New Matt Gaetz Details Emerge Amid House Ethics Report Controversy

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Newsweek

Published Nov 18, 2024 at 3:42 PM EST


Two women are accusing former Florida Representative Matt Gaetz of paying them for sex.Florida attorney Joel Leppard said Gaetz paid through Venmo both of his clients for sex. The two women testified before the House Ethics Committee as well as in the federal investigation. Gaetz, a Republican from Florida, was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to become U.S. attorney general.

"The House was very clear about that and went through each. They essentially put the Venmo payments on the screen and asked about them. And my clients repeatedly testified, 'What was this payment for?' 'That was for sex,'" Leppard said.

Newsweek was directed to text Leppard and sent a message. Newsweek also called Gaetz's office in Washington, D.C. and left a message. Leppard told POLITICO on Sunday that his clients had attended between five to 10 "sex parties" with the former Florida Representative between 2017 and 2018. Gaetz was already in Congress at the time.

Leppard also said one of his clients witnessed Gaetz having sex with another woman who was then 17 years old. They were at a house party in Florida. "She testified [that] in July of 2017, at this house party, she was walking out to the pool area, and she looked to her right, and she saw Rep. Gaetz having sex with her friend, who was 17," Leppard said.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/matt-gaetz-sexual-assault-allegations-venmo-1987769

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This is like a prerequisite to be on the "short list" as a nominee.

[luvallpeeps]

1. Should any reporter ask Trump about it,

he’ll attack them. Maybe say they’re lying, or call it fake news. I can’t bear four years of the helicopter in the background Q & As we were subjected to last time.

[FakeNoose]

18. Reporters should ask Chump if his cabinet picks are guilty of felonies, like he is?

[yankee87]

2. Pedophilia and Pimping Okay

We already know raping and sexual assault are a MAGA priority. Did not care that Herr Furher did it.

[keithbvadu2]

3. Payment by Gaetz

Link to tweet

[chouchou]

19. That's definitely a Keeper!

[Eyeball_Kid]

4. THAT'S IT!

Gaetz is AG by acclamation! Indecency is next to Godliness. Trump says so! GOPers raise their glasses to toast! If Donny sees Gaetz as a man of honor and integrity, THEN HE IS. End of story. Donny is the new reality. Whatever emanates from his mouth is TRUTH. If Gaetz stays on the AG list, then he's prime AG material. Donny said so. And Donny never errs. Never.

[Clouds Passing]

9. Life will be like a "1984" version of the movie Groundhog Day.

[lees1975]

5. Nothing says "I did it" like resigning from Congress two days before your ethics report drops.

I don't need to know more, but maybe there are still a few other Americans who do.

[johnnyfins]

6. Has anyone asked Microscopic Johnson

about this yet?

[OldBaldy1701E]

10. He said he thought it should not be released. Shocking, I know. (n/t)

[live love laugh]

7. Gaetz is a decoy -- a human lightning rod basically.

He’ll be dumped after they finish using him to draw attention away from the other horrific selections.

[stopdiggin]

17. might be an element of truth there

I'm sure this has crossed a few minds.

In fact hear a 'guesstimate' today that went, "Senate nixes Gaetz appointment - promptly says 'See, see .. we DID do our job' - and then railroads on through another 40 deplorable and toxic appointments, while covered with that delicious 'newsworthy' fig leaf."

Sounded about right to me.

[Cherokee100]

8. Only the best pedophiles

Can we say 'only the best pedophiles', are in charge now.' From trump, to the supreme court, to the GOP congress, they are everywhere.

[LymphocyteLover]

11. I think we know who else was at the cocaine orgies that Madison Cawthorn talked about....

[BumRushDaShow]

13. I brought his name up in another thread yesterday...

[BattleRow]

12. By comparison,JD Vance's sectional sexcapades are positively virginal.

[Aussie105]

14. They look on and declare it good. Aspirational, even.

Not news that the top people in the R party are predators and abusers.

What is news is that it is open knowledge, and a lot of lower ranked R males consider it good and aspire to the same status.

Nothing has changed since Berlusconi's bunga bunga parties.
If you were invited you were in the IN CROWD!

[NGeorgian]

15. MAGA doesn't care about Stormy Daniels so........

they don't care about this.

[kimbutgar]

16. And this makes Bill Clinton getting a BJ from an adult intern seem tame now in comparison !

And dumpt wants to make this unethical rapist bird of his feather the attorney general ?

it’s too cray cray !

And the repuke party needs to renamed the hypocrite party,