Matt Gaetz says he's under federal investigation for sexual misconduct

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Well this is interesting ---Gaetz is 38 and single, reportedly under investigation since near end of Trump Administration by  DOJ under AG Barr.

NY Times 3/30/21

Matt Gaetz Is Said to Be Investigated Over Possible Sexual Relationship With a Girl, 17

Axios:  Matt Gaetz says he's under federal investigation for sexual misconduct

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"Sounding shaken, Gaetz said that for weeks, he and his father been working with the FBI in the Northern District of Florida on the extortion case. Gaetz said his lawyers were informed by the Justice Department that "I was not a target but a subject of an investigation regarding sexual conduct with women." "

 

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21 hours ago, Curious1997 said:

Again I won't be surprised if that past rape of Tucker Carlson that Gaetz mentioned isn't going to surface again! 

I bet Tucker Carlson is really sorry that he invited him on. 

I was wondering why Tucker Carlson was quiet throughout the interview and closed with something along the lines that there was still no clarification as to what is going on!  LMAO!

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45 minutes ago, SummerGarden said:

I was wondering why Tucker Carlson was quiet throughout the interview and closed with something along the lines that there was still no clarification as to what is going on!  LMAO!

NPR

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A female former producer at Fox News and another woman who appeared frequently as an on-air commentator on the network have filed a civil lawsuit Monday accusing former longtime anchor ED Henry of rape, sexual misconduct and harassment.

Prominent Fox News commentators Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson and Howard Kurtz are also named as defendants in the suit and are accused of sexual misconduct. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

That's last Summer.  One might view Gaetz' language with Carlson as a suggestion that they were all in this together, and needed to stick together. 

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Rachel Maddow Show

The even weirder backstory behind the bizarre Gaetz sex trafficking investigation story

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Well, well. It seems that Fox News is taking a break from Hunter Biden (who does not hold elected office) to finally covering the Gaetz mess. 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/matt-gaetz-communications-director-steps-down-federal-investigation

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Is Fox explaining why he didn't want the FBI to get phone records? Now we know why? 

This is another reason why gerrymandering isn't good. If Gaetz is in a gerrymandered district, who's going to remove him if he isn't convicted? 

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Haven't heard anything from the fiiancee' yet.  Self sabotaged by his behavior.

Washington Post 4/02/21

Gaetz is said to have boasted of his ‘access to women’ provided by friend charged in sex-trafficking case

 

Fox News article buried at bottom website:
Matt Gaetz says he won’t resign as pressure mounts

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...Mr. Gaetz’s behavior in Congress has raised eyebrows among some lawmakers and aides on the Hill. One former lawmaker described how Mr. Gaetz had shown him videos of his sexual partners in the House Republican cloakroom. A current lawmaker described Mr. Gaetz one day bragging to him on a walk from the Capitol about going to bars and being around "fine women." A congressional aide said that after Mr. Gaetz got engaged last year, he said, "I’m really loving this monogamy thing," adding that Mr. Gaetz was drawing a contrast to his previous lifestyle....

 

 

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Has anyone recovered successfully from a scandal as big as Gaetz before? 

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Does anyone know if congress people have morality clauses? 

In my father's business, quite a few times I've seen morality clauses been used to make executives toe the line when they step over the line. The board threatens to take away stock and to fire people etc. 

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1 hour ago, Curious1997 said:

Does anyone know if congress people have morality clauses? 

In my father's business, quite a few times I've seen morality clauses been used to make executives toe the line when they step over the line. The board threatens to take away stock and to fire people etc. 

US Representatives are supposed to be subject to independent ethics review.  Republicans tried to put a stop to that after Trump was elected. 

With No Warning, House Republicans Vote to Gut Independent Ethics Office

We know that the leader of the Republican party routinely fired, demoted or demonized any who dared to negatively critique his ethics, honesty or intentions.  The evidence suggests that modern political conservatives are all talk when it comes to matters of character. 

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Ran across this story @ Michael Smerconish newsletter -- broadcast yesterday on Smerconish Siriusxm radio show --Youtube video of conversation with Bob Kent

Meet the Man Behind Matt Gaetz's EXTORTION Claim!

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On 4/3/2021 at 11:51 AM, Curious1997 said:

Has anyone recovered successfully from a scandal as big as Gaetz before? 

These are different times.  These are the times when people who don't want to believe what they hear just cry "fake news media".  He's still popular and is speaking at a conservative Women's Group in Miami this weekend.

Let that sink in.  A women's summit.  

In normal times his invitation to speak would have been rescinded.

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Getting juicier... appears Joel Greenberg requesting a deal and spilling beans against bigger federal government fish.

 

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