Scandal

Kansas GOP Leader Booted From Post After DUI Arrest

The Wichita Eagle reports: Kansas Senate Republicans ousted Sen. Gene Suellentrop as majority leader Friday — the first major political penalty paid by the Wichita Republican after he was charged with leading police on a drunken wrong-way chase down Interstate 70. The extraordinary vote by the GOP caucus marked an all-out attempt by senators to separate themselves from Suellentrop, who …

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House Ethics Committee Opens Probe Into Matt Gaetz

The Washington Post reports: The House Ethics committee on Friday said it would launch an investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who has been accused of sexual misconduct, among a litany of other things. The Justice Department is investigating Gaetz for an alleged relationship with a 17-year-old girl. In a statement Friday, the committee chairman said they were aware of …

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Second FL GOP Gaetz Pal Was On Plane To Bahamas

The Tallahassee Democrat reports: Halsey Beshears, the former head of the state’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation and a seven-year state House member from Jefferson County, is the third Florida Republican caught up in a federal sex trafficking investigation. The widening probe that stems from irregularities in the Seminole County Tax Collector’s office has placed Beshears on a plane …

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Matt Gaetz Hires Cultist Criminal Defense Lawyer

Law & Crime reports: One day after his friend Joel Greenberg’s lawyer signaled a potential cooperation agreement could put the congressman in jeopardy, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has revealed hiring high-powered criminal defense counsel: attorneys Mark Mukasey and Isabelle Kirshner. The son of a former federal judge and ex-U.S. attorney general, Mukasey is deeply tied to former President Donald Trump. …

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New Billboard Greets Motorists In Gaetz’s FL District

Attention Florida motorists: Embattled Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz is the “star” of a new billboard that proclaims “Matt Gaetz Wants to ‘Date’ Your Child.” The Sunshine State Republican is the subject of an ever-deepening scandal involving allegations of sex trafficking of minors, a fact that Mad Dog PAC founder Claude Taylor highlighted by funding the billboard. Hello, @mattgaetz any thoughts …

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KS GOP Leader Called Cop “Donut Boy” During Arrest

Topeka’s ABC News reports: After his arrest at 12:49 a.m. on March 16, the officer’s report reveals that the Senate Majority Leader commented “All for going the wrong way” and referred to him as “donut boy” while in the intoxilyzer room. Suellentrop, 69, refused a breathalyzer test, however, Judge Penny Moylan signed a search warrant for a blood sample. At …

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GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger Calls On Gaetz To Resign

Politico reports: Rep. Adam Kinzinger called on fellow Republican lawmaker Matt Gaetz to resign Thursday night, making him the first Republican to do so since it was revealed that the Justice Department is investigating the Florida congressman over sex trafficking allegations. Kinzinger (R-Ill.), an Air Force veteran and one of former President Donald Trump’s fiercest critics within the party, has …

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Crony’s Lawyer: “Based On What My Client Knows, I’m Sure Matt Gaetz Is Not Feeling Very Comfortable Today”

Mediaite reports: The attorney for an associate to Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) suggested the embattled congressman had reason to be concerned that his client was working with prosecutors to build a case against him. “I’m sure Matt Gaetz is not feeling very comfortable today,” Fritz Scheller, an attorney to former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg, said in an afternoon …

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Gaetz Sex Trafficking Probe Includes Trip To Bahamas

CBS News reports: Federal investigators are looking into a Bahamas trip Matt Gaetz allegedly took in late 2018 or early 2019 as part of an inquiry into whether the Florida representative violated sex trafficking laws, multiple sources told CBS News. Gaetz was on that trip with a marijuana entrepreneur and hand surgeon named Jason Pirozzolo, who allegedly paid for the …

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Gaetz Fought “Revenge Porn” Bill While FL Lawmaker

The Orlando Sentinel reports: While serving in the Florida Legislature, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz opposed a bill meant to stop people from sharing sexually explicit images of their ex-lovers because Gaetz believed that recipients of those images had a right to share them, according to the sponsor of the legislation. Former state Rep. Tom Goodson, a Republican from Brevard County, …

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LIVE VIDEO: Ex-Gaetz Staffer Holds Press Conference

First, a reminder about this guy: Luke Ball, the communications director for Congressman Matt Gaetz, resigned from his position on Friday amid allegations that Gaetz had an inappropriate sexual encounter with a minor and a reported investigation into alleged violations of federal sex trafficking laws. “The Office of Congressman Matt Gaetz and Luke Ball have agreed that it would be …

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Fox Host Rips “Puritanical Left” Media Over Matt Gaetz

“It’s got sex, it’s got drugs, it has Matt Gaetz, who is a very polarizing figure and he’s a very staunch supporter of Donald Trump so people either really love him or they really hate him. But I think it’s been really interesting. “Buying expensive gifts for women and sleeping with them – that isn’t illegal. We still need to …

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SNL Takes On Matt “Giggity” Gaetz Scandal [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: “Saturday Night Live” roasted U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz following Tuesday’s New York Times report that federal investigators were trying determine if he engaged in sex trafficking or had a relationship with a 17-year-old girl. Gaetz, a Republican from Florida, has repeatedly denied the allegations and said they’re part of an extortion plot in which he’s the victim. …

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GOP Rep To Give Gaetz Donation To Abuse Victims

Axios reports: Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.), a freshman who flipped a Democratic seat in 2020, is donating campaign contributions from Rep. Matt Gaetz to an organization that supports victims of domestic abuse. Why it matters: The embattled Florida lawmaker faces escalating political struggles after the New York Times reported Gaetz is under investigation by the Department of Justice to determine …

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Gaetz’s Spokesman Bolts For The Exit Amid Scandal

The Orlando Sentinel reports: U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz’s communications director has resigned amid the scandal brewing around the Panhandle congressman. “The Office of Congressman Matt Gaetz and Luke Ball have agreed that it would be best to part ways,” Gaetz’s office said in a statement. “We thank him for his time in our office, and we wish him the best …

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NYT: Gaetz Probe Involves Drugs And Payments For Sex

The New York Times reports: A Justice Department investigation into Representative Matt Gaetz and an indicted Florida politician is focusing on their involvement with multiple women who were recruited online for sex and received cash payments, according to people close to the investigation and text messages and payment receipts reviewed by The New York Times. Investigators believe Joel Greenberg, the …

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Pelosi: If Gaetz Allegations Are True, Booting Him From Committees Would Be “The Least That Could Be Done”

The Washington Post reports: Rep. Matt Gaetz, facing accusations of a sexual relationship with an underage girl, should at a minimum be removed from the House Judiciary Committee if the claims are true, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. Pelosi, D-Calif., also said the House Ethics Committee should consider the allegations against the Florida Republican. “If in fact these allegations …

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Meet The Jailed FL Republican Linked To Gaetz Scandal

The Washington Post reports: Until last year, Joel Greenberg was an ascendant political player in Seminole County, Fla., where he unseated a longtime incumbent in the race for county tax collector, won a political battle to allow his deputies to carry guns on the job and flaunted his connections to prominent Republicans with close ties to then-President Donald Trump, including …

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Matt Gaetz Admits Speaking With Newsmax, OAN, Fox News, And Other Outlets About “Life After Congress”

“Yes. I’ve had many conversations with many people about life after Congress. These conversations have been very general in nature and have never included me soliciting or receiving an offer of employment. “There is not a single conservative television station I haven’t had a passing conversation with about life after Congress. I have neither received nor solicited offers from any …

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Florida Law Firm Warns Gaetz On “Defamatory” Claims

Law & Crime has their statement: Congressman Matt Gaetz made an allegation on The Tucker Carlson show last night that David L. McGee, a partner in the firm of Beggs & Lane, had attempted to extort money from Gaetz and his family in exchange for McGee making the investigation against Congressman Gaetz “go away.” The allegation by the Congressman is …

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