Matt Gaetz used his adopted Cuban son's PayPal to pay for 'sexual favors' from two women, lawyer for his victims claims

Matt Gaetz utilized his adopted son's PayPal relationship to wage women for 'sexual favors,' an lawyer for 2 of the victims claimed.

Two women interviewed by the House Ethics Committee astir Gaetz testified that helium paid them straight and repeatedly via Venmo transactions 'for sex.'

Some of those payments were done the PayPal relationship of Nestor Galban, whom Gaetz has referred to arsenic his 'adopted son.'

Gaetz shocked Congress successful 2020 erstwhile helium revealed helium had an adopted son. He said helium was dating Galban's sister and the boy's parent had precocious died from cancer erstwhile they each moved successful together.  

He did not formally follow Nestor but says: 'Our narration arsenic a household is defined by our emotion for each other, not by immoderate paperwork.'

Nestor Galban was lone 12 erstwhile helium arrived successful the U.S. from Cuba successful 2014. He lived with Gaetz for 4 years aft his arrival. He past lived with his biologic begetter for a twelvemonth earlier moving backmost successful with Gaetz aft helium turned 18. Galban is present a U.S. citizen.

Gaetz resigned from Congress aft Donald Trump nominated him to beryllium his lawyer general. His resignation came earlier the House could ballot connected whether they should merchandise the probe into Gaetz's alleged intersexual narration with a minor, cause abuse, and different charges.

The House Ethics Committee is weighing whether oregon not to merchandise the study anyway.

Meanwhile it was revealed that 1 of the women testified to the Ethics committee that she witnessed Gaetz having enactment with a 17-year-old astatine a party.

Florida lawyer Joel Leppard said his lawsuit witnessed Gaetz having enactment with the insignificant astatine a drug-fueled enactment successful July 2017. Gaetz was unaware of her property astatine the clip but subsequently was told she was underage. 

That pistillate and different pistillate testified that they were paid by Gaetz to person enactment with him and different individuals who attended these 'sex parties.' 

Trump, however, is lasting by his nominee. The president-elect is personally calling senators to propulsion them to ballot to confirm as his lawyer general.

Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, who received a telephone from Trump, told Axios: 'He believes Matt Gaetz is the 1 idiosyncratic who volition person the fearlessness and ferociousness, really, to bash what needs doing astatine the Department of Justice.' 

Gaetz, a pro-MAGA hardliner and Trump loyalist, has called for transgression investigations of Trump critics, including erstwhile Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and erstwhile FBI Director James Comey. He's besides said helium would 'abolish' agencies similar the FBI, which helium would oversee arsenic lawyer general. 

'One happening astir Donald Trump, radical should ne'er confuse his enactment for 1 of his nominees arsenic a tactical oregon strategical instrumentality for idiosyncratic else,' Cramer said. 'And astatine slightest to this point, he's putting his ain governmental superior down it.' 

'And he's a beauteous persuasive guy,' helium added. 

Meanwhile, Trump allies are looking astatine getting Gaetz successful arsenic caput of the Justice Department adjacent if the Senate won't corroborate him. 

They could usage the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, which would perchance let Trump to temporarily marque Gaetz caput of the Department of Justice successful an 'acting' capableness for an extended play of time. 

Gaetz faces an uphill ascent to unafraid the 51 votes needed for Senate approval. There is besides acrophobic the spectacle of confirmation hearings could beryllium a distraction successful the archetypal fewer months of Trump's 2nd term.

Still, Trump appears undeterred erstwhile it comes to getting his agelong clip state successful the Justice Department.

Trump wants Gaetz confirmed '100%,' a root told CNN. 'He is not going to backmost off. He's each in.' 

Gaetz allegedly partied, utilized drugs and paid women for enactment repeatedly betwixt 2017 and 2019 portion serving successful the House of Representatives, per reports.

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 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 Gaetz. 

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.

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.' 

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.'

In April 2021, Gaetz eloped to Southern California, marrying his woman Ginger Luckey successful a tiny ceremonial connected Catalina Island. 

At the time, Gaetz was nether probe arsenic portion of a probe that led to the apprehension and plea woody of his adjacent friend, Joel Greenberg, a erstwhile Seminole Count, Florida, taxation collector.

Greenberg pleaded blameworthy successful May 2020 to six national crimes, including enactment trafficking of a child, individuality theft, stalking, ligament fraud and conspiracy to bribe a nationalist official. His plea statement with prosecutors requires continued practice with an ongoing probe into enactment trafficking.

Greenberg was sentenced successful precocious 2022 to 11 years successful prison.

The Department of Justice investigated the enactment trafficking allegations against Gaetz but ended its probe past twelvemonth without bringing transgression charges. Gaetz had denied each charges.