While it was yet to be established if the pictures have any connection with the justice department investigation against Gaetz, who was first elected to the Congress in 2016, it surely adds more to his critics’ ammunition. Gaetz has found himself in the middle of controversies during his days in the Congress with the ongoing justice department probe marking his biggest scandal yet. The New York Times reported earlier this week that the investigation was launched in the final months of the Donald Trump administration over whether he had a sexual relationship with an underage girl and paid her to give him company while travelling. Gaetz, along with his father Don, a former Florida Senate member, has denied the charges saying he was the victim of an extortion plot, something the FBI is investigating separately.