McCarthy: Gaetz Ousted Me To Stop Sex/Ethics Probe

Mediaite reports:

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy plainly explained why he was ousted from House Leadership during an hour-long chat with Georgetown University Students on Monday. And it’s not good news for his rival, Rep. Matt Gaetz.

“Let me give you the truth about that. And I’ll give you the truth why I’m not speaker: because one person, a member of Congress, wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with a 17-year-old girl,” he said. “Did he do it or not? I don’t know.”

In February this year, ABC reported that the House Ethics Committee had obtained text messages the congressman allegedly sent to a young woman his former friend Joel Greenberg had paid for sex to invite her on a trip to the Florida Keys.

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Kevin McCarthy refers to Matt Gaetz:

“I’ll give you the truth why I’m not speaker. It’s because one person, a member of Congress, wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with a 17-year-old … Did he do it or not? I don’t know.”

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