Matt Gaetz, Trump’s pick for attorney general, had been a subject of a sex trafficking investigation
Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Justice Department, has previously been investigated over allegations of sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl — a federal probe that ultimately did not yield criminal charges.
Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Justice Department, has previously been investigated over allegations of sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl — a federal probe that ultimately did not yield criminal charges.
Gaetz — a House member from Florida who has been one of Trump’s most loyal foot soldiers on Capitol Hill — has long denied the allegations and was told Feb. 15, 2023, that the Justice Department was ending its investigation without charging him.
“We have just spoken with the DOJ and have been informed that they have concluded their investigation into Congressman Gaetz and allegations related to sex trafficking and obstruction of justice and they have determined not to bring any charges against him,” Gaetz’s attorneys said then.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 16.Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images fileBefore he resigned from Congress after he become Trump’s choice for attorney general Wednesday, Gaetz remained under investigation by the bipartisan House Ethics Committee, which is looking into whether he engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use.
NBC News reported in 2021 that federal investigators were looking into Gaetz’s travel to the Bahamas with women and specifically whether those women were paid to travel for sex, which could violate federal law, a law enforcement official and another person familiar with the matter said.
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