Rep. Gaetz Denies Allegation, Claims He's Victim Of Extortion Plot
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Rep. Gaetz Denies Allegation, Claims He's Victim Of Extortion Plot

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Rep. Gaetz Denies Allegation, Claims He's Victim Of Extortion Plot Enlarge this image toggle caption John Raoux/AP John Raoux/AP Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, a controversial conservative and boisterous ally of former President Donald Trump's, confirmed Tuesday he is being investigated by the Department of Justice over sexual misconduct but denied the allegations tied to the probe. Sponsor Message The Times said that the probe first began in the waning days of the Trump administration and that the investigation is part of a broader look into an ally of Gaetz's named Joel Greenberg, a former Florida county official who was indicted on charges including sex trafficking of a child. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told Fox's Dana Perino on Wednesday that congressional Republicans would support stripping Gaetz of his committee assignments if the accusations were determined to be true. When asked about Gaetz casting the lone "no" vote on a 2017 bipartisan anti-human trafficking bill — a vote that has attracted new scrutiny in light of Tuesday's report — McCarthy told Perino he had no insight as to why Gaetz would not have supported the legislation.

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