Matt Gaetz Compares Allegations He Paid Minor For Sex To Earmarks On Legislation
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The Florida congressman said he is being accused of paying for "naughty favors" and claimed the allegations are similar to legislators who write earmarks...
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who is under federal investigation over allegations he paid a minor in exchange for sexual favors, said Saturday the allegations about him are comparable to lawmakers who attach earmarks to bills in order to benefit their constituents or special interests. Gaetz’s comments attempting to downplay the seriousness of the child sex allegations were made at the Ohio Political Summit in Strongsville, Ohio, where he and other right-wing figures spoke before an audience pledging their loyalty to former President Donald Trump and repeating baseless claims about fraud in the 2020 presidential election. As details of the Gaetz allegations have been published in recent weeks, the lawmaker ― a Trump supporter ― has tried to deflect blame and responsibility much like Trump did while in office. “I’m being falsely accused of exchanging money for naughty favors,” Gaetz said Saturday afternoon at the Ohio Political Summit. “Yet, Congress has reinstituted a process that legalizes the corrupt act of exchanging money for favors, through earmarks, and everybody knows that that’s the corruption.”
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