Acknowledging an ongoing DOJ investigation against him, Gaetz told Axios, I believe that there are people at the Department of Justice who are trying to criminalize my sexual conduct, you know when I was a single guy. Gaetz also emphasized that he was absolutely confident that none of the women in his past were underage. The allegations of sexual misconduct against me are false. They are rooted in an extortion effort against my family for $25 million ⦠in exchange for making this case go away, he told the outlet.
Why did Al Franken resign?
On November 16, 2017, conservative talk-radio host Leeann Tweeden alleged in a blog post and an interview with her radio station, 790 KABC, that Franken forcibly kissed her on a 2006 USO tour during a rehearsal for a skit. She wrote, I said OK so he would stop badgering me. We did the line leading up to the kiss and then he came at me, put his hand on the back of my head, mashed his lips against mine and aggressively stuck his ton