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BumRushDaShow

(129,304 posts)
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 07:09 AM Apr 19

Matt Gaetz attended 2017 party where minor and drugs were present, woman's sworn statement obtained by Congress claims

Source: ABC News

April 19, 2024, 5:04 AM


The House Ethics Committee is investigating whether or not Rep. Matt Gaetz used illicit drugs as a member of Congress, multiple sources familiar with the committee's work told ABC News.

Committee investigators have inquired about whether Gaetz was under the influence of drugs at parties in Florida after becoming a member of Congress in 2017, according to the sources.

According to a sworn written statement that has been obtained by the Ethics committee, a woman says that in summer of 2017, when she was 20 years old, she attended a party in Florida that Gaetz also attended, which featured alcohol and drugs including cocaine and MDMA, sources familiar with the committee's work told ABC News.

In the sworn statement, which has not been previously reported, the woman said that in addition to Gaetz, the party was attended by the then-minor who was at the center of a yearslong Justice Department investigation into accusations that the Florida Congressman had sex with her when she was 17, according to sources.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/matt-gaetz-attended-2017-party-minor-drugs-present/story?id=109324572

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Matt Gaetz attended 2017 party where minor and drugs were present, woman's sworn statement obtained by Congress claims (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Apr 19 OP
I'm still trying to understand Gaetz's relationship with Nestor, his cuban immigrant "son." sop Apr 19 #1
Gaetz is an equal opportunity pedo/sleazebag. CurtEastPoint Apr 19 #5
Yet he still walks free. 2naSalit Apr 19 #2
Doesn't sound like much. truthisfreedom Apr 19 #3
I agree PatSeg Apr 19 #7
McCarthy: "Gaetz asked me to coverup the House Ethics Committee Investigation." MartyTheGreek Apr 19 #4
Yeah BumRushDaShow Apr 19 #6
When outdated signage is remove and replaced, what happens to the old one? Oopsie Daisy Apr 19 #10
I expect he got to keep it BumRushDaShow Apr 19 #11
In all fairness, it should be a small portrait. Oopsie Daisy Apr 19 #12
It should be but I expect it won't be BumRushDaShow Apr 19 #13
LOVE! ❤️🥰😍🇺🇲 Oopsie Daisy Apr 19 #16
+ riversedge Apr 19 #19
Nothing will come of it JustAnotherGen Apr 19 #8
Actually what HAS come of it BumRushDaShow Apr 19 #9
Probably just the tip of the mushroom Marthe48 Apr 19 #14
There just HAPPENED to be drugs and underaged girls there. LudwigPastorius Apr 19 #15
Well rockfordfile Apr 19 #17
Not defending this creep, but I've attended work parties where various ages attended Polybius Apr 19 #18

truthisfreedom

(23,151 posts)
3. Doesn't sound like much.
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 08:18 AM
Apr 19

Biden was in the White House when powder was discovered in the visitor lockers, the pukes will claim. Minors have visited the White House too, they’ll say. Whataboutism is their signature accusation.

MartyTheGreek

(567 posts)
4. McCarthy: "Gaetz asked me to coverup the House Ethics Committee Investigation."
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 08:58 AM
Apr 19

McCarthy is not done with Gaetz and the Freedom Caucus and see's a future as a leader in the rebuilt GOP.

BumRushDaShow

(129,304 posts)
6. Yeah
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 09:03 AM
Apr 19

this McCarthy "revenge" thing is actually fascinating. This was like a "life-long dream" -



and it was ripped away!

Oopsie Daisy

(2,672 posts)
10. When outdated signage is remove and replaced, what happens to the old one?
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 10:07 AM
Apr 19

Is it destroyed or recycled? Is it saved in some archive for historical reasons? Or is it given to the person whose name appears on the sign... as a souvenir or memento?

BumRushDaShow

(129,304 posts)
11. I expect he got to keep it
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 10:17 AM
Apr 19

He'll eventually have a portrait painted to hang on the walls in there in the future too.

BumRushDaShow

(129,304 posts)
9. Actually what HAS come of it
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 09:39 AM
Apr 19

is that the frequency of his prancing around like a court jester in front of the cameras, has actually dropped precipitously, with much of that time now being filled by the howler monkey from GA.

So not seeing his face plastered all over the news has been a bonus.

rockfordfile

(8,704 posts)
17. Well
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 11:44 AM
Apr 19

"when she was 20 years old, she attended a party in Florida" She's old enough to know better.

It's FL and there's a lot of skanky pos in the state. You can go to a park in Central FL ,with kids around, and see a skanky girl with a large bottle of whisky. So not surprised with the alcohol. It seems that they think it's cool when it's just lame.

Not surprised with the drugs. Democrats and republicans are the blame for the drug problem in FL.

Polybius

(15,465 posts)
18. Not defending this creep, but I've attended work parties where various ages attended
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 12:24 PM
Apr 19

A few went outside to smoke weed or whatever else too. Would that be considered the same?

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