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Rep. Matt Gaetz s ex-head of military affairs Nathan Nelson held a press conference Monday
He said he was interviewed by the FBI on Wednesday because they believed he had quit his job because he knew Gaetz was engaged in illegal activities I m here this morning to state that nothing could be further from the truth, Nelson told reporters
He said because the FBI s pretext for an interview with him was based on lies that he believed the claims against Gaetz were also false
Nelson said the salacious allegations against Gaetz are fabricated and merely an attempt to discredit a very vocal conservative
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The lurid scandal rapidly enveloping well-known Trump ally and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is obviously embarrassing for the GOP. No party leader wants to see one of their members accused of paying very young women, and possibly underage girls, for sex. But Gaetz is hardly the first politician to flame out in scandal and he won t be the last. The urgent task facing Republican leadership should be to ask how or why a man like Matt Gaetz became a prominent face of the party to begin with.
Florida congressman has publicly denied any wrongdoing
Nathan Nelson, a former director of military affairs for Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., pushed back against the FBI after he said two agents questioned him as part of an ongoing investigation of the congressman.
Nelson told reporters during a Monday news conference that when agents went to his house to question him, they made it seem that they believed Nelson resigned because he was aware of Gaetz’s involvement in illegal activity. Nelson said that was false, and his departure from Gaetz’s office had been planned in advance. This baseless claim against me leaves me further convinced that the allegations against Congressman Gaetz are likewise fabricated and merely an attempt to discredit a very vocal conservative, Nelson said in a news conference organized by Gaetz s office.