A lawyer representing two ladies who testified that former Consultant Matt Gaetz paid them for {sex} informed a number of information shops on Monday that one of many ladies described witnessing Mr. Gaetz having {sex} with an underage lady at a celebration in 2017.
The lawyer, Joel Leppard, informed CBS Information, ABC Information and CNN about his purchasers’ testimony to the Home Ethics Committee, which was investigating allegations about Mr. Gaetz and younger ladies, in addition to accusations of drug use.
Mr. Gaetz resigned final week shortly after President-elect Donald J. Trump introduced he deliberate to appoint the Florida lawmaker to be his lawyer basic, regardless of having been investigated by the Justice Division beforehand.
After the resignation, Speaker Mike Johnson introduced that he wouldn’t make public the committee’s report as a result of Mr. Gaetz was now not in workplace.
Mr. Leppard, chatting with ABC Information, mentioned one of many ladies testified that “in July of 2017, at this house party, she was walking out to the pool area, and she looked to her right, and she saw” Mr. Gaetz “having sex with her friend, who was 17.”
He informed CNN that Mr. Gaetz later found the lady was underage.
Each ladies additionally informed the committee that they had been paid for {sex} utilizing Venmo, Mr. Leppard mentioned.
Mr. Gaetz has beforehand denied the allegations.
Alex Pfeiffer, a spokesman for the Trump transition, mentioned, “Matt Gaetz will be the next Attorney General. He’s the right man for the job and will end the weaponization of our justice system. These are baseless allegations intended to derail the second Trump administration.”
Mr. Gaetz is one in all a number of controversial nominees whom Mr. Trump has introduced he’ll submit for Senate affirmation. However he’s the one who has provoked probably the most damaging reactions from Republican senators.
