GOP Rep. Says He Is Subject of Sex Investigation, but Claims He’s the Target of an ‘Extortion’ Plot
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz said Tuesday he is a subject in a federal sex trafficking investigation, though he denies any wrongdoing and says he is the victim of a $25 million extortion plot.
On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that the Justice Department is investigating whether Gaetz, a Republican, had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl.
According to the Times, which cited three people familiar with the matter, the Justice Department opened the investigation at the end of the Trump administration. . .
In statements to the Times, Gaetz said he was the subject of an investigation. To Axios, Gaetz denied all wrongdoing and claimed he was being extorted by a former official at the Justice Department.
He added more detail in his denial on Twitter, and suggested that the Times story was part of a ploy to uncover the people trying to extort him.
…of the ongoing extortion investigation.
I demand the DOJ immediately release the tapes, made at their direction, which implicate their former colleague in crimes against me based on false allegations.
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) March 30, 2021
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