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| | Subject: Matt Gaetz Facing 'Wave of Indictments' Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:39 pm | |
| 9-17-2022
Matt Gaetz facing 'wave of indictments' in sex trafficking case.
GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida is facing increased scrutiny after a bombshell Washington Post report that he sought a preemptive pardon for sex trafficking.
"Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) told a former White House aide that he was seeking a preemptive pardon from President Donald Trump regarding an investigation in which he is a target, according to testimony given to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol," the newspaper reported.
"Johnny McEntee, according to people familiar with his testimony, told investigators that Gaetz told him during a brief meeting “that they are launching an investigation into him or that there’s an investigation into him,” without specifying who was investigating Gaetz.
Gaetz associate Joel Greenberg pleaded guilty to sex trafficking in 2021.
"The testimony is the first indication that Gaetz was specifically seeking a pardon for his own exposure related to the Justice Department inquiry into whether he violated sex trafficking laws.
His public posture in the final months of the Trump administration was much less specific, repeatedly calling for broad preemptive pardons to fend off possible Democratic investigations," the newspaper reported.
"The Justice Department investigation into whether Gaetz paid for sex, paid for women to travel across state lines to have sex, and had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old, was opened in the final months of the Trump administration with approval from Attorney General William P. Barr."
Legal experts were stunned by the report.
Attorney Tristan Snell, who successfully prosecuted the case against Trump University, expected indictments after the midterm election.
"This was not the action of an innocent man," Snell tweeted. "This was the action of someone who knows he’s guilty — and wanted a literal 'get out of jail free' card."
"Why hasn’t Matt Gaetz been indicted yet?
Because the investigation has ballooned —
covering a huge web of political corruption_
fraud, and embezzlement of COVID relief funds, as well as sex trafficking," Snell wrote.
"A wave of indictments is anticipated for after the November election."
The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) wrote,
"To the best of our knowledge, Matt Gaetz is the only sitting Congressman to ever ask for a pardon for sex trafficking."
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), a former military prosecutor who sits on the House Judiciary Committee, said that GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy has an obligation to remove Gaetz from the committee.
"GOP Rep Matt Gaetz is entitled to the presumption
of innocence. He is not entitled to sit on the Judiciary Committee that has oversight over the Department of Justice that is investigating him for sex crimes,"
Lieu wrote. "A conflict of interest."
Lieu said McCarthy "must remove him from the Committee."
Gaetz, who represents Florida, is spending his weekend at the Texas Youth Summit.
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| | Subject: Re: Matt Gaetz Facing 'Wave of Indictments' Wed Feb 15, 2023 1:33 pm | |
| DOJ won’t charge Matt Gaetz with crimes in sex trafficking probe
February 15, 2023
The Justice Department will not pursue charges against Congressman Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., after a years-long probe into sex trafficking allegations.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Gaetz’s office confirmed that “the Department of Justice has confirmed to Congressman Gaetz’s attorneys that their investigation has concluded and that he will not be charged with any crimes.”
Gaetz has maintained his innocence in the matter since it was first reported in March of 2021 that Gaetz was under investigation over whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl and paid her to travel with him.
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| | Subject: Re: Matt Gaetz Facing 'Wave of Indictments' Wed May 03, 2023 3:46 am | |
| Tallahassee Woman Arrested, Charged with Assaulting GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz
Martin Walsh, May 2, 2023 Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz revealed on Monday that he was assaulted over the weekend. In a press release and video posted to Twitter, Gaetz said police arrested a woman after she assaulted him while he was attending a private event with his wife in Florida. “On Saturday evening, April 29th, a 41-year-old woman named Selena J. Chambers assaulted U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) while he was attending a private event with his wife in Sandestin, Florida. The woman was arrested by Walton County officers and charged with one count of battery on an elected official and one count of battery, to touch or strike. Chambers, a registered Democrat and self-described member of the “Resistance,” is a resident of Tallahassee, Florida,” Gaetz said in a press release. “I will never allow the safety of Northwest Floridians to be comprised. I will be pressing charges against this individual in order to uphold the civility our community deserves. Thank you to the Walton County Sheriff’s office for taking swift action,” Gaetz said. WATCH: Gaetz made headlines last week when he spoke out about former Fox News host Tucker Carlson being fired from the network. Gaetz took to Twitter to offer a teaser about what he thinks Carlson will be doing next. “OMG wait till everyone sees what @TuckerCarlson has planned…,” he said. |
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