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Listen to your heart, Matt. Oh, wait... https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1376912199227084801
And there it is. "It was not clear how Mr. Gaetz met the girl, believed to be 17 at the time of encounters about two years ago that investigators are scrutinizing, according to two of the people." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/us/politics/matt-gaetz-sex-trafficking-investigation.html
Sure, Jan.
"It is unlikely that Bill Barr would have investigated one of President Trvmp's biggest allies as part of an extortion plot." https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-justice-department-trafficking/
Of COURSE they do. https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-qanon/
"QAnon fans' defense of Gaetz is particularly ironic because the entire point of the conspiracy theory is to uncover a global underage sex trafficking ring supposedly being run by the leaders of the Democratic Party." https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-qanon/
"(Gaetz)'s trying to find something exculpatory that he thinks the viewers will grab onto." https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-tucker-carlson-word-salad/
"The former Trump aides aren't necessarily happy to see the three-term lawmaker in trouble, but they 'feel a little vindicated,'" BI said, citing a former White House staffer. "He's the meanest person in politics." https://www.businessinsider.com/matt-gaetz-sex-scandal-doj-investigation-republicans-trump-2021-3 https://www.rawstory.com/trump-officials-celebrat-fall-gaetz/
And of course, here she comes... https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-matt-gaetz/
but then, there's this... "Keep in mind, when this investigation was opened,.. that investigation had to be signed off on by their supervisor, the head of the criminal division and briefed to Bill Barr himself," https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-justice-department-trafficking/
"A former congressional aide said Republican leaders will enjoy sitting back and watching Gaetz “completely implode in a matter of days,” while another another ex-Trump White House aide wrote: “Good riddance..." https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-waste-no-time-burying-meanest-person-matt-gaetz-after-teen-sex-allegation
"more importantly than the bizarreness of the interview is the fact that Gaetz didn’t do a very convincing job trying to refute the very serious criminal allegations underpinning the federal investigation." https://www.vox.com/2021/3/31/22359953/matt-gaetz-tucker-carlson-interview-sex-trafficking-allegations
"Given Jordan's past, his statement declaring Gaetz's innocence drew instant ridicule -- check out some reactions below." https://www.rawstory.com/jim-jordan-believes-matt-gaetz/
"Though the reports of the DOJ investigation into Gaetz have focused on the sex crime, the document reportedly given to the Gaetz family proposing the funding of the rescue operation suggests (Gaetz) is facing scrutiny for a wider range of conduct." https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-dating/
"We searched through all the available records and found nothing to support Gaetz’s claim. We repeatedly asked his staff to show us the records and heard crickets. We asked Gaetz directly — nothing, radio silence." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/01/matt-gaetzs-claim-that-travel-records-debunk-allegations-against-him/
"One former GOP staffer said Wednesday that their office had an informal rule to not allow their members to appear next to Gaetz during TV hits, fearful of the inevitable scandal that would come out one day." https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-have-been-waiting-for-a-matt-gaetz-scandal-to-break
“Matt Gaetz is basically the shrimp tail in your Cinnamon Toast Crunch,”
Because he's a 'conservative', don'tcha know.
"More than a half-dozen lawmakers have spoken to these reporters about his love of alcohol and illegal drugs, as well as his proclivity for younger women," https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-have-been-waiting-for-a-matt-gaetz-scandal-to-break
"More than a half-dozen lawmakers have spoken to these reporters about his love of alcohol and illegal drugs, as well as his proclivity for younger women," https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-have-been-waiting-for-a-matt-gaetz-scandal-to-break
"Gaetz is trying to tap into the deep state conspiracy by inferring that the extortion plot is a part of the child sex trafficking investigation. It is not." https://www.politicususa.com/2021/04/01/matt-gaetz-begging.html
"Despite his high profile among the conservative grassroots, Gaetz has few friends on Capitol Hill, according to multiple Republican aides and operatives." https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/matt-gaetz-built-devoted-fan-base-has-few-friends-washington-n1262689
This just keeps unraveling!
"sources say investigators are also pursuing allegations that Gaetz may have used cash and drugs in his dealings with young women and also whether any federal campaign money was involved in paying for travel and expenses," https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-2651324242/
"sources say investigators are also pursuing allegations that Gaetz may have used cash and drugs in his dealings with young women and also whether any federal campaign money was involved in paying for travel and expenses," https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-2651324242/
"Gaetz allegedly showed off to other lawmakers photos and videos of nude women he said he had slept with, the sources told CNN, including while on the House floor," https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-pictures/
"In a text message exchange shared with CNN that the source said was between Greenberg and the employee, Greenberg confirmed he was in the office 'showing congressman Gaetz what our operation looked like.'" https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-2651324756/
"Gaetz also credits Trvmp with making life a little bit easier in Washington for a guy like him who, as he put it, “arrived in D.C. as a single man after a couple of long-term relationships that didn’t work out.” https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/lordy-there-were-hula-hoops
"Gaetz, a Florida Republican, is now the target of a Justice Department investigation that is focusing on allegations that the Republican congressman and (Joel) Greenberg recruited young women and paid them for sex," https://www.thedailybeast.com/these-text-messages-led-the-feds-to-matt-gaetz
"(Joel) Greenberg has maintained a close relationship with Gaetz for several years. Both were rising stars in Florida’s Republican Party in 2016." https://www.thedailybeast.com/these-text-messages-led-the-feds-to-matt-gaetz
Pictured here, Stone, Gaetz and Joel Greenberg https://twitter.com/oXxRowanxXo/status/1377957659744296963?s=20
"The Times has reviewed receipts from Cash App, a mobile payments app, and Apple Pay that show payments from Mr. Gaetz and Mr. Greenberg... The women told their friends that the payments were for sex with the two men,..." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/us/politics/matt-gaetz-justice-department.html
"Gaetz has continued to insist that he did nothing wrong, but so far only Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) have vouched for his innocence." https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetzs-comms-chief-resigns/
"They were not taking great steps to hide these. Gaetz or Greenberg would go to an ATM in the hotel that they were in – they would often meet these women in hotels," https://www.rawstory.com/gaetz-allegedly-used-atms-in-hotels-where-he-met-women-he-paid-could-face-10-year-mandatory-jail-sentence-report/
"to throw Matt Gaetz over the side will make them feel better and they think give them some kind of credibility for having walked away from someone who is clearly, like I said, at this point, I think terminally toxic." https://www.rawstory.com/gaetz-florida/
"But, Gaetz, I think, he'd like to be Donald Trvmp. He's not. And it's very foolish of him to try to carry off the Trump routine that he can keep talking and talk his way through these things," McCarthy said." https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-stupid-defense/
"The longer the story goes on, the more it appears that charges of sex trafficking are highly appropriate. But even as an unpleasant story gets even darker, there are still moments so jarringly ludicrous that they seem difficult to believe." https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/4/2/2024082/--Creepy-Gaetz-allegedly-paid-for-sex-using-Apple-Pay-and-not-just-for-himself
"Matt was very different. He was very brash and bombastic, loves to troll people, which is why he's made so many enemies. He's got a list of enemies a mile long." https://www.rawstory.com/thats-pretty-damning-florida-state-attorney-says-alleged-sex-receipts-are-bad-news-for-matt-gaetz/
"Gaetz isn’t going to get the conservative media job that he claimed to be exploring." https://www.politicususa.com/2021/04/01/matt-gaetz-multiple-women-sex-trafficking.html
"If these scandals seem to demand how a member of Congress, entrusted to hold power in Washington, could behave in such a way, the reality may be the opposite: Only a member of Congress could behave like this and get away with it." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/only-congress-could-give-us-matt-gaetz/618494/
He's on his way to becoming a term. https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-2651336681/
"Rest assured that Greenberg has been singing to the feds about his friend Matt Gaetz. That's why Matt is so freaked out." https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9430921/Matt-Gaetzs-arrest-imminent-sources-say-Joel-Greenberg-singing-feds.html
"This sort of utterly unqualified, slimy, camera-hogging, no-good lowlife who got elevated to prominence and came in on the Trump wave in 2016 -- whatever you want to call that, the wave on Trump's coat tails in 2016 -- and became known for being known," https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-2651338511/
That's it. I'm not donating to his campaign, ANYMORE! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/matt-gaetz-joel-greenberg/2021/04/02/195ecd16-934c-11eb-a74e-1f4cf89fd948_story.html
"Let's also not forget the hypocrisy here, Alex," Moulton said. "This is the wing of the Republican Party that's always lording Christian values over all the rest of us -- Matt Gaetz is having one hell of an Easter weekend here." https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-scandals/
"One GOP operative bluntly told The Guardian that as far as Trump's circle is concerned on Gaetz, "a 10ft pole is not long enough." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/03/matt-gaetz-republican-sex-trafficking-scandal
"I don’t know exactly what Gaetz has or hasn’t done, but I do know he’s spent his career reveling in scandal rather than actually doing his job... The fact that this guy is a sitting member of Congress boggles the mind." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/03/matt-gaetz-scandal-week-in-patriarchy
"If an underage girl is involved, Gaetz won't get the benefit of the doubt from his colleagues. There'll be intense pressure on... McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other top Republicans to call for Gaetz to leave office and fight the charges as a private citizen." https://www.rawstory.com/republicans-matt-gaetz/
I read that Roger Stone is giving Matt Gaetz scandal advice. Roger Stone, who would almost certainly be in prison right now if not for his pardon from the guy who's no longer President. https://www.salon.com/2021/04/03/roger-stone--no-stranger-to-indictment--offers-matt-gaetz-potentially-disastrous-advice/
"Gaetz has always been regarded as a grenade whose pin had already been pulled. The congressman had a reputation for a wild personal lifestyle that, associates say, occasionally bordered on reckless." https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/06/trump-matt-gaetz-lifeline-479126
"The reason you haven't seen people in MAGA world defending Gaetz is less about him being unpopular, which he is in a lot of circles, and more about the fact that he hasn't done a single thing to make people comfortable to defend him." https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/06/trump-matt-gaetz-lifeline-479126
"Gaetz was the chief opponent to that legislation. Goodson said he remembered a meeting in which Gaetz said that if someone sends an intimate image to their romantic partner, then that image becomes the partner’s property to use however they want." https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-ne-matt-gaetz-revenge-porn-20210405-5qbme6ilzna3rhry6gzqeevwpq-story.html
"The once-great “Moral Majority” is now a party that welcomes and protects avowed sexual predators and pedophiles." https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-problem-isnt-a-witch-hunt-matt-gaetz-its-you
"What is wrong with the people who knew about this and yet were more concerned with their own publicity than they were with the safety of their coworkers, upholding of the law, and the business of the country?" https://www.thedailybeast.com/matt-gaetz-is-the-model-republican-representative-a-creep-no-one-is-surprised-about
"The Justice Department has been exploring whether Greenberg procured women for Gaetz and whether the two men sometimes shared sexual partners, including the 17-year-old at issue in Greenberg’s case." https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/matt-gaetz-joel-greenberg-plea-deal/2021/04/08/a1da46ca-965d-11eb-b28d-bfa7bb5cb2a5_story.html
"When you can’t get your colleagues to stand beside you and even Jim Jordan stops answering your calls, it’s time to step aside." https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/4/8/2024982/-Florida-man-at-center-of-Matt-Gaetz-scandal-accepts-plea-deal-will-cooperate-with-federal-probe
