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Other than it just being a good thing for us to not have a pedophile sex predator as the chief law enforcement officer in the United States of America, I’m not sure that this withdrawal moves the needle. They are going to put someone just as awful in that appointment, it will just be someone who maybe prefers his sexual misconduct to be your standard issue extra marital type, as opposed to paying underage girls for sex and trafficking them.
 
nycfan said:
Supposedly, per the Speaker, his resignation covered the next Congress, too.
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It's unclear, though, whether that's binding on him. Like, can he say, "I change my mind about withdrawing next term?" I think he can. I don't think a resignation from a Congress is final until the Congress convenes. But not sure if he will. It sounds as though the knives are out for him and he knows it.

Just like Santos, really. If Gaetz had kept his head down, this would have been buried. But he decided to be ambitious and it all crumbled.
 
chrissteel said:
Shows how Senate roadblocks are sometime good for the country
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This wasn't a Senate roadblock. This was the Senate exercising its constitutional responsibility. The message I heard from every GOP Gaetz skeptic was, "well, let's hold hearings." Gaetz was like, "nah, I'm going to end up pleading the Fifth a whole bunch and anyway it's going to look bad for me."

When we refer to roadblocks or obstructionism, what we mean is not holding hearings and/or turning them into carnivals with preordained outcomes. What happened to Gaetz and Garland are not remotely comparable.
 
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BREAKING: SEC Chair Gary Gensler To Step Down - Law360

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler said Thursday that he will be leaving the agency on Jan. 20, clearing the way for new leadership under an incoming Trump administration that is expected to dismantle Gensler's climate disclosure regulation and open the SEC's door to more...
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"U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler said Thursday that he will be leaving the agency on Jan. 20, clearing the way for new leadership under an incoming Trump administration that is expected to dismantle Gensler's climate disclosure regulation and open the SEC's door to more crypto-friendly policies.

Gensler made the announcement two weeks after Donald Trump was elected to the presidency for a second time, shaking off the possibility that he would remain on the commission and force the incoming president to "fire" him on "day one," as promised.

Gensler praised the staff of the SEC as "deeply mission-driven" in the Thursday statement announcing his departure.

"The staff comprises true public servants," he said. "It has been an honor of a lifetime to serve with them on behalf of everyday Americans and ensure that our capital markets remain the best in the world."

Gensler, a former Goldman Sachs partner and chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, was nominated to lead the SEC by President Joe Biden in February 2021. He took his seat on the SEC two months later after being confirmed on April 14.

During his more than three years leading the agency, Gensler's SEC frequently clashed with the crypto industry. The agency brought headline-making and hard-fought lawsuits against some of the industry's biggest players, including Coinbase and Binance. Those lawsuits are ongoing. ..."
 
Honestly I wouldn't be all that surprised if Trump had a heart attack soon -- he lost a lot of weight pretty quickly during the campaign. Sometimes rapid weight loss can actually have a negative effect on your health.
 
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