gaetz, for his part, as we reported, denies all wrongdoing, and he s spoken about it in public. take a look. it is a horrible allegation, and it is a lie. i spent my entire career pursuing justice. i don t obstruct justice. the only thing i ve obstructed is the injustice oftentimes at the hands of the department of justice. are you concerned you ll be indicted? no. what do you say to him and his allies who argue that we re into october, if the feds had something on him, they would have acted by now? yeah, there are a lot of people, ari, who think that the delay is a sign that matt gaetz is going to be let off the hook. but i don t think so. i think it shows that there are a lot of other issues that they are investigating besides child sex trafficking. i do think that if this was just about that one underage girl, that you would see a resolution by now. but there are other things
it is a horrible allegation and it is a lie. i spent my entire career pursuing justice i don t obstruct justice the only thing i ve obstructed is the injustice oftentimes at the hands of the department of justice. well, the things the media has said about me are lies and the truth will prevail. are you concerned you ll be indicted no. mr. gaetz has seen those media appearances change shape as he hasn t been on fox news in a long time ever since a bizarre interview with tucker carlson. that s the public front. behind closed doors there are other clues. gaetz expects this to go away has been tapping a high profile defense team that includes mark mu lca zy and a new york attorney who helped jeffrey epstein and el chapo both are popular figures on the right and lawyers with a lot of experience in tricky situations. meanwhile, gaetz associate joel
could implicate gaetz and others. sources tell that same abc news team. now, a gaetz spokesperson is responding directly to this new report saying it s all about, quote, partisan smear job. you may notice in our reporting, and i always try to be transparent with you, i keep saying abc a lot. this is an abc news story, to credit to them and it is also one that abc news has been able to match or follow up on. and gaetz not yet charged with any wrongdoing. it is a horrible allegation, and it is a lie. i spent my entire career pursuing justice. i don t obstruct justice. the only thing i have obstructed is the injustice oftentimes at the department of justice. the things the media have said about me are lies, and the truth
and speak and that s the most likely source of most of what we know about ongoing investigations is people who ve been called upon as witnesses. so gaetz also used newsmax to declare his innocence. let s take a listen to that. i spent my entire career pursuing justice. i don t obstruct justice. the only thing i ve obstructed is the injustice oftentimes at the hands of the department of justice. i know every conversation i ve been a part of. i have never obstructed justice. i ve never gotten close to it. so you actually wrote in response to that and nbcnews.com article in which you said that could come back to haunt him. why, joyce? well, certainly gaetz, if he s ultimately charged and the fact substantiate it, it wouldn t make him the first person charged with criminal
that, but it s not de facto. when they do employ this newsworthiness indicator, they will be more transparent. thank you for that. great reporting. appreciate you being with us. matt gaetz facing new scrutiny today. the florida representation under investigation for potential obstruction of justice. in an interview overnight, gaetz is talking about this. he is denying repeatedly these new claims. i spent my career pursuing justice. i don t obstruct justice. the only thing i have obstructed is the injustice often at the hands of the department of justice. i know every conversation i have been a part of. i have never obstructed justice. i have never gotten close to it. gaetz has not been charged