Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) faced scornful backlash on Tuesday after he complained that the Department of Justice had not released tapes that were collected in an investigation which he says will exonerate him.
Gaetz is on record claiming that he was being extorted in connection to a sex trafficking investigation. He has also denied having sex with a 17-year-old girl. They wanted $25 million to make false allegations against me go away, Gaetz wrote in a tweet on Tuesday. My family would never pay a bribe. Now, the DOJ must release the tapes implicating their former colleague in the smear campaign against me, he added. It s all on the tapes.