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Matt Gaetz American Politician
Trump’s Nomination For Our Nation’s Top Law Enforcement Officer
The U.S. House Ethics Committee has found that former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz paid tens of thousands of dollars to women for drugs and sex, including with a 17-year-old girl, U.S. media reported on Monday, citing a final draft of the panel's report. Gaetz, who has denied wrongdoing, resigned from the House of Representatives last month after he was selected by President-elect Donald Trump to be attorney general. He withdrew from consideration in the face of an uphill confirmation battle in the Senate. In a bid to prevent the report's release, Gaetz filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington, DC, against the Ethics panel arguing that it no longer had jurisdiction after Gaetz resigned from Congress. "The Committee's position regarding its lack of authority over former members represents a clear, well-established policy rather than an isolated interpretation," Gaetz's lawyers wrote in a complaint. His lawyers sought an emergency order to temporarily block publication of the report, which they argued would contain "untruthful and defamatory information" about Gaetz. The report found that Gaetz paid more than $90,000 to 12 different women, payments the Ethics panel determined were likely in connection with sexual activity and drug use. CBS and CNN reported similar details of the draft report. Both outlets said his actions violated Florida state laws. The Ethics panel received testimony that Gaetz had sex twice with a 17-year-old girl, described in the report as "Victim A," at a party in 2017, media reported. "Victim A recalled receiving $400 in cash from Representative Gaetz that evening, which she understood to be payment for sex, "Victim A said that she did not inform Representative Gaetz that she was under 18 at the time, nor did he ask her age." Gaetz was the subject of a three-year FBI investigation into allegations of sex trafficking that produced no criminal charges. The Ethics panel said there was not sufficient evidence that the three-term congressman violated the federal sex trafficking statute. All of the women who testified said the sexual encounters with Gaetz were consensual, according to media investigations. However, one woman told the committee that the use of drugs at the parties and events they attended may have "impaired their ability to really know what was going on or fully consent . Another woman told the committee, "When I look back on certain moments, I feel violated." Gaetz argued in his lawsuit that the panel had violated his constitutional rights to due process under the law "through the threatened release of an investigative report containing potentially defamatory allegations." The panel's report found that Gaetz violated House rules and other standards of conduct banning prostitution, statutory rape and drug use, media reported. It also found substantial evidence that Gaetz engaged in illicit drug use, media reported. It accused him of accepting gifts of luxury travel in excess of permissible limits with a 2018 trip to The Bahamas. The actions of these people who want to lead this country are disgusting, while this kind of parties and sexual activities have gone on for centuries, a person would think twice in engaging in these activities. With the type of investigating tools that media has , the actions of these folks always comes out sooner or later. For these men to try and excuse their actions are beyond silly. They knew what they were doing and that it was wrong and illegal. Now they can suffer the consequences plain and simple.
Tammy
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