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US Congress launches probe into Trump ally Matt Gaetz

2021-04-09T21:55:31.987Z


The ethics committee of the United States House of Representatives announced Friday the opening of an investigation against the elected pro-Trump Republican Matt Gaetz, in particular suspected of having had a sexual relationship with a minor. Rare body counting as many Democrats as Republicans, "the commission has taken note of the accusations in the public domain" targeting the 38-year-old ex-law


The ethics committee of the United States House of Representatives announced Friday the opening of an investigation against the elected pro-Trump Republican Matt Gaetz, in particular suspected of having had a sexual relationship with a minor.

Rare body counting as many Democrats as Republicans,

"the commission has taken note of the accusations in the public domain"

targeting the 38-year-old ex-lawyer, write its members in a press release.

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The US Department of Justice is investigating suspicions of

"underage sexual exploitation"

weighing on the parliamentarian, rising star of the conservatives, according to several US media.

Federal police are reportedly looking into the nature of his relationship with a 17-year-old Florida teenager, and whether he paid her for sexual favors.

The law in this state, which he represents in the House, fixes the sexual majority at 18 years.

Matt Gaetz strongly denied the charges and was not charged.

In addition to these facts, the committee says it examines other allegations against the parliamentarian, suspected, she lists in her press release, of

"illicit use of narcotics, of having shared displaced images or videos in the chamber," misappropriating identification documents, using campaign funds for personal use, and / or accepting a bribe, improper sum of money, or unauthorized gift in violation of House rules ".

"The commission emphasizes that the mere fact that it investigates these accusations, and reveals it publicly, does not in itself indicate that an offense has been committed,"

she continued in a statement.

As soon as the first articles on the investigation against him appeared last week, Matt Gaetz claimed that his family had been the victim of an attempted extortion, and that these

"false accusations"

had been exposed for the sole purpose of make him sing.

His press service reaffirmed Friday that these

“completely false”

accusations

had not been

“validated by any human being ready to”

publicly reveal his identity.

In parallel, the House Ethics Committee announced the opening of an investigation against another Republican, Tom Reed, 49, accused by a young woman of having sexually harassed her in 2017. The parliamentarian also rejects these accusations.

Source: lefigaro

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