McCarthy Shares the ‘Truth’ About Why He’s No Longer Speaker
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is sharing what he insists is the “truth” about why he was ousted from his position late last year. During an event on Wednesday, Georgetown University Institute of…
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is sharing what he insists is the “truth” about why he was ousted from his position late last year.
During an event on Wednesday, Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service Executive Director Mo Elleithee asked McCarthy if the reason he was removed as speaker was because of the concessions he made during negotiations over a bill to keep the government funded.
“That is such a misnomer in life, let me give you the truth about that. And I’ll give you the truth about why I’m not speaker,” he responded.
The former speaker went on:
“It’s because one person, a member of Congress, wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with a 17-year-old. An ethics complaint that started before I ever became speaker. And that’s illegal and I’m not going to get in the middle. Did he do it or not? I don’t know. But Ethics is looking at it. There’s other people in jail because of it.”
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His comment appears to be a reference to investigation by the House Ethics Committee into Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) involving allegations of sex crimes.