Witness tells House Ethics Committee that Matt Gaetz paid her for sex: Sources -
“One woman, who ABC News is not identifying, told the committee that a payment from #Gaetz was for sex, while others have said they were paid to attend parties that Gaetz also attended and that featured drugs and sex, multiple sources told ABC News”
“House Ethics Committee said it is probing whether Rep. Matt #Gaetz sought to obstruct investig’s into his conduct, is dropping other lines of investig into him, & has issued 25 subpoenas in matters surrounding the congressman.
In rare public update about the investig, the committee said that the high-profile probe into Gaetz has been the subject of “a significant and unusual amount of public reporting,” and that “much of that reporting has been inaccurate” #GaetzGate
>300 #House lawmakers were reimbursed ≥$5.2M for #food & #lodging while on official business in Washington last year under a new, #TaxpayerFunded prgm that doesn’t require receipts.
The prgm, which kicked off last yr after a #Republican-led House panel passed it, was intended to make it easier for lawmakers to maintain separate homes in DC & their home districts.
#Republican#MattGaetz, the prgm’s overall top spender, was reimbursed for nearly $30k in lodging #expenses & >$10k for food in 2023. He was reimbursed >$4k for lodging in 2 different months & >$3k in 5 different months.
A spox for #Gaetz said he was reimbursed for expenses when the #House was out of session but he was in DC on ofcl business related to his post on the select cmte on #weaponization of the federal govt.…
Other members of the cmte expensed SIGNIFICANTLY less than Gaetz.
Worth emphasizing this, because most news outlets did not:
“Rep. Matt #Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Thursday ominously invoked Donald #Trump’s call to far-right violent extremists while joining the former president at his criminal trial in New York.
“Standing back and standing by, Mr. President,” Gaetz wrote on social media, along with a photo of himself positioned behind Trump at his trial.”
Cross-examination of #MichaelCohen resumes, an opportunity for the defense to poke holes in his testimony & perhaps trip up or provoke the state’s key witness. The questioning of Cohen, #Trump’s fmr fixer, is the beginning of the end of Trump’s #criminal trial, which began April 15 & might conclude before Memorial Day weekend at this pace.
“We are here of our own volition [ok], because there are things we can say that President Trump is unjustly not allowed to say,” #Gaetz said outside the courthouse.
A 71st House Republican has signed on to co-sponsor Rep. Matt #Gaetz's resolution to formally express sentiment of U.S. House that Donald #Trump did not engage in insurrection: Del. James Moylan (R-Guam)
“When ABC News reported on Wed that House Ethics Committee acquired text messages betw a young woman involved in sex trafficking investigation & Rep. Matt #Gaetz (R-FL), Gaetz spox told ABC that the congressman “does not know anything about the woman you’re referencing.”
#House ethics committee reached out to Rep. Matt #Gaetz’s ex-girlfriend amid ongoing investigation
“The outreach, which has not previously been reported, is a sign that the GOP-led committee’s investigation into the Florida Republican has recently expanded to include questioning around allegations of sex crimes, drug use and illicit benefits.”
House Ethics Committee investigating Rep. Matt #Gaetz has reached out to the woman whom the congressman allegedly had sexual relations with when she was a 17-year-old minor #GaetzGate