Greenberg has told the DOJ about encounters he and Gaetz had with women who were given cash or gifts in exchange for sex, according to CNN.Īn ex-girlfriend of Gaetz testified earlier this year before the grand jury. Gaetz's former pal Joel Greenberg, a Florida county tax commissioner, pleaded guilty to sex trafficking charges and is reportedly cooperating with the Justice Department's investigation into Gaetz. Gaetz himself is currently under investigation for obstruction of justice related to a sex trafficking investigation into him.
Republicans have slammed the committee's work as a political 'sham.' 6 committee, which is holding its first public hearing Thursday evening at 8 p.m. Raskin is a Democratic member of the Jan. Matt Gaetz should strive to be even half of the patriot and kindhearted human being that Mr. Jerry Nadler added on Twitter: is a wonderful father, a selfless public servant and an American hero in every sense of the word. will you defend this too? Or just pretend you haven’t seen the clip?' she added, tagging Leader Kevin McCarthy. 'It’s particularly rich to see two people who have no sense of their own roles and responsibilities as members of Congress badmouth a true patriot and public servant. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., wrote on Twitter. Other Democrats sounded off about the clip too. 'It's a horrible thing what he went through but that doesn't change the fact of his political beliefs and I believe he's a communist,' she said. Greene held back from going after Raskin for his son's death.
'The country shouldn’t have to go through all that with him,' Gaetz concluded. Marjorie Greene came to Congress to 'uplift,' while Raskin was there out of a sence of 'grievance or hatred' Bye,' Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter.Īfter Tommy's death, Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., announced she would be going vegetarian for lent to honor the outspoken vegan and animal rights activist. Gaetz is a bad haircut in a cheap suit, a feat of mediocrity given that he’s here on papa’s money. Tommy was a remarkable person and testament of his parents’ love. ' is a greater statesman, Congressman, human being than most of us. Raskin's son Tommy Raskin died by suicide at the age of 25 on New Year's Eve 2021 after a bout with depression. 6 committee: 'He's unable to do the sort of congressional experience outside of the dungeon of that personal trauma.' Gaetz said of Raskin, a Maryland Democrat and member of the House Jan. Marjorie Taylor Greene's podcast, MTG Live. As a human being our hearts go out to him but I think that he takes that trauma and he associates it now with his work in Congress,' Gaetz said on Rep. 'What I worry about for the Congress and for Jamie Raskin - no one would ever want to lose a child - particularly to suicide. Jamie Raskin's son's death by suicide made the congressman bitter and unfit to serve. Matt Gaetz a 'bad haircut in a cheap suit' after the Florida Republican suggested that Rep. Although the event is now virtual due to the latest COVID-19 surge, attendees can still purchase a copy of Unthinkable, signed by Raskin, to be picked up at a later date. 7-one year after the insurrection-Raskin will join Politics and Prose to discuss his book, his experiences, and answer any questions audience members may have. Raskin provides an intimate account of what it was like to prosecute Trump, the ongoing struggle for maintaining American democracy, and reflects on those 45 days at the beginning of the year that permanently changed his life.
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In his new memoir Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy, Raskin chronicles his (and the country’s) rough beginning of 2021 and how he had to overcome his personal grief and trauma to coordinate Trump’s impeachment trial to hold the former president accountable for inciting political violence.
But before it could be put to a vote, Raskin was met with the unthinkable-a violent Capitol insurrection instigated by (then) President Donald Trump. 6, Raskin went back to work representing Maryland’s 8th congressional district in the House of Representatives to certify President Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 election. On December 31, 2020, Raskin’s only son died by suicide, after a battle with depression. Jamie Raskin on Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy at Politics and ProseĢ021 was an incredibly hard year for Congressman Jamie Raskin.