Career prosecutors recommend no charges for Gaetz in sex-trafficking probe

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6. LOL yeah

and that was despite this nugget of guilt -

Gaetz sought pardon related to Justice Department sex trafficking probe

By Jacqueline Alemany and Amy Gardner

September 17, 2022 at 12:40 p.m. EDT


Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) told a former White House aide that he was seeking a preemptive pardon from President Donald Trump regarding an investigation in which he is a target, according to testimony given to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Johnny McEntee, according to people familiar with his testimony, told investigators that Gaetz told him during a brief meeting “that they are launching an investigation into him or that there’s an investigation into him,” without specifying who was investigating Gaetz.

McEntee added that Gaetz told him “he did not do anything wrong but they are trying to make his life hell, and you know, if the president could give him a pardon, that would be great.” Gaetz told McEntee that he had asked White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows for a pardon.

Asked by investigators if Gaetz’s request for a pardon was in the context of the Justice Department investigation into whether Gaetz violated federal sex trafficking laws, McEntee replied, “I think that was the context, yes,” according to people familiar with the testimony who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/17/matt-gaetz-pardon-sex-trafficking-probe/

But I wouldn't be surprised if they get him on something else if they don't go forward... like this -

Two Texas congressmen attended White House meeting about overturning 2020 election results, Jan. 6 committee reveals

It’s not clear what roles Brian Babin and Louie Gohmert played in the December 2020 meeting preceding the U.S. Capitol attack that interrupted Congress’ certification of the vote.

by Eric Neugeboren July 12, 20226 PM Central


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The December 2020 meeting also included some of Trump’s most ardent Republican supporters in Congress, according to visitor logs obtained by the committee: Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida, Andy Harris of Maryland, Paul Gosar and Andy Biggs of Arizona, Jody Hice of Georgia, Jim Jordan of Ohio and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania. Representative-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia also attended.

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https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/12/jan-6-committee-texans-brian-babin-louie-gohmert/