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Lawyer tells ABC News his 2 clients told House Ethics Committee that Gaetz paid them for sex
ABC - Lawyer tells ABC News his 2 clients told House Ethics Committee that Gaetz paid them for sex
Trump has tapped Gaetz, a former congressman, to be the new attorney general.
By Will Steakin and Peter Charalambous
November 18, 2024, 1:42 PM
An attorney representing two women who testified before the House Ethics Committee told ABC News in an interview former Rep. Matt Gaetz paid both his adult clients for sex.
Florida attorney Joel Leppard told ABC News' Juju Chang that one of his clients also witnessed Gaetz having sex with a third woman -- who was then 17 years old -- 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.
The Justice Department spent years probing the allegations against Gaetz, including allegations of obstruction of justice, before informing Gaetz last year that it would not bring charges. Gaetz has long denied any wrongdoing related to the allegations investigated during Justice Department probe.
"Matt Gaetz will be the next Attorney General. He’s the right man for the job and will end the weaponization of our justice system," Trump transition spokesperson Alex Pfeiffer told ABC News regarding all the allegations involving Gaetz. "These are baseless allegations intended to derail the second Trump administration. The Biden Justice Department investigated Gaetz for years and cleared him of wrongdoing. The only people who went to prison over these allegations were those lying about Matt Gaetz."
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Trump has tapped Gaetz, a former congressman, to be the new attorney general.
By Will Steakin and Peter Charalambous
November 18, 2024, 1:42 PM
An attorney representing two women who testified before the House Ethics Committee told ABC News in an interview former Rep. Matt Gaetz paid both his adult clients for sex.
Florida attorney Joel Leppard told ABC News' Juju Chang that one of his clients also witnessed Gaetz having sex with a third woman -- who was then 17 years old -- 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.
The Justice Department spent years probing the allegations against Gaetz, including allegations of obstruction of justice, before informing Gaetz last year that it would not bring charges. Gaetz has long denied any wrongdoing related to the allegations investigated during Justice Department probe.
"Matt Gaetz will be the next Attorney General. He’s the right man for the job and will end the weaponization of our justice system," Trump transition spokesperson Alex Pfeiffer told ABC News regarding all the allegations involving Gaetz. "These are baseless allegations intended to derail the second Trump administration. The Biden Justice Department investigated Gaetz for years and cleared him of wrongdoing. The only people who went to prison over these allegations were those lying about Matt Gaetz."
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Yashar Ali 🐘
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1. NEWS
An attorney representing two women who testified before the House Ethics Committee says former Rep. Matt Gaetz paid both his adult clients for sex.
Yashar Ali 🐘
@yasharali.bsky.social
2. Florida attorney Joel Leppard says that one of his clients also witnessed Gaetz having sex with a third woman -- who was then 17 years old -- at a house party in Florida.
(Just want to add here that in Florida the age of consent is 18 years old, so this should be referred to as statutory rape)
November 18, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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