Gaetz came face-to-face with FBI Director Christopher Wray as the latter appeared before lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee.
The rare scene comes as Gaetz faces an investigation into possible sex crimes and obstruction of justice. A friend of Gaetz s, Joel Greenberg, has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking a 17-year-old. Gaetz has denied all wrongdoing.
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Gaetz used the opportunity with Wray to ask about the FBI’s role in investigating the origins of the coronavirus.
“I m not sure that there s much I can say about any specific investigation,” Wray said.
In April, fellow committee member Rep. Ted Lieu
Republicans on the committee made similar calls amid news that Rep. Eric Swalwell
“The Lincoln Project has had no interaction with Congresswoman Cheney,” the never Trump GOP super PAC said in a statement. “That said, we think she d take Matt Gaetz in a fight with one hand tied behind her back.
The organization issued the statement in response to what it said were “rumor[s] circulating” about coordination with Cheney, the highest-ranking House Republican to vote in favor of Trump’s impeachment in January.
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“This is yet another baseless lie being spread by the Jim Crow Caucus and its leader [House Minority Leader] Kevin McCarthy
“It s telling that Republican leadership spends more time focusing on an imaginary alliance than it does exposing and condemning the QAnon conspiracies being spread by members of their own caucus,” the statement added, an apparent reference to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene