Former Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said he’s not Speaker anymore because “one person, a member of Congress, wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with a 17 year old,” CBS News reports.
Kevin McCarthy Explains Why He’s Not Speaker
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