You have heard that President-elect Trump has announced Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is his choice to clean up the corrupt-under-Biden Department of Justice. You have also heard others claim Gaetz, who has been a House firebrand, has been accused of having sex with a minor woman whom he paid.
Writing for The Federalist, Mollie Hemingway lays out (pun not intended) the backstory to such claims. A DOJ which had no reason to do Gaetz favors, found two witnesses claiming Gaetz was involved.
These two were (a) a male convicted felon serving time in prison and (b) a now-adult woman who makes her living doing sex for voyeurs (porn) and actual johns (prostitution). The felon has a history of claiming others were doing what he admitted, pay minors for sex.
The DOJ concluded the witnesses were of such low character they were unlikely to be believed and dropped the case. You should probably do the same.
Matt Gaetz has managed to infuriate many colleagues in the House, and more than a few Senators with his legislative histrionics and shenanigans. Getting Senate approval for him as Attorney General will be hard enough without raising what appear to be charges that cannot be substantiated and are very likely either false or greatly exaggerated.
I don't know if I'd take Gaetz' word for his non-involvement, everybody lies about sex. I'm willing to take Hemingway at her word that the charges were too flimsy to press.
