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MAGA influencer Steve Bannon cited Jesus Christ to defend former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) after a House Ethics Committee report linked him to alleged sex and drug crimes.

On Monday, just days before Christmas, Bannon responded to an Ethics Committee report which accused Gaetz of purchasing illegal drugs and paying numerous women for sex — including a 17-year-old girl.

Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) had little good to say about his ex-colleague Matt Gaetz (R-FL) after a damning House Ethics Committee report found what it described as "substantial evidence" that the Florida Republican "violated House Rules and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress."

Appearing on MSNBC on Monday, Dent said that former congressman Gaetz would have a very hard time brushing off the allegations.

Matt Gaetz gave $90,000 to 12 women for a variety of listed reasons, a House Ethics Committee report into the former Florida congressman claimed on Monday.

The report followed an investigation into claims that Gaetz, "violated House Rules and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress."

Corey Lewandowski, a senior adviser to Donald Trump, defended the president-elect's desire to take over Greenland by arguing his boss was a "real estate master."

During a Monday interview on Newsmax, Lewandowski outlined some of Trump's expansionist plans for his next administration.

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) attacked his Republican colleague, Rep. Kay Granger of Texas, for reportedly being found in an assisted living nursing home after she missed every vote since July 24.

During a Monday rant about a recent government funding bill, Burchett complained to Real America's Voice about spending to reconstruct Maryland's Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was destroyed in a disaster earlier this year.

An ex-Republican said Monday that former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) would have likely faced expulsion from the House after it was revealed what a House Ethics Committee report into him contained.

Speaking to MSNBC, former Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) was reacting to details leaked from the report into allegations of that Gaetz violated "standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress." The full report was due to be released Monday.

The mother of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio is pleading for mercy for her son, and shifting blame toward the police who were injured during the riots on Jan. 6 of 2021.

Tarrio is among up to nine members of the group who reportedly served as informants to the FBI. Tarrio was ultimately sentenced to 22 years in prison.

Donald Trump made a statement on Sunday that many critics interpreted as exhibiting his weakness.

President-elect Donald Trump used a speech to MAGA supporters to strongly push back on claims that billionaire Elon Musk had effectively taken over his presidency. While speaking to Turning Point USA's AmFest conference attendees on Sunday, Trump argued that "big companies" wanted him to cut regulations more than slashing taxes.

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) hinted that he could run for U.S. Senate just hours before a House Ethics Committee report was expected to suggest that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl.

While speaking at Turning Point USA's AmFest conference on Sunday, Gaetz responded to speculation about his next move after backing out as President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be the next attorney general.

On Sunday morning former White House press secretary Jen Psaki claimed a statement from Donald Trump's incoming press secretary that her boss is "the Leader of the Republican Party. Full stop," is a bad sign for the president-elect.

Referring to the ongoing appearance that billionaire Elon Musk, lately always seen by Trump's side, is calling the shots for the president-elect, Psaki said the messaging coming from the Trump Team is not what the communications shop would want to be pushing back on before Trump is even sworn in.

On her MSNBC show, she shared clips of Democrats using "President Musk" as a way to get under the president-elect's skin.

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She then commented, "Musk felt the need to go back on X and say it was, quote, the media who was trying to drive a wedge between him and Trump –– also declaring it wouldn't work."

"A Trump spokesperson even felt the need to clarify that the actual president-elect is, in fact, the leader of the Republican Party. I promise you that's not exactly a statement you want to have to make," she added with a smile.

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President-elect Donald Trump used a speech to MAGA supporters to strongly push back on claims that billionaire Elon Musk had effectively taken over his presidency.

While speaking to Turning Point USA's AmFest conference attendees on Sunday, Trump argued that "big companies" wanted him to cut regulations more than slashing taxes.

President-elect Donald Trump paused a speech to MAGA followers after claiming to hear a "strange sound" on stage.

At Sunday's AmFest in Arizona, Trump was complaining about undocumented migrants when he was interrupted by an apparent noise.

One of the 38 Republican House members who voted no on the budget bill passed in the wee hours of Saturday with the help of Democrats expressed his displeasure with his own party on CNN Sunday morning.

Appearing on "State of the Union" with host Dana Bash, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), a frequent guest on cable networks lately, claimed he came to Congress six years ago with a mandate from voters in his district to rein in government spending, which has not happened as far as he is concerned.

He then admitted he voluntarily left the House Budget Committee because he saw it as ineffective and a waste of time.

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After saying GOP lawmakers are "abdicating our duties," he told Bash, "We have one duty that I see, we're supposed to follow the Constitution, and the Constitution says that Congress will pass a budget."

"I've been there six years, and I think it's been 30 years since they passed a budget," he elaborated. "I used to be on the Budget Committee, and I asked to be taken off of it because we we're not serious about passing a budget. All we want to do is continue bad spending, policies."

"We are $36 trillion in debt," he complained. "As you know, every hundred days we add another deal and then they push us up against the holidays. and look, that's not by accident."

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