I wrote earlier about Sean Hannity’s job as Trump’s consigliere and “wife in a sexless marriage.” He is also the top PR consultant for Republican congressman apparently:
House Ethics Committee formally admonished Rep. Matt Gaetz for a threatening tweet about President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer — the lightest form of punishment the panel can take. While the 10-member panel determined that the Florida Republican’s “actions did not reflect creditably upon the House of Representatives,” the committee also concluded in its report that he “did not violate witness tampering and obstruction of Congress laws” and declined to issue more severe sanctions. On the eve of Michael Cohen’s testimony before Congress in February 2019, Gaetz vowed to release embarrassing information about allegations of Cohen’s infidelity.
The investigation into Gaetz revealed that Panhandle Republican went to Fox News star Sean Hannity for advice.
The House report includes a text exchange between Gaetz and Hannity that happened in February 2019 that starts with Gaetz telling Hannity: “Fuckers are coming for my law license. You were right. We all spend our time in the barrel.”
Hannity texts back: “Run this shit by me!!! You won’t lose the license.”
Hannity tells him in the exchange that it was “smart” for Gaetz to delete the Cohen tweet: “Smart to pull it down and say what u said. It will pass. Attention span of people is zero. Just learn from it.”
Gaetz asks Hannity how long he should “lay low.” Hannity tells him “just a while’ then urges him to reach out to Cohen’s lawyer or Cohen directly:
“Just say you were upset at what was transpiring and meant it as a question, not a statement. And u would never threaten anyone. In retrospect it was poorly written and you wish u didn’t send it. That’s a CYA.”
Hannity then gives contact information for both Cohen and his attorney Lanny Davis. He asks that Gaetz share his apology to Cohen to him first before he sends it. After Gaetz sent the apology to Cohen, he tells Hannity that Cohen asked him to post it and ask people to leave his family alone. “I did. It felt good,” Gaetz texted.
“Good,” replies Hannity. “You are amazing. Thank you.”
I don’t know what can be done about Fox. But until Fox changes, we have a major problem in this country.