Florida representative faced Matt Gaetz
Matthew (Matt) Gaetz. Associate prosecuted in a Gaetz scandal that cooperated with the Justice Department: the report Trump has denounced to CNN for a “completely false” report. the infrastructure takes center stage MORE (R) on Wednesday announced a six-figure ad purchase aimed at CNN and what his campaign said would also “fight” allegations of sex trafficking that the Justice Department is investigating.
The 30-second television ad will air on select cable networks both in your Congressional district and nationwide. Gaetz’s campaign said the effort “would fight a cycle of fake news against him,” according to Politico.
“We now see what’s really behind all this: the Democratic Party and media support aimed at getting a congressman out of the United States,” a campaign spokesman said in a statement to Politico.
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The announcement includes footage from far-right activist group Project Veritas showing a man identified as a CNN employee talking about Gaetz’s news coverage, Politico reported. The Veritas Project is known for posting clandestine clandestine images that have been deceptively edited to misrepresent organizations and people with whom you disagree.
Gaetz is being investigated by the Justice Department for allegations that he had sex with a minor and that he traveled with him. The House Ethics Committee has also opened an investigation into Gaetz for allegations of drug abuse and for showing nude photographs of young women to other lawmakers while they were on the floor of the House.
Gaetz has vehemently denied all allegations.
The New York Times reported earlier this month that Gaetz had sent $ 900 to an accused sex trafficker who sent the same amount of money to several teens. The man who paid Gaetz, former Florida County tax collector Joel Greenberg, would have agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department and provide information to investigators since last year.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger
Adam Daniel KinzingerGaetz was denied meeting with Trump: CNN Boehner finally calls him as he sees it The Hill’s Morning Report: Biden storms the “epidemic” of gun violence amid gunfire in SC, Texas MORE (R-Ill.) He became the first Republican lawmaker to call for Gaetz’s resignation last week, writing in a small tweet, “Matt Gaetz needs to resign.”