Matt Gaetz allegedly partied, utilized drugs and paid women for enactment repeatedly betwixt 2017 and 2019 portion serving successful the House of Representatives, an lawyer claims.
The bombshell allegations person been cardinal to a House Ethics Committee probe into the ex-lawmaker that was abruptly paused past week pursuing Gaetz's resignation aft being nominated by Donald Trump to beryllium lawyer general.
The lawyer for 2 women progressive successful that aforesaid probe into Gaetz's behaviour came guardant Monday revealing damning caller details astir Donald Trump's lawyer wide nominee.
The Republican attended up to 10 'sex parties' wherever amerciable drugs and 'group enactment situations' were present, according to Orlando-based lawyer Joel Leppard.
Both women represented by Leppard allege that Gaetz paid them for enactment via Venmo, the lawyer claims.
'She testified [that] successful July of 2017, astatine this location party, she was walking retired to the excavation area, and she looked to her right, and she saw Rep. Gaetz having enactment with her friend, who was 17,' Leppard said Monday.
One of the witnesses alleges that she saw her friends having enactment with Gaetz astatine a enactment successful July 2017 against a crippled array thought to beryllium an aerial hockey table.
The unnamed witnesser besides says that her person was 17-years-old astatine the time.
Former lawmaker Matt Gaetz utilized amerciable drugs and went to enactment parties portion a subordinate of the House of Representatives, an lawyer for 2 women, Joel Leppard, claims
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., adjacent to his woman Ginger. She posted this representation connected societal media captioned: 'Attorney General volition look large connected you my love' aft Gaetz was nominated by Trump to beryllium AG
Former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (C) and woman Ginger Luckey Gaetz speech with different impermanent astatine the America First Policy Institute Gala held astatine Mar-a-Lago connected November 14, 2024 successful Palm Beach.
Gaetz was sworn-in arsenic a subordinate of the House of Representatives successful January 2017, truthful each of the allegations against him travel during his tenure arsenic a national employee.
He claimed helium has done thing incorrect and that the allegations against him magnitude to a 'false smear.'
Gaetz besides said helium had never engaged successful intersexual enactment with anyone nether the property of 18 successful a missive posted to his societal media successful September.
'The reply to this question is unequivocally NO,' helium wrote. 'The lawful, consensual intersexual activities of adults are not the concern of Congress.'
Gaetz has besides said that the Ethics Committee's actions look to beryllium unfairly targeting him, and helium announced helium would nary longer comply with their investigation.
'The reply to this question is unequivocally NO,' helium wrote. 'The lawful, consensual intersexual activities of adults are not the concern of Congress.'
'This question astir my intersexual past reveals a sinister motive of the Committee to harm maine and those who person had immoderate relation with me,' helium said astatine the time.
In June, the House Ethics Committee released a connection indicating its probe was focused connected whether Gaetz 'engaged successful intersexual misconduct and illicit cause use, accepted improper gifts, dispensed peculiar privileges and favors to individuals with whom helium had a idiosyncratic relationship, and sought to obstruct authorities investigations of his conduct.'
Joel Leppard of Leppard Law is representing 2 women making allegations against Rep. Matt Gaetz
Leppard alleges that a lawsuit of his saw Gaetz having enactment with a 17-year-old connected a hockey array astatine 1 of the up to 10 enactment parties helium is accused of attending
Gaetz has been a staunch Trump state for years
Gaetz showed up astatine Donald Trump's ineligible trials successful Manhattan implicit the summer
But Leppard claimed different connected Monday, saying that the women helium represents, who were besides progressive successful the committee investigation, person Venmo transactions 'for sex' that tin beryllium the erstwhile lawmaker is not being truthful.
Leppard besides revealed that Gaetz texted these women astir whether 'party favors' and 'vitamins' would beryllium disposable astatine the parties, which the brace understood to beryllium references to amerciable drugs.
When asked astir the allegations against Gaetz, Trump modulation spokesperson Alex Pfieffer told DailyMail.com: 'Matt Gaetz volition beryllium the adjacent Attorney General. He’s the close antheral for the occupation and volition extremity the weaponization of our justness system.'
'These are baseless allegations intended to derail the 2nd Trump administration,' helium added. 'The Biden Justice Department investigated Gaetz for years and cleared him of wrongdoing.'