Witness Claims Matt Gaetz Attended Drug-Fueled Party With Underage Girl

Опубликовано: 03 Декабрь 2024
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The House Ethics Committee has obtained a sworn statement from a woman who said she attended a drug-fueled party where Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and the then-underage girl he was accused of having sex with were also present, ABC News reported Friday, citing sources familiar with the probe that stems from a closed Justice Department investigation into Gaetz. The Justice Department began investigating Gaetz in 2020 as part of its probe into his former friend Joel Greenberg, who pleaded guilty in 2021 to six federal charges, including sex trafficking of a minor. Greenberg reportedly told investigators Gaetz paid a 17-year-old for sex and to travel across state lines with him. The Justice Department declined to bring charges against Gaetz due to credibility issues with key witnesses. The House Ethics Committee announced in 2021 it was also investigating Gaetz for allegations of illicit drug use, using campaign funds for personal expenses, bribery and sharing inappropriate videos with other members on the House floor. Gaetz’s office has firmly denied all of the allegations against him, calling them “blatantly false” and alleging they “have not been validated by a single human being willing to put their name behind them” in a statement after the ethics probe was made public in 2021. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has accused Gaetz of leading the effort to remove him because McCarthy refused to kill the ethics committee probe. “I’ll give you the truth why I’m not speaker, it’s because one person, a member of Congress wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with a 17-year-old,” McCarthy told C-SPAN in an interview last week. Gaetz was recently subpoenaed by the then-underage woman he was accused of having sex with as part of a civil defamation suit Gaetz’s friend and former Florida state Rep. Chris Dorworth brought against her and Greenberg. His deposition in the case is scheduled for June. Matt Gaetz Subpoenaed By Woman He Allegedly Had Sex With When She Was A Minor, Report Says (Forbes)Matt Gaetz Will Not Face Charges In Sex-Trafficking Probe (Forbes)Kevin McCarthy Suggests He Was Ousted Because Matt Gaetz Wanted Him To Stop Ethics Investigation (Forbes)

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