Nearly a week after news broke of federal investigators looking into whether Matt Gaetz had sex with a 17-year-old, the Florida congressman has not budged in his denials of any illegal activity.
But he has subtly acknowledged some sexually charged behavior.
“I am a representative in Congress, not a monk, and certainly not a criminal,” Gaetz wrote in an op-ed for the Washington Examiner.
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Background on allegations: The New York Times reported last Tuesday that the Justice Department was investigating whether Gaetz “had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old and paid for her to travel with him.” Investigators started to look into Gaetz as part of a broader investigation into Joel Greenberg, a former tax collector in Seminole County, Florida, and a political ally of Gaetz who was indicted in 2020 on
