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- politics@beehaw.org
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- politics@beehaw.org
They wouldn’t even charge him when they had proof he trafficked a child. This new information won’t change anything because they’re not interested in using it against him.
The tables have turned a bit though. McCarthy seems to be going for revenge. And he’s got friends frustrated enough about what happened to help.
So like usual none of the GOP cared until the actions of a member impacted other important members.
I doubt even McCarthy wants to set a precedent of charging congress members for their crimes. Especially sex crimes.
Yea idk. Now that he’s out maybe he wants to burn the whole thing down. As long as he didn’t do the things he’s going after then he’ll be safe, and if there’s anything we know about those fucks is they only think about themselves.
Yeah sex crimes seem to be legal if you’re Matt Gaetz.
And Vince McMahon
If you put an AC/DC shirt in him he would look exactly like Bevis.
And would still only be half as smart
The smartest man in Florida by a wide margin then
The Disney legal department has entered the chat.
Doesn’t even need to be AC/DC. If you pulled his shirt up over his head, you could hockey punch him until he looks like Butthead.
I think this is an experiment that needs to happen.
eagerly raises hand pick me pick me!
I’m surprised he actually paid
Ah, the fortunate son. The Senator’s son.
Hartigan gets 'em in the end.
Not sex parties.
Sex and drug parties.
ABC News & Daily Beast 💪
When ABC News reported on Wednesday that the House Ethics Committee had acquired text messages between a young woman involved in the sex trafficking investigation and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), a Gaetz spokesperson told ABC that the congressman “does not know anything about the woman you’re referencing.” That seems extraordinarily unlikely.
The Daily Beast can now report that this woman told prosecutors in 2021 that she had sex with Gaetz at a drug-fueled party that she was paid to attend, according to the woman’s attorney.
This attorney told The Daily Beast on Thursday that the woman, in fact, received payments in connection with multiple sex parties with people in Gaetz’s circle. … she turned over text messages, photos, and other evidence to the Justice Department as part of its child sex trafficking inquiry …
The Daily Beast has obtained some of those messages and photos, which match the documents described by ABC News.
… the House Ethics Committee is now reviewing this evidence as part of its inquiry into whether Gaetz paid for sex with women and with an underage teen. In fact, the Ethics Committee met Thursday afternoon behind closed doors to discuss the Gaetz case, which also involves allegations of public corruption, solicitation of prostitution, habitual use of hard drugs, bribes or impermissible gifts, campaign finance violations, and exhibiting nude photos of sexual partners on the House floor.
… when it became apparent Gaetz was being investigated in 2021, she was contacted by another male party attendee—a Gaetz associate—who … intimidate[d] her into not describing any of the events related to Gaetz, the lawyer said.The woman, whose name The Daily Beast is withholding, was older than 21 at the time of the encounters, the attorney said, noting that she emphasized to prosecutors that the sex was consensual.
Rare Gaetz consensual double u (all things considered, I mean she wasn’t 17!)
“She told them that she and lots of girls were provided all kinds of controlled substances at these parties,” the lawyer said … The heavy use of drugs and alcohol was a hurdle for investigators, he said, since it muddled memories of the events. “The availability of vast amounts of alcohol and controlled substances gave rise to the lack of control of the hormonal imperative,” this lawyer continued, “which inspired people to engage in intimate behavior that may or may not have been because they were financially remunerated.”
This woman appears in Venmo transactions previously reported on by The Daily Beast. Between March and July 2017, this woman received nearly $2,500 across multiple payments from Gaetz’s then-best friend, locally elected tax collector Joel Greenberg. The descriptions Greenberg entered for her payments included “travel,” “being cool,” “stuff,” and the misspelled first name of another Greenberg associate. The text messages now in the hands of congressional investigators show Gaetz propositioning the woman for a May 2017 private group flight to the Florida Keys, where they would be joined by three women and one other man.
“Hey—any interest in flying on a private plane to the keys May 19-21?” … with “2 guys, 4 girls. A very high-quality adventurous group.”
The woman initially agreed, to which Gaetz replied, “Fantastic.”
“As is true with all time you spend w me, it’ll be fun and chill,” Gaetz wrote. He then asked if she had a passport, and she replied that she did.
The woman ultimately declined to make the trip … [but] one [woman] received a $500 payment described as “Cuba.”
(… Gaetz privately boasted about taking a trip to Cuba around this time [per Daily Beast informant].)
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