Posted on 04/09/2021 3:54:11 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois called for fellow Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to resign amid a federal probe into allegations Gaetz was involved in sex trafficking.
Gaetz, who has not been charged with any crime, has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.
"Matt Gaetz needs to resign," Kinzinger wrote in a tweet linking to a Daily Beast story about Gaetz, who's become enmeshed in an investigation into former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg.
Greenberg has been hit with 33 charges in federal court in Florida, including stalking, wire fraud and sex trafficking of a minor. In a brief hearing in his case in Orlando on Thursday, Greenberg’s lawyer, Fritz Scheller, and federal prosecutors told the judge they expect him to strike a plea deal.
Gaetz denied that he had ever paid for sex and called it "a general fishing exercise about vacations and consensual relationships with adults."
Investigators are also looking into whether Gaetz and Greenberg used the internet to search for women they could pay for sex. The New York Times has reported that he's being investigated for allegedly trafficking a 17-year-old.
Goetz' legal team is led by Marc Mukasey and Isabelle Kirshner.
Mukasey, a former federal prosecutor, has represented members of the Trump family and is defending Trump in investigations by the New York Attorney General.
In an op-ed in The Washington Examiner, Gaetz wrote: "Since I'm taking my turn under the gun, let me address the allegations against me directly. First, I have never, ever paid for sex. And second, I, as an adult man, have not slept with a 17-year-old."
Kinzinger was one of nine Republicans who voted to impeach Trump.
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Fight for every inch.
Even if you’re guilty Matt.
Trying to eradicate the pro Trump wing of the GOP.
These guys just need to STFU. They are the most self loathing group of jackasses imaginable in elected office.
Apparently this Republican jerk didn’t see the statement that came out earlier from Gaetz’s office. Women DEFENDING him and saying he has always acted professionally and ethically.
The MSM is nothing but a “hit and run” organization that slams into someone, inflicts maximum damage, and takes off, refusing to accept responsibility.
And stupid Republicans hurry up and inflict damage before facts come out. Shameful.
Kinzinger is not just an ass, he’s an ass factory.
Adam Kinzinger needs to resign.
GOP cowards.
They are the Bush League Republicans, trying to get control of the GOP.
No.
I do not care if he is a serial killer. If democrats can be career criminals with no consequences so can he.
Get rid of Sallwell and The Evil Botoxian and we will talk.
You first..Judas
Still no evidence to support the anonymous allegations.
Kinzinger
Chupa mi la mondon
It was a Mossad operation gone wrong since they lost their valuable asset who was able to run these things for them to an assisted suicide.
criminal china dirty GOP
Thus speaks KommieKinzer . . . I hope the lady from Woodstock trounces him.
You say even if guilty. The damage being done to Trump and Trump Republicans is not helpful. Surely DiSantis might appoint and he and Trump could get elected a more credible replacement. So suffer the damage and have a useless congressman or throw him under the bus and move on? I think there needs to be less knee-jerk response and more strategic. Gaetz has a bad reputation, plus he’s all talk and no action. No accomplishments to his name. Does his loud mouth warrant defending or overlooking bad behavior? And if he is indicted, then what? People get tarred for defending him.
Must be AOL Commie News day around here. They make Politico almost bearable.
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