Ethics Complaint Filed Against McCarthy, Gowdy

[nuhuh]

Well this has to hurt, when you are legally bound to investigate your own member for an ethics violation and if you try to cover it up, or dismiss it out of hand, inadvertently allow it to blow up into something even bigger.

"Timeline of the McCarthy Benghazi committee slip-up 01:31

Washington (CNN)Rep. Alan Grayson filed an ethics complaint Wednesday against House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy accusing the No.2 Republican of using taxpayer dollars to make political attacks against Hillary Clinton.

The Florida Democrat, who himself was the target of two ethics complaints this summer, accused McCarthy and Benghazi Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina, of violating "federal law and House rules by using funds appropriated to the Select Committee on Benghazi to oppose the presidential candidacy of Hillary Clinton," according to the filing. Heading out to buy popcorn for this one.

"This is a clear and unequivocal misuse of appropriated funds for political purposes," Grayson writes in the document, which calls on the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate the two GOP officials specifically and not the committee.

The complaint comes a week after McCarthy, the No. 2 Republican, tied the House panel investigating the Benghazi attacks to a dip in Clinton's poll numbers.

RELATED: Kevin McCarthy backtracks Benghazi comments

Speaking Wednesday on CNN's "New Day," Grayson called McCarthy "execrable" and accused him of "bragging" about using federal funds for political purposes.

The committee has spent $4.6 million in federal funds over the course of its 17-month investigation and is set to release its final report in 2016.

"It's very simple. You're not supposed to use taxpayer funds for a political witch hunt," Grayson said, adding of the Benghazi controversy, "This is the scandal that never was."............... "




Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/07/politics/alan-grayson-benghazi-et

 

[g5000]

No one ever went to jail for wasting eleventy million quadloons on the Whitewater investigation, so don't hold your breath.

 

[tyroneweaver]

Isn't grayson a freak'n muslim

 

[LoneLaugher]

Isn't grayson a freak'n muslim

No. That's Ellison. Grayson is the liberal from Florida who behaves like a nutter from Oklahoma. Get your shit right.

 

[g5000]

Isn't grayson a freak'n muslim

Your anti-Muslim confirmation bias hair trigger just prematurely ejaculated.

"Anyone have a Kleenex?"

 

[LoneLaugher]

I heard a bunch of clips of McCarthy speaking. He's a fucking retard.

 

[g5000]

I heard a bunch of clips of McCarthy speaking. He's a fucking retard.

First elected in 2006.

He went from a nobody to presumptive House Speaker in nine years. John Dingell has corns on his feet older than McCarthy's tenure.

If McCarthy's a retard, what does that say about the rest of them?

 

[NightFox]

Isn't grayson a freak'n muslim

No, he's not a "freak'n muslim", he's just a asshole.

 

[nuhuh]

No one ever went to jail for wasting eleventy million quadloons on the Whitewater investigation, so don't hold your breath.

Yep, but back then they weren't stoopid enough to allude to it.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

I heard a bunch of clips of McCarthy speaking. He's a fucking retard.

First elected in 2006.

He went from a nobody to presumptive House Speaker in nine years. John Dingell has corns on his feet older than McCarthy's tenure.

If McCarthy's a retard, what does that say about the rest of them?

And we put them in charge of our health care.....

 

[nuhuh]

I'm suggesting to my Congresswoman that this new investigation be called Benghazigate.

 

[NightFox]

Well this has to hurt, when you are legally bound to investigate your own member for an ethics violation and if you try to cover it up, or dismiss it out of hand, inadvertently allow it to blow up into something even bigger.

"Timeline of the McCarthy Benghazi committee slip-up 01:31

Washington (CNN)Rep. Alan Grayson filed an ethics complaint Wednesday against House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy accusing the No.2 Republican of using taxpayer dollars to make political attacks against Hillary Clinton.

Yeah big freakin' surprise, Congress is full of unethical douche bags that use tax payer dollars to play partisan politics and the gub'mint worshippers always want to give these miscreants MORE POWER AND MORE TAXPAYER MONEY to play with.

 

[nuhuh]

Well this has to hurt, when you are legally bound to investigate your own member for an ethics violation and if you try to cover it up, or dismiss it out of hand, inadvertently allow it to blow up into something even bigger.

"Timeline of the McCarthy Benghazi committee slip-up 01:31

Washington (CNN)Rep. Alan Grayson filed an ethics complaint Wednesday against House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy accusing the No.2 Republican of using taxpayer dollars to make political attacks against Hillary Clinton.

Yeah big freakin' surprise, Congress is full of unethical douche bags that use tax payer dollars to play partisan politics and the gub'mint worshippers always want to give these miscreants MORE POWER AND MORE TAXPAYER MONEY to play with.

It would be rare to expect anything worthwhile to come from this, but imagine if Gowdy and McCarthy had their email subpoenaed. Things could change pretty quickly if there was anything of import there.

 

[NightFox]

Well this has to hurt, when you are legally bound to investigate your own member for an ethics violation and if you try to cover it up, or dismiss it out of hand, inadvertently allow it to blow up into something even bigger.

"Timeline of the McCarthy Benghazi committee slip-up 01:31

Washington (CNN)Rep. Alan Grayson filed an ethics complaint Wednesday against House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy accusing the No.2 Republican of using taxpayer dollars to make political attacks against Hillary Clinton.

Yeah big freakin' surprise, Congress is full of unethical douche bags that use tax payer dollars to play partisan politics and the gub'mint worshippers always want to give these miscreants MORE POWER AND MORE TAXPAYER MONEY to play with.

It would be rare to expect anything worthwhile to come from this, but imagine if Gowdy and McCarthy had their email subpoenaed. Things could change pretty quickly if there was anything of import there.

They're in congress and thus their email is a matter of public record, so it should be available via a FOI request, no subpoena required, unless of course they've decided to hide their emails on a private server in somebody's bathroom somewhere.

 

[LoneLaugher]

I heard a bunch of clips of McCarthy speaking. He's a fucking retard.

First elected in 2006.

He went from a nobody to presumptive House Speaker in nine years. John Dingell has corns on his feet older than McCarthy's tenure.

If McCarthy's a retard, what does that say about the rest of them?

True.

 

[RodISHI]

Well this has to hurt, when you are legally bound to investigate your own member for an ethics violation and if you try to cover it up, or dismiss it out of hand, inadvertently allow it to blow up into something even bigger.

"Timeline of the McCarthy Benghazi committee slip-up 01:31

Washington (CNN)Rep. Alan Grayson filed an ethics complaint Wednesday against House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy accusing the No.2 Republican of using taxpayer dollars to make political attacks against Hillary Clinton.

The Florida Democrat, who himself was the target of two ethics complaints this summer, accused McCarthy and Benghazi Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina, of violating "federal law and House rules by using funds appropriated to the Select Committee on Benghazi to oppose the presidential candidacy of Hillary Clinton," according to the filing. Heading out to buy popcorn for this one.

"This is a clear and unequivocal misuse of appropriated funds for political purposes," Grayson writes in the document, which calls on the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate the two GOP officials specifically and not the committee.

The complaint comes a week after McCarthy, the No. 2 Republican, tied the House panel investigating the Benghazi attacks to a dip in Clinton's poll numbers.

RELATED: Kevin McCarthy backtracks Benghazi comments

Speaking Wednesday on CNN's "New Day," Grayson called McCarthy "execrable" and accused him of "bragging" about using federal funds for political purposes.

The committee has spent $4.6 million in federal funds over the course of its 17-month investigation and is set to release its final report in 2016.

"It's very simple. You're not supposed to use taxpayer funds for a political witch hunt," Grayson said, adding of the Benghazi controversy, "This is the scandal that never was."............... "




Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/07/politics/alan-grayson-benghazi-et

Two knockouts with one stone. What a deal.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Well this has to hurt, when you are legally bound to investigate your own member for an ethics violation and if you try to cover it up, or dismiss it out of hand, inadvertently allow it to blow up into something even bigger.

"Timeline of the McCarthy Benghazi committee slip-up 01:31

Washington (CNN)Rep. Alan Grayson filed an ethics complaint Wednesday against House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy accusing the No.2 Republican of using taxpayer dollars to make political attacks against Hillary Clinton.

The Florida Democrat, who himself was the target of two ethics complaints this summer, accused McCarthy and Benghazi Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina, of violating "federal law and House rules by using funds appropriated to the Select Committee on Benghazi to oppose the presidential candidacy of Hillary Clinton," according to the filing. Heading out to buy popcorn for this one.

"This is a clear and unequivocal misuse of appropriated funds for political purposes," Grayson writes in the document, which calls on the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate the two GOP officials specifically and not the committee.

The complaint comes a week after McCarthy, the No. 2 Republican, tied the House panel investigating the Benghazi attacks to a dip in Clinton's poll numbers.

RELATED: Kevin McCarthy backtracks Benghazi comments

Speaking Wednesday on CNN's "New Day," Grayson called McCarthy "execrable" and accused him of "bragging" about using federal funds for political purposes.

The committee has spent $4.6 million in federal funds over the course of its 17-month investigation and is set to release its final report in 2016.

"It's very simple. You're not supposed to use taxpayer funds for a political witch hunt," Grayson said, adding of the Benghazi controversy, "This is the scandal that never was."............... "




Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/07/politics/alan-grayson-benghazi-et

One question: just what is he afraid of?

 

[nuhuh]

Well this has to hurt, when you are legally bound to investigate your own member for an ethics violation and if you try to cover it up, or dismiss it out of hand, inadvertently allow it to blow up into something even bigger.

"Timeline of the McCarthy Benghazi committee slip-up 01:31

Washington (CNN)Rep. Alan Grayson filed an ethics complaint Wednesday against House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy accusing the No.2 Republican of using taxpayer dollars to make political attacks against Hillary Clinton.

Yeah big freakin' surprise, Congress is full of unethical douche bags that use tax payer dollars to play partisan politics and the gub'mint worshippers always want to give these miscreants MORE POWER AND MORE TAXPAYER MONEY to play with.

It would be rare to expect anything worthwhile to come from this, but imagine if Gowdy and McCarthy had their email subpoenaed. Things could change pretty quickly if there was anything of import there.

They're in congress and thus their email is a matter of public record, so it should be available via a FOI request, no subpoena required, unless of course they've decided to hide their emails on a private server in somebody's bathroom somewhere.

NO, Congress is exempt from the Freedom of Information Act:

"Agencies within the executive branch of the federal government, including the
Executive Office of the President and independent regulatory agencies, are subject
to the provisions of the FOIA. (4) However, the FOIA does not apply to entities that
"are neither chartered by the federal government [n]or controlled by it." (5) Thus, it is
settled that state governments, (6) municipal corporations, (7) the courts, (8) Congress, (9) and private citizens (10) are not subject to the FOIA. Nor does the FOIA
apply to a presidential transition team. (11) http://www.justice.gov/oip/foia-guide-2004-edition-procedural-requirments

 

[RodISHI]

Well this has to hurt, when you are legally bound to investigate your own member for an ethics violation and if you try to cover it up, or dismiss it out of hand, inadvertently allow it to blow up into something even bigger.

"Timeline of the McCarthy Benghazi committee slip-up 01:31

Washington (CNN)Rep. Alan Grayson filed an ethics complaint Wednesday against House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy accusing the No.2 Republican of using taxpayer dollars to make political attacks against Hillary Clinton.

Yeah big freakin' surprise, Congress is full of unethical douche bags that use tax payer dollars to play partisan politics and the gub'mint worshippers always want to give these miscreants MORE POWER AND MORE TAXPAYER MONEY to play with.

It would be rare to expect anything worthwhile to come from this, but imagine if Gowdy and McCarthy had their email subpoenaed. Things could change pretty quickly if there was anything of import there.

They're in congress and thus their email is a matter of public record, so it should be available via a FOI request, no subpoena required, unless of course they've decided to hide their emails on a private server in somebody's bathroom somewhere.

NO, Congress is exempt from the Freedom of Information Act:

"Agencies within the executive branch of the federal government, including the
Executive Office of the President and independent regulatory agencies, are subject
to the provisions of the FOIA. (4) However, the FOIA does not apply to entities that
"are neither chartered by the federal government [n]or controlled by it." (5) Thus, it is
settled that state governments, (6) municipal corporations, (7) the courts, (8) Congress, (9) and private citizens (10) are not subject to the FOIA. Nor does the FOIA
apply to a presidential transition team. (11) http://www.justice.gov/oip/foia-guide-2004-edition-procedural-requirments

Copy and paste. I thought you were above that?

 

[Statistikhengst]

Isn't grayson a freak'n muslim

No, rube, he is not.