Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump‘s decide for Legal professional Normal, paid 2 grownup girls for intercourse and had intercourse with a 17-year-old lady in a pool … in accordance with the lawyer representing the ladies Gaetz allegedly paid for intercourse.
Florida legal professional Joel Leppard advised ABC Information his shoppers testified earlier than the Home of Representatives ethics committee investigating Gaetz … claiming the previous Congressman used Venmo to pay them for intercourse.
ABC Information
Leppard additionally says one in all his shoppers advised lawmakers she witnessed Gaetz having intercourse along with her 17-year-old pal at a July 2017 home social gathering she attended.
The legal professional says his consumer’s understanding is that Gaetz didn’t know the lady was a minor once they had intercourse, and after discovering out her age, he didn’t proceed a sexual relationship with the lady till she turned 18.
Gaetz resigned from Congress final week after Trump nominated him for Legal professional Normal … a transfer that shut down the ethics committee’s investigation into Gaetz.
For his half, Gaetz has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct.
