New Matt Gaetz Details Emerge Amid House Ethics Report Controversy

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Newsweek

Published Nov 18, 2024 at 3:42 PM EST


Two women are accusing former Florida Representative Matt Gaetz of paying them for sex.Florida attorney Joel Leppard said Gaetz paid through Venmo both of his clients for sex. The two women testified before the House Ethics Committee as well as in the federal investigation. Gaetz, a Republican from Florida, was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to become U.S. attorney general.

"The House was very clear about that and went through each. They essentially put the Venmo payments on the screen and asked about them. And my clients repeatedly testified, 'What was this payment for?' 'That was for sex,'" Leppard said.

Newsweek was directed to text Leppard and sent a message. Newsweek also called Gaetz's office in Washington, D.C. and left a message. Leppard told POLITICO on Sunday that his clients had attended between five to 10 "sex parties" with the former Florida Representative between 2017 and 2018. Gaetz was already in Congress at the time.

Leppard also said one of his clients witnessed Gaetz having sex with another woman who was then 17 years old. They were at a house party in Florida. "She testified [that] in July of 2017, at this house party, she was walking out to the pool area, and she looked to her right, and she saw Rep. Gaetz having sex with her friend, who was 17," Leppard said.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/matt-gaetz-sexual-assault-allegations-venmo-1987769

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This is like a prerequisite to be on the "short list" as a nominee.

[luvallpeeps]

1. Should any reporter ask Trump about it,

he’ll attack them. Maybe say they’re lying, or call it fake news. I can’t bear four years of the helicopter in the background Q & As we were subjected to last time.

[FakeNoose]

18. Reporters should ask Chump if his cabinet picks are guilty of felonies, like he is?

[oldmanlynn]

22. And they will believe him sadly

[LiberalArkie]

23. I do not think that Trump really sees anything wrong with Gaetz's actions. It really is a matter of pride with them.

They never got out of the high school jock mentality of comparing their "notches on their belt" or their "acquisitions" in school.

[yankee87]

2. Pedophilia and Pimping Okay

We already know raping and sexual assault are a MAGA priority. Did not care that Herr Furher did it.

[keithbvadu2]

3. Payment by Gaetz

Link to tweet

[chouchou]

19. That's definitely a Keeper!

[Xipe Totec]

29. That really made me burst out laughing

Nearly spat out my vodka.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

33. Damn, that's a burn!

The Meidas Touch once again scores a direct hit on the convoy.

[Eyeball_Kid]

4. THAT'S IT!

Gaetz is AG by acclamation! Indecency is next to Godliness. Trump says so! GOPers raise their glasses to toast! If Donny sees Gaetz as a man of honor and integrity, THEN HE IS. End of story. Donny is the new reality. Whatever emanates from his mouth is TRUTH. If Gaetz stays on the AG list, then he's prime AG material. Donny said so. And Donny never errs. Never.

[Clouds Passing]

9. Life will be like a "1984" version of the movie Groundhog Day.

[Thav]

21. That title just gave me a headache

Because it is so accurate on how the next 4 years of mental gymnastics will be.

[Clouds Passing]

38. "That title just gave me a headache"

1984 was required reading in my public high school. Now it is a banned book in the school district I live in because of the anticrist churches.

[lees1975]

5. Nothing says "I did it" like resigning from Congress two days before your ethics report drops.

I don't need to know more, but maybe there are still a few other Americans who do.

[johnnyfins]

6. Has anyone asked Microscopic Johnson

about this yet?

[OldBaldy1701E]

10. He said he thought it should not be released. Shocking, I know. (n/t)

[live love laugh]

7. Gaetz is a decoy -- a human lightning rod basically.

He’ll be dumped after they finish using him to draw attention away from the other horrific selections.

[stopdiggin]

17. might be an element of truth there

I'm sure this has crossed a few minds.

In fact hear a 'guesstimate' today that went, "Senate nixes Gaetz appointment - promptly says 'See, see .. we DID do our job' - and then railroads on through another 40 deplorable and toxic appointments, while covered with that delicious 'newsworthy' fig leaf."

Sounded about right to me.

[travelingthrulife]

24. Also to hide other ethical/legal atrocities they are committing right now

Salacious details rule the day.

[Cherokee100]

8. Only the best pedophiles

Can we say 'only the best pedophiles', are in charge now.' From trump, to the supreme court, to the GOP congress, they are everywhere.

[LymphocyteLover]

11. I think we know who else was at the cocaine orgies that Madison Cawthorn talked about....

[BumRushDaShow]

13. I brought his name up in another thread yesterday...

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

34. Yes, I remember seeing that.

I haven’t heard his name (fortunately) in a while.

[BumRushDaShow]

36. His time in the mediosphere

was truly a sight to behold. NOT!

[BattleRow]

12. By comparison,JD Vance's sectional sexcapades are positively virginal.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

35. Vance sticks to furniture for enjoyment, unlike Mattress Gaetz

While it’s weird, it’s nothing he could go to jail for.

As for Mattress, I’ve love to see his arrogant ass indicted, tried, convicted and jailed.

[Aussie105]

14. They look on and declare it good. Aspirational, even.

Not news that the top people in the R party are predators and abusers.

What is news is that it is open knowledge, and a lot of lower ranked R males consider it good and aspire to the same status.

Nothing has changed since Berlusconi's bunga bunga parties.
If you were invited you were in the IN CROWD!

[NGeorgian]

15. MAGA doesn't care about Stormy Daniels so........

they don't care about this.

[kimbutgar]

16. And this makes Bill Clinton getting a BJ from an adult intern seem tame now in comparison !

And dumpt wants to make this unethical rapist bird of his feather the attorney general ?

it’s too cray cray !

And the repuke party needs to renamed the hypocrite party,

[keithbvadu2]

37. Republicans called 22 y/o Monica a child.

Republicans called 22 y/o Monica a child.

Matt Gaetz called his 17 y/o state border crossing girl a young woman.

A republican Christian spiritual advisor to Trump molests a 12 y/o child and she magically becomes a young lady.

[TheRickles]

20. We've certainly come a long way from Al Franken's resignation because of a joke photo. :-(

[HUAJIAO]

25. Stop joking about this. We may enjoy it, but there is absolutely nothing.... nothing funny about it.

It is sickening !!

[Cthulu on call]

26. All the best Qualifications

Child predator, drug addict, child trafficking a model Republican.

[Ping Tung]

27. Are Trump and Gaetz exchanging contacts with hot numbers?

Boasting to each other about their "grabbing" tactics?

[gab13by13]

28. Keep Garland out of this discussion.

he looked at the evidence and there was not enough there.

So many witnesses who were all unreliable.

[chouchou]

30. " testified, 'What was this payment for?' 'That was for sex,'"

Good Grief, any woman who would have sex with Matt Gaetz should be paid somewhere around the National Debt.

[Godot51]

31. Unfortunately...

... such allegations don't matter to the type of people who would vote for Gaetz.

Whenever there is a report on the state by state or region by region variances of pornographic searches the most and the oddest searches are almost always found to be in the christian fundamentalist areas.

These voters and supporters probably envy little Matt.

[prodigitalson]

32. in addition to the ethical questions/answers the hiring of an undereage sex worker raises in the case of Matt Gaetz,

think of the lack of common sense, discretion, operational security in one's criminal conspiracy to pay the underage sex worker though an electronic payment directly from your account in your name.

now imagine such a careless and unethical person in charge of America's biggest secrets.

He will compete with tfg in a secrets selling face off

[XanaDUer2]

39. Trumpers wont care nt