Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., on Monday was kicked out of a closed hearing of a former National Security Council expert on Russia who being questioned in the House impeachment probe of President Donald Trump.
Gaetz, 37, at five-term congressman and member of the House Judiciary Committee, tried to attend the testimony of Fiona Hill, a former deputy assistant to the president.
However, Gaetz was told that he had to leave because he was not a member of the House Intelligence Committee, which held the hearing.
The House Intelligence, Oversight and Foreign Affairs committees are among three of the six panels conducting the impeachment inquiry into the president.
Gaetz, long a Trump supporter, told reporters outside the hearing: “I appeared, just to participate — just to observe — as a member of Congress, as a member of the Judiciary Committee.
“Traditionally, the Judiciary Committee has jurisdiction over impeachment,” he added before slamming Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
via newsmax
This is so WRONG to kick him out, I don’t trust them behind CLOSED DOORS!!!!!
Gaetz is not a member of the committee, and has no right to be there, by House rules. He knows the rules, he just tried to sneak in, the sneaky little racist bastard.
Gaetz is the smart one and He’s on the right side. You’re on the wrong side Buddy!!!
You are the racist bastard. These hearings, whether necessary or not, should be open. If impeachment is the goal the Judiciary Committee has jurisdiction, not the Unintelligence commit
“Unintelligence” committed attempting to circumvent the laws; not Mr. Gaetz. What a chirade!
Communist work in the dark to destroy freedom loving people
Schiff said the public has no right to know.???!!!
News flashbyou bloof sucking tick!!!
EE THE PEOPLE HAVE EVERY RIGHT!!
YOU WORK AT OUR DISCRETION you criminal jackass.
You folks are on the way OUT.
Hopefully to the Gallows for acts of sedition & treason.
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Paul do you think it’s ok for the dems to have these closed hearings from everyone including the votes. This is just one more instance where the liberal assholes think they can do what ever they damn well please. Come 2020 they will be thrown out
Paul, I was with you on the first part but the last part was stupid.
Fool
Typical again the term racist comes out, what an idiot you are the problem we face today. The stupidity among liberals it’s unconscionable.
Charlie what’s unconscionable is the FOUL language your POS POTUS uses when he gets challenged intellectually only clearly STUPID people stoop that low.
…then clearly he was talking to Democrats because that is all they understand…
Schiff and Pelosi have NO RULES. They are making this all up. This proceeding on Impeachment Hearings is not worth crap. Its illegal and should be shut down.
The House makes rules all the time, but aa house rule is not the law.
So you’re going to condemn anybody you want behind closed doors without any Way of defending yourself .Kick any one to the curb that doesn’t agree with them.That is not the American way. I don’t care what their rules are .
Don’t call the kettle black you democratic racist bastard no one is more racist that the people who call it out that is you, I would say you must be a demorat moron for sure this whole process is racist towards our President for three years now you all are going to guarantee his reelection thank you just keep your nonsense up and we will win
The idea of kicking this Congressman out of the hearing, screams Democratic fraud loud and clear! No doubt, they will misrepresent the information to fit their own sick agenda! It is the leftist way!
You bet the Swamp Snake, EVIL, COMPULSIVE LIAR Drama Queen Schiff & Old Witch Pelosi together with rest of the CRIMINAL CORRUPT DEMORATS are drumming and planning up NEW FRAUD AND FALSE ACCUSATIONS to bring against Historical President Trump.
These LOW LIFE RADICAL DEMOCRATS LIARS, HAVE DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR AMERICA OR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THEY ALL NEED TO BE EXPELLED FROM CONGRESS, BEFORE THEY DESTROY AMERICA. THEIR AGENDA IS TO CHANGE AMERICA INTO A SOCIALIST COMMUNIST COUNTRY, WHERE ONLY THE LEADERS GET RICH AND THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS GET POORER AND POORER.
OUR BIGGEST THREAT TO AMERICA IS COMMUNIST CHINA, AND IF THE DEMORATS SUCCEED, COMMUNIST CHINA WILL DIFFENTLY BE READY TO TAKE OVER AMERICA.
If a revolution starts we Know the problem people. Communist work in the dark to destroy freedom loving people
…you got it, there are no interviews going on, just a bunch of Democrats trying to make up some documents to look like they have Trump over a barrel; bet the kindergarten crayon printing is better than the last time…
He wasn’t a memebr of the committee. Did you read the article? Or just the headline? Seems this page is trying to proliferate false info to incite Trump supporters.
He is supposed to be at this meeting, if it was being held legitimately. The Democrats are following Stalin’s playbook. Convict everyone even if they are proven innocent. Nancy Pelosi has it right when she explained to followers how Democrats turns lies into truth. Nancy said Democrats create a false smear of someone they target. Then they leak it to the media. When the media reports it, fiction becomes fact snd the smear becomes a wrap.
Democrats meeting behind closed doors - isn’t that how we got Obamacare???
Sure was!!!!
…and the rest of the swamp crap pile Obama left us with…
Seriously Paul, who’s the racist here? I’m quite sure he knows who his mother is as well. Typical response from a Demoncrat. Can’t do anything else but call people names and make false statements
You are right. This is a show trial. It is illicit. There was no vote by the House to investigate. This is all Democrats pretending to investigate.
…they are Democrats, you should not trust them anywhere, anytime, any place…
He isn’t a member of the committee, so what does he have to bitch about? Grow up, Matty!
This impeachment hearing is not in that committee’s jurisdiction either but there trying to do it anyway why not let all in there a bunch of communist basterds .
Paul, so anyone you don’t agree with is a communist? That’s is so 1950’s Are you really that old?
Paul is right. Schiff, Pelosi and the rest of the Democrats are using hard core communist tactics to try and intimidate, coerce, and demand some kind of evidence against the President of the USA. They have NO justifiable reason to be holding any type of hearing. Schiff and Pelosi have already been proven liars. Yet they continue. “Conspiracy to Overthrow the President of the United States is Treason”. Schiff needs to be arrested and tried for Treason.
What are they trying to hide?? This is a major step for Congress to take, the impeachment of a legally elected president! The democrats are going outside of the legal proceedings, this hearing included. Why the deviation from established proceedings? Just answer that question!
The Senate ( if the GOP members of a committee ) would have any bal*s, they would hold hearings on the Biden issue & do it behind closed doors without any Democrat in attendance & see how the Lame Stream Media & the lib’s would handle it.
LOL! On what charges? There has to be a suspected Federal crime before a hearing, and there is none hear, except for Trump committing Treason.
What treason , there is no treason President Trump can ask a foreign leader to check into corruption there’s no reason in that read a book .
Paul are you blind? It’s obvious that Biden was committing blackmail when he told the world he with held a billion of our taxpayers money until they fired the prosecutor. Give me one good reason why a VP of the USA should even care about that. He was just trying to save Hunters ass
Right on Robert, it’s a Shame but the Republican Party is infested with Rino’s. Not only is this Party missing their cajones! Their missing a backbone and spine to boot.
Yes , I agree. They would go ape shit .
No doubt it’s coming! I have my doubts that many that have left Trump’s administration are truly gone. More likely, working behind the scenes to fulfill Trump’s promise to the people, to “drain the swamp!”
Now THAT’s an idea!!!!!
It clearly states in the constitution no traitors slowed.
It clearly states in the constitution no traitors alowed.
40 years ago if you tried this SOCIALIST crap you would have been taken into FBI headquarters and questioned on your loyalty to your country. I say you dont like our constitutional republic get the **@# out !!!!!!
Liberalism is a disease
Treason?
Hahaha!!
Oh what brainwashed sheep.
Keep drinking that CNN Kool-Aid.
Jim Jones Killed many brainwashed people with Kool-Aid. Not guns. Poison. See the parallel?
Just like the Pied Piper lead the rats through the street.
Zombies. Do you see how closely Democrats stick together and how they rarely ever turn on each other. That’s because their food source is brains. They would starve
And, then executed! Look what they did to the Rosenberg’s back in the 50’s!
First, they are not using the House rules that have always been in place. If you are intelligent and breathing, you would know the the Democrats in the House are making rules up as they go.
Congressman Gaetz has every right to be there, he is a member of the Judiciary committee. So you are like all those other idiots. Anyone who stands up for Trump and our God given rights is racists. God forgive this country who has lost it’s way by allowing these liberal bastards any power.
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The Committee’s denial of Matz, just increased President Trump’s vote count, for another MAGA MAGA 4 YEARS. The idiot left is withering on the vine, or should I say in the “intelligence” department.
Hey Paul, are you saying Gaetz is racist because he’s Republican? Regardless of him being Republican or not, what proof do you have that he’s racist? Last question, Do you know of any Democrats who are racist? Just curious
What good are the RINOs that are in the wrong party. Votem out
Truth is hate to those that hate truth.
For over 70 years the socialist agenda has been to overthrow our form of government, rewrite the constitution and delete the very concept of capitalism.
Why should it surprise anyone that the democrats/socialists/communists would refuse to allow a level field in congress?
However in any court the actions of the opponent opens the door to counter action … Closed door questioning of Clinton, Biden or anyone else is now on the table.
This whole thing is a witch hunt because thre Democrats don’t lubbe Trump. Behind closed doors with nothing but Democrats, they can do what they want. If you tell the same lie long enough people will start to believe it. They don’t have an honest reason to impeach so they manufacture one and hope the people believe it.
House Judiciary Committee do have the right to be in impeachment hearings. This seems that they must have something to hide. There should be a caution with how the outcome of this hearing is finally used in any inquiry. there would most likely have been no reason to disallow Gaetz to attend.
Who were the democrats hiding?
More kool-aid, anyone?
The Dems are hiding every body, and every thing, that they can. Each and every one of them, KNOWS this is all smoke, from a fire, that never existed. And, YOU PAUL, are one more reason to re-elect Trump! Keep running your mouth, we love the new votes.
As a lifelong conservative, I am appalled at the lack of judgement demonstrated here. Trump is neither a Republican or a conservative. He’s a sleazy, foul mouthed sociopath. Now he has blood on his hands for the reckless, unilateral decision allowing Turkey to slaughter the Kurd allies who fought on America;;s behalf against ISIS, saving many American soldiers’ lives. In that war, Kurds have sacrificed 11,000 lives. Less than a dozen American soldiers have died.
Ask the farmers, coal miners, stell workers etc. how he’s promised jobs and delivered nothing except a 1.5 trillion dollar tax break for the wealthy. What is about this guy that encourages us to sacrifice our values, our constitution, our democracy and habd it over to Russia, Syria, ISIS and Iran, Oh yes, I forgot, Trump has a hotel in Istanbul, w certainly wouldn’t want the Trumps to lose money there. Wake up my fellow conservatives; everything about this guy is wrong
“Lifelong conservative” my behind.
Anyone who spouts the nonsense you did is NOT conservative.
What I see here is to many people Flummoxed when it come to the process of Impeachment.
This whole affair is being handled so outside Constitutional, legal, and moral due process. There are many we trust with power who want this affair to be so secret so that nobody can — especially those who have rightful jurisdiction of this issue — can see the fox eating all the hens in the chicken house. It’s high time this nation wake up and see all of our freedom, liberty, and national security are on the line. If Americans don’t defend our Constitution, rights won’t mean a tinker’s dXXX to anyone who puts on the coat of King Schiff and Queen Pelosi. There absolutely is no due process here and everything is done in secret from absolutely every citizen of the United States of America. This smells worse than a broken septic. Welcome to the new US…SR.
? Is you head in the sand
Seems so!!
Please remove unless your planning on getting it stuck
You libs have your heads up your asses . The dem party is so fu &#$g corrupt .they go to Ukraine and suck out millilions of dollars and you idiots protect them ?you want socialism ? wait till they .strip you of everything perhaps you fools don’t have anything except you dumb ass . Your day is coming , elect a dem and watch your asses go into the river .
Fran: You’re right. Gaetz is right. For YEARS the news media has interjected “sensationalism” into their reporting methods. I have found myself looking up/ researching facts before forming an opinion. Impeachment process is covered in Article 2, Section 4 of the Constitution. It is the jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee. What scares me is that the Democrats are ignoring our Constitution.
Joann AKA misses Pinocchio after all that research look in the mirror but stand back you’ll stub your nose.
Joann, I agree with you!
Just another low life crooked republican. VOTE OUT ALL republicans they are bad for the hard working people of America. REPUBLICANS ARE TRAITORS. Vote em all out - from dog catcher to president. REMEMBER the republican/trump “tax cuts” that give HUGE cuts for the RICH do not expire BUT the MINISCULE cuts for the WORKING CLASS DO EXPIRE. Jackasses that blindly follow a scum bag like trump should be in prison.
Coming from a Democratically controlled State, THEY are what’s bad for the hard working people of America. The Republicans, that turn “rhino” and are in bed with the Democrats for a “small piece of the pie”. Definitely need to GO!
And regarding the cuts to the Working Class? Say bye-bye if a Democrat gets in the White House. Pelosi already said she would punish us for what the President is trying to do.
Regarding blinding following Trump? Nah, eyes wide open, research done, and THANKING the GREAT Luck we REAL American citizens have when President Trump was elected legitimately.
Having grown up blue collar Dem and watching the bastardization of the party through many years, I’d have to say you’re one of the children who keeps drinking the lefty cool aid with it’s bitter taste. I guess you can’t handle the huge economy that Trump’s grown which has put millions back to work. You’re a typical, childish, blinded Dem union puke who can’t see the forest for the trees. AND no, I’m NOT a Repub either, but I can tell you that the Dem party has sunk into hell and is against even you and you’ll find that out when you become useless to them IF they ever do get the power they’re mongering for. SMH stupid.
He was doing the right thing. The government is responsible to the people, not the other way around, and secret meetings are thus BS, at the very least, for other representatives who want to stay informed. Talk about deep state functions, this is the epitome.