Matt Gaetz had always stood by Donald Trump through every scandal he faced. Now, he’s facing one of his own.
It started when reports showed that the Floridian congressman had sexual relations with a 17-year-old girl. Now, he’s being investigated by the Department of Justice, as part of an investigation into another Florida politician, for sex trafficking allegations. This comes from the fact that, supposedly, Gaetz paid for the girl to cross state lines, which clashes with the federal offence of interstate trafficking underage children for sex.
Gaetz has since denied the allegations regarding this, saying the investigation is part of a plot against him, and that “no part of the allegations against me are true". He told Tucker Carlson on his Fox News talk show: "On 16 March, my father got a text message demanding a meeting, wherein a person demanded $25m in exchange for making horrible sex trafficking allegations against me go away".
Not helping his case, sources have stated that he has a reputation of sharing nude photos of women he’d had sexual relations with, including when on the House floor, with a source of this information commenting: "It was a point of pride".
Written by Jess Urquhart
Artwork by Zara Masood
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