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The saga of Matt Gaetz continues apace. Last night, it was reported that he was under FBI investigation for sleeping with a 17-year-old and paying for her travel. Later, Gaetz would appear on Tucker Carlson’s show to deny the charges and claim that a man named David McGee had tried to extort him and his father in exchange for favorable treatment.
Today, Gaetz’s father provided an email proving he was, indeed, working with the FBI. Here’s the text of that.
“I can confirm that your client is working with my office as well as the FBI at the government’s request in order to determine if a federal crime has been committed. This has been discussed with, and approved by, the FBI as well as leadership in my office and components of main justice.”
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U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz’s father, Don Gaetz, a former Florida Senate president, backed up his son’s claims of extortion Wednesday and said he wore a wire for the FBI to try to prove that crime, according to Politico. A Washington Post report indicated the alleged extortion might have involved an attempt to recover a long-missing FBI agent. The Post reported that, according to sources, two men .
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