Thread by @HomefrontFP

Since Twitter seems to be @RepMattGaetz preferred medium, our group of FL military families decided to tweet our unanswered ?s about his role in diverting $2B in funds meant for the troops to Fisher Industries, now under investigation w the @DoD_IG. THREAD/

Background: In 2019, @RepMattGaetz wrote to Trump urging him to declare a nat'l emergency, allowing diversion of defense $ to border, despite FL bases' dire need for $ to repair serious hurricane damage affecting readiness/health.
edition.cnn.com/2019/12/04/us/…
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More: The bulk of the $3.6B diverted defense funds went to one contractor: Fisher Industries, a GOP donor w/ legal problems, scant experience in border construction & designated "unqualified" by Army Corps of Engineers. @USACEHQ
washingtonpost.com/national/trump…

businessinsider.com/how-fisher-san…

More: Fisher spent $100K+ on lobbying that included a a congressional visit & presentation of its unsolicited proposal based on a leaked DHS memo.

House delegation included reps from border states + relevant comtes, w 2 exceptions:
Gaetz & Kris Kobach of #WeBuildTheWall.

More: Prior to junket, the DOD rejected a 2nd Fisher bid, a week later, Fisher filed a @USGAO protest & lawsuit, losing both. None of delegation announced Fisher visit, most lied about being there.

👉Fisher is only contractor visited by delegation. 👈americanindependent.com/gop-congressme…

More: Against House rules & in apparent coordination w Fisher's efforts to bypass the Army Corps procurement standards, Gaetz would promote Fisher Industries thru social media, cable appearances & an oped. @CongressEthics foxnews.com/opinion/5-repu…

Questions to Congressman Gaetz:
Q1: Who invited you to the 4/16/19 junket to Fisher Industries in Tempe, AZ? @RepMattGaetz @mattgaetz

Q2: Who paid for the Fisher trip? What funds were used? Did you disclose the lobbying nature of the travel and receive the required prior approval from House Ethics? @CongressEthics @RepMattGaetz @mattgaetz @CREWcrew cha.house.gov/sites/democrat…

Q3: While at Fisher in Tempe, AZ, you tweeted a video falsely claiming to be at the southern border "evaluating" the wall. Under what authority were you, a member of Congress, "evaluating" a prospective defense contractor?

https://twitter.com/RepMattGaetz/status/1118220509647441923?s=20

Q4: Like Fisher, you've claimed DOD's procurement process is dysfunctional, even corrupt. What official action have u taken to address this so-called dysfunction & ensure the diverted military $ are spent in the public's interest? @DoD_IG @USACEHQ @HASCRepublicans @HASCDemocrats

Our letter to @DoD_IG 👉scribd.com/document/51995…

Our unanswered document request to @RepMattGaetz 👇 END

@miajankowicz @Scott_Maxwell @NickMiroff @WolfColin @Jose_Pagliery @owillis @gal_suburban @PaulRieckhoff @FPWellman @FredBachman2 @DBarkhuff

Our prior watchdog work on Gaetz includes this complaint to @GOPLeader calling for his removal from @HASCRepublicans scribd.com/document/49208… ...

...and these opeds miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/…

orlandosentinel.com/opinion/guest-…

pnj.com/story/opinion/…

This isn't the only time @RepMattGaetz screwed over the military, here he & former rep Duncan Hunter (convicted on public corruption) make false allegations against Navy Justice to rationalize pardoning war criminal Eddie Gallagher.

Compare the delegation's post-visit press release to Fisher's video documenting the congressional visit & lobbying for a $3 Billion no-bid contract, based on a leaked @DHSgov memo. Note that Kobach (We Build the Wall) is intro'd w the members of Congress.

Apparent coordination between @RepMattGaetz, Fisher & We Build the Wall is also evident in the timeline leading up to the $2B awarded to Fisher, detailed in our letter to @DoD_IG. 👇

After we tweeted ?s abt We Build the Wall's involvement in Fisher event, WBW's Kolfage gave an interview recasting the event as "a public showcase." AN INVITE-ONLY, UNPUBLICIZED PRESENTATION FOR $3B IN DEFENSE FUNDS IS A LOBBYING EVENT.

businessinsider.com/how-fisher-san…

Here, our first public questions about the intersection of Gaetz, We Build the Wall & Fisher on Oct 15, 2020👇

https://twitter.com/HomefrontFP/status/1316935006846070784?s=20

Also against House rules is using the member allowance for travel expenses outside of the rep's district or political or lobbying activities. B/C Congress isn't subject to FOIA, we don't know the details abt these Gaetz travel expenses coinciding with the Fisher lobbying event.

Gaetz MRA excerpt above from House Disbursement Report:
house.gov/the-house-expl…
About the House rules for spending MRA:ethics.house.gov/official-allow…

On at least one other occasion, @RepMattGaetz appears to have misused his MRA for prohibited expenses politico.com/states/florida…

@RepMattGaetz's unabashed use of official resources to promote at least 4 commercial ventures on the House website (his book, his 2 podcasts & news produced from his private TV studio) is also an ethics violation. So far @CongressEthics & @HouseAdm_Dems have turned a blind eye.