Another man in power, another rumour of a female minor taken advantage of. This time it is filled with movie titles and presidential affiliations. The man is Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, better known for his stunts in Fox News and wearing a gas mask in the U.S Capital during the early days of the COVID pandemic. Gaetz is under Justice Department investigation over a possible sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl. 

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The New York Times reported on Tuesday evening, sources revealed investigators are looking into whether the conservative firebrand violated sex trafficking laws. Also revealing the enquiry is a sideline to an investigation looking into Gaetz’ political allies, Joel Greenberg, who resigned as Seminole County tax collector following his indictment last summer on charges including sex trafficking.

Gaetz is making bold statements saying all the accusations against him are false by mentioning several conspiracy theories, recently accusing former Justice Department official with regards to a $25 million extortion plot against him alongside Attorney David Mcgee. An accusation Mcgee recently denied, saying he can prove that he was not part of a plan to extort Gaetz. Gaetz claimed he had been working with the FBI, and his father Don Gaetz had been wearing a wire to expose the alleged scheme after learning of it earlier this month. Geatz told the newspaper his lawyers informed him that he is the subject of the investigation and not the target. He naively said: “I only know that it has to do with women,” Gaetz told the newspaper. “I have a suspicion that someone is trying to recategorize my generosity to ex-girlfriends as something more untoward.”

Several other rumours include Gaetz is contemplating to run for the statewide Florida Agriculture Commissioner, his considering leaving politics to take a broadcasting job at Newsmax, not one of these rumours have been confirmed. One thing Gaetz is persistent on is the extortion plot, saying: “I demand the DOJ immediately release the tapes, made at their direction, which implicates their former colleague in crimes against me based on false allegations.”

A lot of speculation and rumours surfaced with these accusations to somehow mask the real crimes at hand, this is a story to follow up on.