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Matt Gaetz faces federal probe on questionable ties with medical marijuana industry
Matt Gaetz. Image via AP.
The
investigation of U.S. Rep.
Matt Gaetz continues to expand the federal probe on the Fort Walton Beach Congressman is now also said to include an inquiry into a 2018 trip to the Bahamas, in which prosecutors are trying to determine if Gaetz was illegally influenced on the policy matter of medical marijuana, according to a
Federal authorities are inquiring as to whether that trip involving Gaetz and several young women was part of an intentional effort to influence Gaetz in relation to the medical marijuana industry. Specifically, prosecutors with the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section are examining whether Gaetz took gifts, including travel and paid escorts, in exchange for political favors, sources told CNN.