Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz defends himself against allegations of alleged sex trafficking, saying:
“I am made for battle and I will not run away. The slanders against me range from distortions of my private life to absurd conspiracy theories and I will not be blackmailed by a lying press, nor will I be blackmailed.”
Gaetz appeared this afternoon at the Trump National Hotel in Doral, during the “Women for America First” Forum, as part of the “Save America” event, in which supporters of former President Trump who support his possible candidacy for 2024 participate.
“The truth will prevail,” Gaetz said.
Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz is under investigation to determine if he paid a 17-year-old to travel with him and have sex. He denies the allegations and claims that he is a victim for not paying $ 25 million to a criminal organization to keep his name intact.
Mike Hernández, political analyst says:
“I don’t think he’s going to come out tonight and try to explain his position. I think it is the opposite, he is going to say that all the allegations are lies, and perhaps they are going to applaud him, because that group are very close allied people. We are currently seeing that there is not only a federal investigation, there is also an investigation within the House of Representatives by the ethics committee ”.
Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger asked Gaetz to step down from his congressional seat following allegations that sparked the investigation.
“Little by little, I think Republican leaders are going to ask him to resign his post as a Florida congressman,” says Hernández.
According to our political analyst, Gaetz could find himself alone in the middle of this battle.
“He has fought hard against Republican leaders and as they say in politics he never forgets,” says Hernández.
This Thursday, in an Orlando court, the lawyer for the tax collector and friend of Gaetz, Joel Greenberg, said he hopes to reach an agreement to cooperate with the prosecution, after facing 33 charges of harassment, bank transfer fraud, and trafficking. sex of a minor.
“When that happens, normally, one does not have to be a lawyer to see that that person cooperating, it is very likely that he will disclose information about others, who participated in these allegations, in these criminal acts,” says Hernández.
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