Breaking News: Federal investigators established a trail of payments from Matt Gaetz to women, including some who testified he hired them for sex, according to a document obtained by The New York Times and a lawyer representing some of the women. nyti.ms/3YXR0ij - ThreadSky

nytimes.com • 148 days ago

Breaking News: Federal investigators established a trail of payments from Matt Gaetz to women, including some who testified he hired them for sex, according to a document obtained by The New York Times and a lawyer representing some of the women. https://nyti.ms/3YXR0ij

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billieholliday13.bsky.social•148 days ago

Pimp Daddy Gaetz was consuming ecstasy and paying for sex with a minor. This is straight up prostitution ---not parties cause money was exchange for sex. as AG Gaetz could blackmail or accept bribes and grift some of the dough to Trump. Stinks.

mmepamplemousse.bsky.social•148 days ago

None of it matters. Rules, laws and norms don’t apply to MAGA. If this country can elected a convicted felon and sexual abuser as its President anyone can hold a powerful office now.

marcosantana.bsky.social•148 days ago

Can a pedophile be Attorney General? Can a rapist be President? Can the US Supreme Court subvert the legal process to prevent conviction? Yes. As it turns out.
@chrislhayes.bsky.social @joyannreid.bsky.social @jimacosta.bsky.social

beagood.bsky.social•148 days ago

But it doesn’t fucking matter because the House voted to not release it. Also, FU NYTimes…don’t pretend to be a news organization now! 🖕

pamelacala.bsky.social•148 days ago

The guy used Venmo? So he's either stupid or just another Trumpian sociopath who believes he is above the law. And not only does he have to pay for sex, he has to pony up 10K. Wow. Sad. Loser.

chesseburger.bsky.social•147 days ago

Why wasnt he arrested?

tessen.bsky.social•148 days ago

Damning, but so what? The president-elect is a rapist and no republican cares.

lesleyhk88.bsky.social•148 days ago

So why is he paying women????

eff47.bsky.social•148 days ago

It doesn’t fucking matter Republicans look for people like this because they are the people like this. Our president elect is a convicted adjudicated rapist and his cabinet are the ilk.

tletl.bsky.social•148 days ago

Should have used bitcoin.

dav1rus.bsky.social•148 days ago

Could trace it anyway, that is the beauty of an open ledger.
No hiding!

tletl.bsky.social•148 days ago

Than what use is bitcoin? LoL home boy is very sloppy.

dav1rus.bsky.social•148 days ago

Is that no one can stop you from transacting. And that no one can manipulate its monetary policy.

schizanon.bsky.social•148 days ago

I just like it because it makes nerds mad when I buy it! 😄

tletl.bsky.social•147 days ago

Buy silver it’s better. U can wear it.

pattys06.bsky.social•148 days ago

Ugly guys like Matt Gaetz can’t get sex if they don’t pay for it! #GaetzOfHell

vought.bsky.social•148 days ago

I wonder what could happen if we had a press that was focussed on investigating things. I guess we won’t ever know.

writergirl1.bsky.social•148 days ago

They are, and you’re responding to it. Do you know how often the press requests documents, is denied, and has to sue for them? Imagine what could happen if people asked for their representatives to be vocal about this stuff too

pretender1962.bsky.social•148 days ago

Gaetz would be an incel, but he has mommy and daddy’s money.

girltalk.bsky.social•148 days ago

Motherfuckers can't even get organically laid yet think they have the smarts to run anything.

jilltownley.bsky.social•148 days ago

So drug-fueled sex parties and paying prostitutes is fine with everyone? It's only the incident of having sex with a 17-year-old and not knowing her age that is an ethical problem?

doug-holst.bsky.social•148 days ago

Does he pay his wife with Venmo?!

evguytt.bsky.social•148 days ago

Sigh

nevaeh25.bsky.social•121 days ago

That man is pure evil. My gift of discernment peaked at first sight of him.

ginuhhh.bsky.social•148 days ago

kfrankiii.bsky.social•148 days ago

His butt should be in jail!

rae4biz.bsky.social•148 days ago

Cash is so yesterday …

peghetlage.bsky.social•148 days ago

Didn’t that first happen a few years ago??

lawig.bsky.social•148 days ago

Leak the report!

aproximi.bsky.social•148 days ago

Sounds like potential next US president Resume.

gibs626.bsky.social•148 days ago

Lock him up

gramps5280.bsky.social•148 days ago

I want to see all of the $18.2 million paid by taxpayers for hush money for legislative sexual misconduct. I also want to know why does that funding exist, what piece of legislation, passed through both houses and signed into law by a President made these dollars available

tadish.bsky.social•144 days ago

Another above the law J6 drunk driving #PedoGaetz just how republicons like it.

itagc.bsky.social•148 days ago

Is this the best that the GOP has to offer?

lisasea.bsky.social•147 days ago

Seems so.

veyizmir.bsky.social•148 days ago

jetsf.bsky.social•148 days ago

Never in US history has a man with a horrid deviant background been so unfit to hold a high public office other than the creep who is nominating him

jjugs.bsky.social•148 days ago

People who could/should govern must be competent, respectable, ethical, trustworthy and responsible, in the least accountable. Can you trust this asshole?

sholahoon.bsky.social•148 days ago

Don’t count on any other outcome than this criminal as AG.

revb16.bsky.social•148 days ago

They voted for Trump. They will confirm this guy.

daumdesign.bsky.social•148 days ago

Toss this scumbag in prison where he belongs.

doccal.bsky.social•148 days ago

Are you going to report how trump is threatening politicians, saying they'll be primaried if they don't vote for Gaetz? The Gray Lady has been going through menopause,but it's time to remember your mission, to stand for democracy, not suffer from the vapors

mstearn70.bsky.social•148 days ago

Women or children?

scoundrel2.bsky.social•148 days ago

i'm sorry but why didn't the justice dept bring charges?

karenrobz.bsky.social•148 days ago

gifted
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/us/politics/matt-gaetz-venmo-payments-sex.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bk4.R1Df.LHx2cOQkTcD8&smid=url-share

marstiu.bsky.social•148 days ago

We don’t need reports from the Ethics Committee. Guilty.

evilrbt.bsky.social•148 days ago

There is not a single decent, upstanding person in the GOP.

talkingforfree.bsky.social•148 days ago

Sounds like AG material!

nyccriminaldefense.bsky.social•148 days ago

In a normal world,
he wouldn’t have been nominated, let alone considered. What a POS…

dolphinfan66.bsky.social•148 days ago

FBI DO YOUR JOB

youngpilots.bsky.social•147 days ago

Why did prosecutors not prosecute and how did he get away with drunk driving? We know the answer.

sybildiscontent.bsky.social•148 days ago

If only it mattered and would prevent him from being seated as Atty General. We all know it won’t, and this may work in his favor the same way the 34 felony charges worked to laud 45 as some woebegotten hero. “One of us!” They will chant while he watches them rot in poverty from his gold toilet

fxmct.bsky.social•148 days ago

Democrats. Do your duty. Leak the report.

ashleyboyd.bsky.social•148 days ago

VENMO!!

tourmalily.bsky.social•148 days ago

Oh wow what a shock. Truly. I am stunned.

1oh1.bsky.social•148 days ago

rmdm23.bsky.social•148 days ago

They don't care.

mtisch717.bsky.social•148 days ago

It’s unfortunate this type of behavior is being normalized.

ddhurley.bsky.social•148 days ago

Its always been fairly widespread in politics, so its nothing new...but its always been hush-hush...look the other way.

Normalizing and accepting it, is a very sad but not that surprising reality.

flutter8.bsky.social•148 days ago

Old news

sandhyamenon.bsky.social•148 days ago

What are his eyebrows like that it freaks me out

liamcole.bsky.social•148 days ago

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time . . . oh . . . wait . . . Nevermind

toytiger.bsky.social•148 days ago

We know all this from a few years ago. I wonder why DoJ didn't prosecute him.

msskeeto.bsky.social•148 days ago

Ask Merrick Garland.

So slow. Too slow. This failure to proceed at a reasonable pace is a dereliction of duty.

Mr. Garland should have learned something from having his SCOTUS nomination delayed.

toytiger.bsky.social•148 days ago

AG Garland wasn't just moving at his usual molass pace in this case though. DoJ concluded its investigation by simply saying it wasn't going to file charge against Gaetz without giving any reason. IMHO, it needs to disclose its reasoning, whatever it was.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/doj-decides-not-charge-rep-matt-gaetz-sex-trafficking-investigation-rcna70839

pfelser.bsky.social•148 days ago

The best people.

salishmist.bsky.social•147 days ago

Gaetz as attorney general shows what a mockery the Trump administration will be. Trump’s going to walk away at the end laughing with burning rubble behind him

mgd1148.bsky.social•148 days ago

Venmo Lester

I wish I could take credit for that, Jimmy Kimmel made that name up!

kbikesdc.bsky.social•148 days ago

Ya know…there’s so much focus on Gaetz, and NONE ON THE SEC DEF NOMINEE, Hegseth, WHO DEFINITELY DRUGGED AND RAPED A WOMAN.

teddyfan.bsky.social•148 days ago

WHY did DOJ drop this investigation??

thepinklady.bsky.social•148 days ago

They have NO shame!

musicalmike1.bsky.social•148 days ago

It's up to you, America's 4th Estate. Keep the pressure on, PLEEEEZ!

susiq34683.bsky.social•147 days ago

Is this the stuff of our next AG? Seriously? Or are new AG and Sec Def just made in the image of their creator?

nationstateinfo.bsky.social•148 days ago

Look Jane it is the Attorney General.

theaprilblake.bsky.social•148 days ago

Pretty sure that means he is even more qualified for this particle board cabinet they're assembling.

nigels1.bsky.social•148 days ago

Won’t make any difference to his acolytes

eightzerotwo.bsky.social•148 days ago

Either this will end really badly, or it’s time to get the beer and popcorn.

nujakscholar.bsky.social•148 days ago

🤷🏿‍♂️..

politicsjunkiet.bsky.social•148 days ago

I fear if he becomes AG he will seek revenge on these women

sybildiscontent.bsky.social•148 days ago

gigolocalypse.bsky.social•148 days ago

So, future president material...

diane222.bsky.social•148 days ago

Family values on full display

tucsongirl.bsky.social•148 days ago

You’re not kidding

salishmist.bsky.social•147 days ago

Trump Christians are fake Christians

osky65.bsky.social•148 days ago

No surprise

nhrughooker.bsky.social•147 days ago

A pedophile among all the other rapists in that administration. Bust them

lmb6453.bsky.social•148 days ago

Make Child Sex Assault Great Again = MCSAGA!

aaronotg.bsky.social•148 days ago

McSaga is also an accurate description of Trump's time as President.

jesuswaswoke.bsky.social•148 days ago

They don't care. The cult leaders have been given their deranged marching orders.

renegadecowboy.bsky.social•148 days ago

Lock this sex trafficking scum up

markefox1.bsky.social•147 days ago

Not nice, maybe not legal but definitely should disqualify for AG

5forfighting.bsky.social•148 days ago

This is so gross. He’s gross.

tolba67.bsky.social•148 days ago

Not good choice man.

tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social•148 days ago

These pervs want to control female reproductive rights??? Yikes!

lucovdb.bsky.social•148 days ago

I think aspiring politicians in the US now have a much better chance if they put on their resume that they have a criminal record, that they are a whoremonger and a racist and believe in the most exotic conspiracy theories. American politics has become a freak show.

bingcarrie.bsky.social•148 days ago

I bet he doesn’t know how to make his Venmo private and it was like dinner🍑🍆

turtle1cat.bsky.social•148 days ago

Will it make any difference?

omarbradley.bsky.social•148 days ago

That should do it. Trump installing straight up pedophiles to the highest offices in the land. Now trump voters will surely come to their senses.

rahayuz.bsky.social•148 days ago

Has sex workers become illegal in the United States at the moment? Since when? 🤔

rwood99.bsky.social•148 days ago

Why hasn’t he been charged?

marjafeltkamp.bsky.social•148 days ago

A cunt

lawrencemiles.bsky.social•148 days ago

He used VENMO? He should be disqualified just for that!

therealtheron.bsky.social•148 days ago

Why don’t federal investigators start to investigate prominent white men BEFORE they are nominated for high positions in the federal government. Crimes are crimes.

swearman.bsky.social•148 days ago

How is that clown not behind bars? I wait…

lucidnightly.bsky.social•148 days ago

Nice to see a republican support women for a change

colokelly.bsky.social•147 days ago

DISQUALIFIED

oscarthe.bsky.social•147 days ago

Isn’t being a slimy weasel enough to stop the GOP from rubber stamping this man. If not than zero qualifications and experience should be.

ghostofmarktwain.bsky.social•148 days ago

flyfifer.bsky.social•148 days ago

https://archive.ph/GFKL1

jreinc.bsky.social•148 days ago

This doesn't really matter in the USA anymore. To report it, and other similar conduct is affecting no one. Look at the President the US decided to re-up. That, right there, states all these other abuses mean nothing.

mamagia.bsky.social•147 days ago

And…. Nothing will happen.

tgfe.bsky.social•148 days ago

Federal invesigators never charged gaetz to protect the republican majority in the house.

How many more kids did gaetz sexually assault because of the DOJ's GOP political protection racket?

elle-ooo.bsky.social•148 days ago

Were they all grown women?

emersongravely.bsky.social•148 days ago

Melania and Gaetz’s wife should get together and talk about husbands and “porn hookers.”

be-thanx.bsky.social•148 days ago

did he pay using F&F or G&S 🤨

ritapassal.bsky.social•148 days ago

Nothing matters anymore we have a rapist sexual assaulter who was the mastermind behind an insurrection as the incoming president I mean, what’s worse than that. And you guys helped him win.

heather182.bsky.social•148 days ago

No way!

outofcontextpics.bsky.social•148 days ago

What about a trade: release Jeffrey Epstein's list for releasing Matt Gaetz's report 🤔

junipergin.bsky.social•148 days ago

Why do you think that is a trade?

msskeeto.bsky.social•148 days ago

It's not.

callicapone.bsky.social•148 days ago

Yeah, Floridian here, what witty point about predators in my state are you going for here? How about all predators suck and we release all the lists with zero considerations for who the predators support politically?

jetsf.bsky.social•148 days ago

Trump doesn’t want the Epstein list released so yes, do both.

cdparisi.bsky.social•148 days ago

That sounds like a double-down

hillcrestcardco.bsky.social•147 days ago

He's probably on that list too be real

empress-of-organos.bsky.social•148 days ago

Venmo??!!! 😂😂

afine.bsky.social•148 days ago

But did he pay sales tax? Sounds like tax evasion. 🤔

emazzone.bsky.social•148 days ago

What were the icons he used?

toledoan.bsky.social•148 days ago

I didn’t think of this until reading this but I must know

bizdave.bsky.social•147 days ago

👉👌

mntarheel.bsky.social•148 days ago

He'll be AG. It's a mad world.

gigibones.bsky.social•148 days ago

You forgot to mention how YOUNG they were

ltnoles.bsky.social•148 days ago

What has Merrick Garland done in the last 4 years about this? Ridiculous.

twiceirish.bsky.social•148 days ago

Pretty sure no one is falling out of their chairs here.

alangpartridge.bsky.social•148 days ago

This scandal grows larger with each passing day. Congress should release all records for all members at once. House plants die in darkness.

dojo-casino.bsky.social•148 days ago

Well that's just awful. Won't matter one bit. I hate it here.

mewmew13.bsky.social•148 days ago

We also know this is Dump45’s MO..
maybe some stronger rebuke now on the “Club” that is going to be running our country

nickt1023.bsky.social•147 days ago

Why must we assume that the opinion of the courts supersede the integrity of the witness’ verified claims? If the opinion of the courts opine that he is not guilty, that’s a major flaw in the court processes and procedures, not a flaw of the witnesses.

joseph73.bsky.social•148 days ago

like servant like the boss

gemzer.bsky.social•148 days ago

Share the document far and wide.

hailum23.bsky.social•148 days ago

arizonawildcat.bsky.social•148 days ago

Bye bye Matt.

lisajillyogi.bsky.social•148 days ago

Well at least Nancy mace can pee in peace

ohiomoderate.bsky.social•148 days ago

And it will matter not a single iota.

mike1407.bsky.social•148 days ago

Guy is trash.

greygoblin6.bsky.social•148 days ago

I'd definitely like to know why the DOJ decided not to pursue this case. I'm guessing Matt's daddy might as well have made his own venmo version of payments to some people.

donnamoeller.bsky.social•148 days ago

I don’t think the scandal is if he hired sex workers but did he hire under age girls to have sex with him. We want to know if he’s a pedophile.

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