News from the Gaetz sex trafficing ordeal

Considering he is from my "home" district, (old home) I would only say it would be better for the folks at home and the Republican party for him to be replaced.

 

As I said, I will wait. "Almost certainly" hooked up doesn't inform my opinion. Nor does the fact i hate his politics or that he is sleazy.

The evidence against Anthony Weiner was different. The photo he texted of his genitals was available online. With public, credible accusations.

 

Rumblings of an imminent indictment. Ex girlfriend testifying.

 

Update. What a banner day for the GOP. Lindell, Trump, Gaetz all showing up strong today.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Rep. Matt Gaetz’s ex-girlfriend testified Wednesday before a federal grand jury investigating him for sex crimes, a major development that suggests the Department of Justice may be moving closer to indicting him.

The ex-girlfriend, whose name is being withheld by NBC News to respect her privacy, has been in talks for months with prosecutors about an immunity deal. Under a possible deal, she would avoid prosecution for obstruction of justice in return for testifying in the investigation into whether Gaetz in 2017 had sex with a 17-year-old female for money and whether months later he and others violated a federal law prohibiting people for paying for prostitutes overseas.

Matt Gaetz's ex-girlfriend testifies to grand jury in sex trafficking probe

 

How in god's name can there be a US law against paying for prostitutes overseas?!?!? If there is - & I have my doubts - that's a load of horseshit.

 

Citizen's Guide To U.S. Federal Law On The Extraterritorial Sexual Exploitation Of Children

 

I don't have a problem with that.

 

Gotta disagree with you here. It's really more of an average day for the modern Republican party

 

Another , ahem, "witch hunt"? In addition to all the other predictable maga talking points, deflection, distraction, equivocation, and whataboutism crap.....

 

Supposition squared. Suggests and may in the same sentence. Whatever happened to news reporters reporting facts, not conjecture and supposition!

As I said with Mueller, Biden’s accuser, this and others; I’ll wait for the facts, thank you very much.

 

that would make for an interesting hurricane season. I see nothing wrong with conjecture and supposition. You seem to conjecture that it was not always this way. I don't think that is true. I think your real gripe should be with bias, but that too will always be part of journalism, IMO. & probably should be. Also, is it true that fact & certainty must go hand in hand? Is it not a fact that if you bet black at a standard roulette table that you have a 47.4% chance of winning?

“So much for Objective Journalism. Don't bother to look for it here--not under any byline of mine; or anyone else I can think of. With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms.” Hunter Thompson.

 

Is there a law against secretly recording a call as is mentioned in the article?

 

they said she was working with law enforcement, so maybe she had a warrant or order? We got good legal folks on here who will know. I'm just spit ballin'

 

Depends on the state.

 

As someone else noted, matters on the jurisdiction at issue.

 

From reading a few articles, it looks like it’s in Florida

 

Golly gee whiz…. The anticipation is exciting. I think they finally got him.

 

Can you be an “ex girlfriend” if you are a kid, shouldn’t she be described as a victim? Or did he actually date an adult at some point?

 

he's been gotten for a long time. Why aren't you happy about it? or, is your ideology aligned with performative ass clownery?