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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) intends to press charges against a woman who allegedly threw a drink at him while he attended a wine festival in Walton County, Florida. The representative said the charges are necessary “in order to uphold the civility our community deserves.” Selena Chambers, 41, was charged with one count of misdemeanor battery and one felony count of battery on an elected official after the incident. Gaetz released a statement on Tuesday thanking the Walton County Sheriff’s Office for their “swift action.” Chambers pleaded “not guilty” to both counts. Her lawyer, Matthew Karp, ...
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) is being slammed by activists after body-shaming a photo of an abortion-rights protestor. Gaetz made the statements during a conservative Student Action Summit for Turning Point USA. The event was held in Tampa, Florida, with many other conservative guests. “Why is it that the women with the least likelihood of getting pregnant are the ones most worried about having abortions? Nobody wants to impregnate you if you look like a thumb,” the Florida representative said. He continued, “These people are odious from the inside out. They’re like 5′ 2″, 350 pounds, and they’...
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) came under fire for newly released audio recordings this past week, and now more recordings reveal the prominent Republican accusing his GOP colleagues of “putting people in jeopardy” with their rhetoric surrounding the January 6 Capitol attack. “These members calling out other members, that stuff’s got to stop,” McCarthy can be heard saying in a Jan. 10, 2021 recording during a phone call with Rep. Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana). “He’s putting people in jeopardy,” McCarthy said of ardent Trump supporter Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) following com...
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Prosecutors have granted immunity to an ex-girlfriend of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) before she testified in the investigation of Gaetz. She testified last Wednesday in front of a federal grand jury in Orlando, Florida. Gaetz is currently under investigation as to whether he violated sex trafficking laws and obstructed justice during the initial probe. He has previously denied wrongdoing, and has claimed that he has never paid for sex nor had sex with a minor. Isabelle Kirshner, an attorney for Gaetz, said in a statement last week that “we have seen no credible basis for a charge against Congr...
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) published a lengthy opinion editorial in another attempt to clear his name amid sexual misconduct allegations and a Justice Department investigation into sex trafficking allegations made against the representative. “Washington scandal cycles are predictable, and sex is especially potent in politics,” Gaetz said in his piece published to the Washington Examiner. “Let me first remind everyone that I am a representative in Congress, not a monk, and certainly not a criminal.” “Just as they once falsely attacked President Donald Trump as a Russian asset, Justice Brett Ka...
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Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois) has come out as the first Republican representative to call for Matt Gaetz‘s (R-Florida) resignation. In a tweet Thursday, Kinzinger wrote simply, “Matt Gaetz needs to resign,” while linking to news story about Gaetz’s sex trafficking allegations. Gaetz has repeatedly denied wrongdoing, writing in an op-ed Monday, “Since I’m taking my turn under the gun, let me address the allegations against me directly. First, I have never, ever paid for sex. And second, I, as an adult man, have not slept with a 17-year-old.” Gaetz has vowed to never resign. Kinzinger also tw...
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Federal investigators from the Justice Department are analyzing a trip Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) took to the Bahamas in late 2018 or early 2019, according to CBS News. Gaetz joined Jason Pirozzolo, a surgeon and marijuana entrepreneur, on a trip to the tropical island where Pirozzolo allegedly paid travel expenses and accommodations for female escorts. Investigators are working to see if the travel constitutes illegal sex trafficking. The Justice Department has not made public comments on the allegations, but a spokesperson for Gaetz released a statement Wednesday. “Rep. Gaetz has never paid...
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), now embroiled in a Justice Department investigation to determine if he had a relationship with a 17-year-old girl, showed naked pictures of women he claims to have slept with to colleagues in Congress. Gaetz allegedly showed several pictures to fellow lawmakers of women he said he has slept with, even showing the pictures on the House floor. According to CNN, two sources who were directly shown pictures by Gaetz explain that the Florida representative showed the images and subsequently bragged about having sex with the women. One video showed a naked women with a h...
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In what Fox News’ Tucker Carlson called “one of the weirdest” interviews he has “ever conducted,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) tried to rope the host into his current sex scandal stemming from allegations of sex trafficking of a minor and exchanging favors for sex. Hours after Gaetz’s story broke, the Florida representative spoke with Carlson on the air. Gaetz denied having had a relationship with a 17-year-old girl and exchanging gifts or favors for sex. Then, Gaetz said to Carlson that he was “not the only person on screen right now who’s been falsely accused of a terrible sex act.” Carlson f...
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As Donald Trump‘s second impeachment trial is set to begin next week, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) said he would jump at the chance to defend the former president. Gaetz told Steve Bannon, the host of War Room Pandemic podcast, that he would give up his seat in Congress if Trump requested he be a part of his legal defense. “If the president called me and wanted me to go defend him on the floor of the Senate, that would be the top priority in my life,” Gaetz said. “I would leave my House seat, I would leave my home, I would do anything I had to do to ensure that the greatest president in my life...
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