Posted 4/10/2024, 3:28:55 PM
McCarthy Ousted as Speaker After Refusing to Halt Gaetz Ethics Investigation
- McCarthy says he was removed as House Speaker because Matt Gaetz wanted him to stop an ethics investigation into Gaetz allegedly sleeping with a 17-year-old
- Gaetz was the ringleader of the effort to remove McCarthy as Speaker
- Gaetz faces allegations of child sex crimes and is being investigated by the House Ethics Committee
- Gaetz has privately admitted the move against McCarthy was revenge for not stopping the ethics probe on him
- McCarthy became the first Speaker ever removed through a motion to vacate, but says he'd "do it all over again"