Judiciary Letter To Attorney General Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein To Investig... by Beverly Tran on Scribd

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