Disturbing Charge: Woman Told Ethics Panel That Matt Gaetz Had Sex With Her When She Was 17 — As Bipartisan Calls Grow To Release House Report

The key figure in a Justice Department investigation into sex trafficking allegations involving Matt Gaetz told the House Ethics Committee that the former congressman had sex with her when she was 17 years old, according to a report.

The woman, who is now in her 20s, was subpoenaed by the ethics panel over the summer and testified that Gaetz had sex with her when she was a minor and still in high school, ABC News reported on Thursday. . .

“These allegations are invented and would constitute false testimony to Congress,” Gaetz said in a statement provided to The Post. “This false smear following a three-year criminal investigation should be viewed with great skepticism.”

The DOJ informed Gaetz last year that it would not bring charges against him related to the probe, but the House Ethics Committee has been running a separate investigation into the former congressman, who abruptly resigned from Congress Wednesday after being nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as attorney general.

The ethics committee was reportedly set to vote Friday on whether to release its findings in the Gaetz probe, according to Punchbowl News. (Read more from “Disturbing Charge: Woman Told Ethics Panel That Matt Gaetz Had Sex With Her When She Was 17 — As Bipartisan Calls Grow To Release House Report” HERE)

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