Bwaaah! Looks like Matt is breaking down the Gaetz before the report is released 😂😂

[malaise]

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz says he 'often sent funds' to girlfriends

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/18/matt-gaetz-payments-women-ethics/77066830007/

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz said Wednesday that he had sent money to his girlfriends, and that he "probably partied, womanized, drank and smoked more than I should have" when he was younger.

Gaetz, who was President-elect Donald Trump's first choice as the next U.S. attorney general, made the comments on social media minutes after multiple news outlets reported that the House Ethics Committee would make public a report of its long-running probe into allegations the former Congressman engaged in sexual impropriety and drug use.

"In my single days, I often sent funds to women I dated − even some I never dated but who asked," Gaetz wrote. "I dated several of these women for years. I NEVER had sexual contact with someone under 18. Any claim that I have would be destroyed in court − which is why no such claim was ever made in court."

[Bluethroughu]

1. Pedo gonna pedo.

Republican.

[Attilatheblond]

2. Sounds like the report has him solid

and the scurry to lie like always is in full swing.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Exactly. They have him dead to rights and he knows it. Damage control in action.

Admit to the crime before the report hits the press.

[malaise]

7. THIS. - aswe say here

He’s trying to take ‘ in front’😀

Truth will out

[Irish_Dem]

3. Raping minors is called "womanizing."

He sends money to girls or women just because he is a nice guy. Sure.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

8. Those "gifts" may have secretly been paid to deal with any "unplanned accidents".

Mr Anti-abortion couldn’t afford or allow himself to literally be caught with his pants down.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Exactly. Question is not if, but how many abortions did he pay for.

[Dave Bowman]

4. Girlfriends? That's how he sees his victims?

[Deuxcents]

6. Cockroach in the spotlight darting for cover

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

11. Get the Raid!

I remember those old commercials where the bugs would scream RAAAAAAIIIIIDDDD!!! in terror and the big Raid can would reach up and press on top of his head releasing his deadly spray. And the giant Raid can would have a big, vengeful smile.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. Never Forget! The Florida Good Ole Boy culture protected him.

He's trying to normalize it. Don't let him!

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

10. The Gospel of Matthew. Or is it, "John"!

[Emile]

13. Another day, another Republican pedophile outed.

[FSogol]

14. How romantical!

[Walleye]

15. I seem to remember one time when he even embarrassed Tucker Carlson on air

[Kid Berwyn]

16. Here's what we know about the investigations into Matt Gaetz

Trump’s nominee for attorney general has been investigated by the House Ethics Committee and the Department of Justice. He has denied wrongdoing.

By Grace Panetta and Candice Norwood,
Government Executive, November 19, 2024

Excerpt...

What are the accusations against him?

In 2020, federal investigators arrested Joel Greenberg, a friend of Gaetz at the time and a rising figure in Florida politics, on charges of child sex trafficking. The former Seminole County tax collector was charged with 33 felonies and pleaded guilty in 2021 to six charges, including sex trafficking of a minor, stalking, wire fraud, identity theft and bribing a federal official to obtain fraudulent COVID-19 relief funds. Greenberg, who reportedly cooperated in the Department of Justice’s investigation into Gaetz, is currently serving an 11-year prison sentence.

Greenberg’s case sparked two major probes, one by congressional investigators and one by the department Gaetz is now nominated to lead, into whether Gaetz also committed statutory rape and paid for a 17-year-old girl to travel with him across state lines — a violation of federal law.

The Department of Justice investigated the sex trafficking allegations against Gaetz but ended its investigation last year without bringing criminal charges. Gaetz and his attorneys have consistently denied all allegations of wrongdoing and pointed to the Justice Department under Biden administration Attorney General Merrick Garland declining to pursue charges.

“Merrick Garland’s DOJ cleared Matt Gaetz and didn’t charge him,” a Gaetz spokesperson told multiple outlets. “Are you alleging Garland is part of a cover-up?"

The Justice Department typically operates independently of the White House — Biden did not seek to block the investigation into his handling of classified documents or the federal criminal case of his son Hunter. Trump has said the department should not be independent, though. In his first term, he attempted to quash the special investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, sought to install loyalists at the department and pushed DOJ officials to pursue baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

Continues...

https://www.govexec.com/management/2024/11/heres-what-we-know-about-investigations-matt-gaetz/401143/

[MineralMan]

17. How else do incels have sex?

They've gotta pay.

[malaise]

19. Pay and prey

On the you g

[maxrandb]

18. I am fast approaching my 7th decade

So when I say; "I did some stuff in my younger days", it was a long, long, long time ago.

Matty's "younger days" were last week.

His statement is as stupid as an 18 year old's "memoir".