During a House Judiciary Committee hearing this Thursday regarding oversight of the FBI, Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz questioned FBI Director Christopher Wray over the origins of the coronavirus.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who is currently under FBI investigation for possible sex-trafficking, is questioning FBI Director Chris Wray about the origins of COVID.pic.twitter.com/O8UGiX9Smi— The Recount (@The Recount) 1623340536
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has suggested that Gaetz will not be removed from his committee assignments unless he is convicted.
"Those are serious implications. If it comes out to be true, yes, we would remove him if that's the case," McCarthy told Fox News. "But right now Matt Gaetz says that it's not true and we don't have any information. So let's get all the information."
But according to some, Gaetz, who is currently under investigation by the FBI for alleged sex trafficking crimes, has no business questioning the FBI director.
This is obscene\n\n@SpeakerPelosi @GOPLeader @RepJerryNadlerhttps://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1403012554746699780\u00a0\u2026— ene_liis (@ene_liis) 1623340960
Just seems inappropriate for Matt Gaetz, under investigation by the FBI, to be currently conducting oversight of the FBI— Hugo Lowell (@Hugo Lowell) 1623341513
Matt Gaetz is under investigation by the FBI for sex trafficking.\n\nAnd right now, he's using a Judiciary hearing to question the director of the FBI!\n\n@Jim_Jordan and @JudiciaryGOP: why is he still on this committee?— Jeff Sites for Congress (@Jeff Sites for Congress) 1623339418
pic.twitter.com/lNULZGeiGv— Ryan J. Reilly (@Ryan J. Reilly) 1623339330
How the fuck can Matt Gaetz be on an FBI oversight committee when he\u2019s being investigated by the FBI? \n\nIs it because he\u2019s still sleeping off his last bender. \n\n#MattGaetzIsGoingToPrisonpic.twitter.com/FcyF33EYx0— Name's Howard, or just How #Resist (@Name's Howard, or just How #Resist) 1623343620
Why isn't FBI asking Gaetz questions? Not the other way around!https://twitter.com/Out5p0ken/status/1403016987601682442\u00a0\u2026— Doris Bivings\u264f\ud83e\udd82\ud83e\udd42\ud83e\udd42\ud83e\udd42\ud83e\udd42\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc99\u2764\u2764 (@Doris Bivings\u264f\ud83e\udd82\ud83e\udd42\ud83e\udd42\ud83e\udd42\ud83e\udd42\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc99\u2764\u2764) 1623342640
Remarkable that Matt Gaetz sits on the judiciary committee, is questioning FBI Director Wray while Matt Gaetz is under investigation by the FBI for sex trafficking.— Outspoken (@Outspoken) 1623340291
Outrageous.— Christina Riley (@Christina Riley) 1623340303
Why is Matt Gaetz still on the judiciary— Obsessed with Justice \u2696\ufe0f (@Obsessed with Justice \u2696\ufe0f) 1623333876
