This is a good summary to catch people up before the report drops. I do, however, have 2 quibbles:
1: A factual quibble, I hate to have to remind you of this because it means our side hasn't been celebrating loudly enough, but Gaetz actually resigned from congress already. He can't be booted from a club where he's not a member. Indeed most observers thought that his resignation in November was an effort to prevent the release of the ethics report, allowing Republicans to claim that it was no longer relevant. Yes, he was "nominated" by Trump to a post in his administration, but he wasn't **actually** nominated because at the time Trump wasn't (and still isn't) president. No nomination can be official until the nominator actually holds the power of the office allowed to nominate, and resignation wouldn't actually be required until Gaetz was confirmed. He could have waited until sometime next year to resign. That he didn't is itself suggestive of how bad the report will be.
2: A quibble of opinion. You say that this guy's political career is toast if half the allegations are true, but Trump has been convicted of felonies and found liable for sexual assault and defamation. He's a career predator and tax fraud and he's the president-elect of the United States of America. You could, of course, be right about Gaetz's career. I'm just saying that I don't have as much faith in the Florida electorate as you. After all, Rick Scott oversaw what looks to my searches to be the biggest crime against the government in history -- Medicare/Medicaid fraud on a massive scale -- while CEO of Columbia/HCA. Maybe there are others in the defense industry that rival or exceed it, but what's notable here is whether or not Scott pulled the biggest heist in history, he managed to blame it on rampant bad behaviour by his underlings, people he hired for their positions and whom he was supposed to oversee, and the people of Florida rewarded him with the governorship and then a senate seat even though the very best possible interpretation of his role in the crime is that he was absolutely and utterly incompetent to oversee a large budget or a large workforce. That he was then given power over the Florida budget and the state's and later the federal workforce speaks of utter idiocy on the part of Florida voters.
This is a good summary to catch people up before the report drops. I do, however, have 2 quibbles:
1: A factual quibble, I hate to have to remind you of this because it means our side hasn't been celebrating loudly enough, but Gaetz actually resigned from congress already. He can't be booted from a club where he's not a member. Indeed most observers thought that his resignation in November was an effort to prevent the release of the ethics report, allowing Republicans to claim that it was no longer relevant. Yes, he was "nominated" by Trump to a post in his administration, but he wasn't **actually** nominated because at the time Trump wasn't (and still isn't) president. No nomination can be official until the nominator actually holds the power of the office allowed to nominate, and resignation wouldn't actually be required until Gaetz was confirmed. He could have waited until sometime next year to resign. That he didn't is itself suggestive of how bad the report will be.
2: A quibble of opinion. You say that this guy's political career is toast if half the allegations are true, but Trump has been convicted of felonies and found liable for sexual assault and defamation. He's a career predator and tax fraud and he's the president-elect of the United States of America. You could, of course, be right about Gaetz's career. I'm just saying that I don't have as much faith in the Florida electorate as you. After all, Rick Scott oversaw what looks to my searches to be the biggest crime against the government in history -- Medicare/Medicaid fraud on a massive scale -- while CEO of Columbia/HCA. Maybe there are others in the defense industry that rival or exceed it, but what's notable here is whether or not Scott pulled the biggest heist in history, he managed to blame it on rampant bad behaviour by his underlings, people he hired for their positions and whom he was supposed to oversee, and the people of Florida rewarded him with the governorship and then a senate seat even though the very best possible interpretation of his role in the crime is that he was absolutely and utterly incompetent to oversee a large budget or a large workforce. That he was then given power over the Florida budget and the state's and later the federal workforce speaks of utter idiocy on the part of Florida voters.
Did some refactor, see if that flows better. (Thank The Gods and Mother Im not working this week, and I could take time to nudge it).
Your points are spot on CD , I was trying to focus on the illegality timeline as a flow ( by product of writing over a weeka time disjointed )