Matt Gaetz attended 2017 party where minor and drugs were present, woman's sworn statement obtained by Congress claims
Source: ABC News
April 19, 2024, 5:04 AM
The House Ethics Committee is investigating whether or not Rep. Matt Gaetz used illicit drugs as a member of Congress, multiple sources familiar with the committee's work told ABC News.
Committee investigators have inquired about whether Gaetz was under the influence of drugs at parties in Florida after becoming a member of Congress in 2017, according to the sources.
According to a sworn written statement that has been obtained by the Ethics committee, a woman says that in summer of 2017, when she was 20 years old, she attended a party in Florida that Gaetz also attended, which featured alcohol and drugs including cocaine and MDMA, sources familiar with the committee's work told ABC News.
In the sworn statement, which has not been previously reported, the woman said that in addition to Gaetz, the party was attended by the then-minor who was at the center of a yearslong Justice Department investigation into accusations that the Florida Congressman had sex with her when she was 17, according to sources.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/matt-gaetz-attended-2017-party-minor-drugs-present/story?id=109324572
sop
(10,227 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,656 posts)2naSalit
(86,751 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,152 posts)Biden was in the White House when powder was discovered in the visitor lockers, the pukes will claim. Minors have visited the White House too, theyll say. Whataboutism is their signature accusation.
PatSeg
(47,563 posts)That's not evidence that Gaetz did anything wrong and it is just one person's recollection.
MartyTheGreek
(567 posts)McCarthy is not done with Gaetz and the Freedom Caucus and see's a future as a leader in the rebuilt GOP.
BumRushDaShow
(129,341 posts)this McCarthy "revenge" thing is actually fascinating. This was like a "life-long dream" -
and it was ripped away!
Oopsie Daisy
(2,674 posts)Is it destroyed or recycled? Is it saved in some archive for historical reasons? Or is it given to the person whose name appears on the sign... as a souvenir or memento?
BumRushDaShow
(129,341 posts)He'll eventually have a portrait painted to hang on the walls in there in the future too.
Oopsie Daisy
(2,674 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,341 posts)Speaker Emeritus Pelosi's (from 2022) -
Oopsie Daisy
(2,674 posts)riversedge
(70,275 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,856 posts)He's a thug and these punks always get away with it.
BumRushDaShow
(129,341 posts)is that the frequency of his prancing around like a court jester in front of the cameras, has actually dropped precipitously, with much of that time now being filled by the howler monkey from GA.
So not seeing his face plastered all over the news has been a bonus.
Marthe48
(17,011 posts)n/t
LudwigPastorius
(9,164 posts)He only showed up for the free cola and clam dip.
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)"when she was 20 years old, she attended a party in Florida" She's old enough to know better.
It's FL and there's a lot of skanky pos in the state. You can go to a park in Central FL ,with kids around, and see a skanky girl with a large bottle of whisky. So not surprised with the alcohol. It seems that they think it's cool when it's just lame.
Not surprised with the drugs. Democrats and republicans are the blame for the drug problem in FL.
Polybius
(15,465 posts)A few went outside to smoke weed or whatever else too. Would that be considered the same?