failed to comply about requirement to preserve these records, if they did what kevin mckcarthy wants and refused to turn over the records, that would be a violation of law. so this is absolutely unjustified by law and it raises serious questions under the house ethics rules and other laws for kevin mccarthy himself. you bring up house ethics rules. does this constitute legally obstruction by threatening the telecom companies with future action? well, john, it meets the elements of obstruction. it s a threat. it s an attempt to stop them through that threat from turning over documents. it s self motivated. it s corrupt and mccarthy is worried about what may be in those records on him and on members of his caucus.
it s always a challenge when you have legislative activity and note that he did this on his official twitter account. you have protection under the constitution for legislators, the speech and debate clause. there will be a debate about that. but the house ethics rules, rule 23 prohibits any behavior that brings discredit upon the house. what could be more discreditable than threatening companies that if they comply with the law they ll be punished when mccarthy has the ability to do that. so, i think there s a serious ethics issue and then legal issues potentially that need to be explored as well. right. all this is him hinging this on republicans taking back the majority, of course. we don t know that that will happen. norm, we do know the committee didn t name names of lawmakers whose records they want.
3 Jun 2021
Disgraced former Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA) has been ordered to pay $220,000 in legal fees to three parties she sued, accusing them of violating California’s “revenge porn” statutes.
“On Wednesday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Yolanda Orozco awarded about $105,000 to the parent company of the Daily Mail,” the far-left
Los Angeles Times
reports. “Orozco previously ordered Hill to pay about $84,000 to the attorneys of … [the] managing editor of … Red State, and about $30,000 to lawyers representing radio producer Joseph Messina.”
After winning a GOP-held congressional seat in 2018, Hill was amplified by the corporate media and Democrats as a burgeoning political superstar, primarily because she is openly bisexual, which is another historic first, or something.
intimidate by showing intimate pictures of her. she denied allegations she had a relationship with a congressional staffer, something against house ethics rules. a special election to replace her has not been called yet but candidates are coming forward already. state ablywoman kristy smith is throwing her hat in the ring and is now with me. thank you for joining me, assemblywoman, appreciate it. thanks for having me on. do you think katie hill did the right thing by resigning? i did. i know katie. a good friend. fought a hard flight to flip seats in 2018. end. day she s a patriot and knew charges and accusations around her would prove a big distraction and knows the work of the people s house is so significant she needed to step aside to allow that to continue and also knows and i m taking up this fight with her, a victim of revenge porn.
exploitati exploitation. having private photos of personal moments weaponized against me has been an appalling invasion of privacy. representative hill is referring to private photos that were leaked and published online. of her and a female campaign staffer. hill has admitted to intimate relationship with a campaign staffer. but she denies a separate charge, an alleged relationship with a male congressional staffer, between members of congress and their staff violates house ethics rules. some democrats in hill s district say personal issues don t matter in the trump era. i d rather have someone have something reporter: but politically this may matter in a swing district.