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Allies of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy are already making calls on behalf of Rep. Elise Stefanik, seeking to lock down a replacement quickly to push Rep. Liz Cheney out of leadership. | Anna Moneymaker/Pool via Getty Images
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was buried in scorn and mockery following a bombshell report published by The Daily Beast on Thursday evening. A confession letter written by Joel Greenberg in the final months of the Trump presidency claims that he and close associate Rep. Matt Gaetz paid for sex with multiple women as well as a girl who was 17 at the time, The Daily Beast reported Thursday evening.
A copy of the confession letter was obtained by The Beast. On more than one occasion, this individual was involved in sexual activities with several of the other girls, the congressman from Florida s 1st Congressional District and myself, Greenberg wrote in reference to the 17-year-old. From time to time, gas money or gifts, rent or partial tuition payments were made to several of these girls, including the individual who was not yet 18. I did see the acts occur firsthand and Venmo transactions, Cash App or other payments were made to these girls on behalf of the Congressman.
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People will feel jilted if they don’t get an invite to Joe Biden’s address. And Speaker Nancy Pelosi can’t afford that now because her majority is so narrow. | Patrick Semansky/AP Photo
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