Two people inside the DOJ leaked a story about Matt Gaetz (R-FL) being under DOJ/FBI investigation to the New York Times. The essential elements of the article are that Gaetz had a relationship with a 17-year-old woman, and paid for her to travel; ergo the DOJ/FBI is investigating “sex trafficking.” Presumably AG Bill Barr opened the investigation. However, Matt Gaetz vehemently denies everything about the claims, and instead says the FBI and DOJ were recently conducting a sting operation -with his cooperation- against a former DOJ lawyer named David McGee who was extorting Gaetz for $25 million.
According to Gaetz his father was contacted by McGee in March of this year and told he would release the details of a relationship with the woman if Gaetz did not pay $25 million. Gaetz contacted the FBI, and his father wore a wire in his conversation with McGee where the FBI were recording the extortion attempt. Now that someone has leaked the erroneous background of the investigation to the New York Times, Gaetz is demanding the DOJ release the tapes of the extortion attempt.
Tonight Matt Gaetz appeared on Tucker Carlson to discuss the details of the situation. Apparently there was an FBI sting operation underway which included a payment tomorrow. The New York Times article tipped-off McGee to the sting. Congressman Gaetz denies any wrongdoing, legal or otherwise, and denies paying for a minor to cross state lines to meet him. When Carlson asked Gaetz who was the former DOJ official attempting extortion, Gaetz named David McGee, a former DOJ lawyer currently working for Beggs and Lane lawfirm. WATCH:
Matt Gaetz: “What is happening is an extortion of me and my family involving a former Department of Justice official. On March 16th, my father got a text message demanding a meeting wherein a person demanded $25 million in exchange for making horrible sex trafficking allegations of me go away. Our family was so troubled by that we went to the local FBI and the FBI and the Department of Justice were so concerned about this, that they asked my dad to wear a wire. Which he did with the former Department of Justice official. Tonight I am demanding that the Department of Justice and the FBI release the audio recordings that were made under their supervision and at their direction which will prove me innocence. These allegations are true and they were meant to bleed my family. This former Department of Justice official tomorrow was supposed to be contacted by my father so that specific instructions could be given regarding the wiring of $4.5 million as a down payment on this bribe. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that tonight somehow The New York Times is leaking this information, smearing me and ruining the investigation.”
Tucker Carlson: …”First of all, who is this Department of Justice former employee who is trying to extort the money from you.”
Gaetz: “His name is David McGee”
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We live in a communist controlled government society and these people need to be walked up the steps to a waiting yard arm.
This is how Obama Clinton and both bushes ran this country by bribery and threats and the judicial system is full of people like him
Yes I saw this and was going to post the interview as an example of a bigger problem emerging as available technology and future ones will falsely accuse anyone with doctored videos or photos to destroy political adversaries or people perceived antithetical to the big machine. Orwellian indeed. While Gaetz maybe innocent, these types of allegations sets a dangerous precedent where such technologies become readily available. My .02
Having seen the deep fake video of Durham, the future of these allegations are a real issue.
Amazing isn’t it? How good men are merely ACCUSED of sexual impropriety of some sort and are immediately fired–amazing. Good people can be RUINED in this day and age with no proof whatsoever. Thank GOD Trump stood by Kavanaugh. So sickening that Christine Fraudy Ford and Jussie Smollet are not in JAIL.
I was disappointed when President Trump chose him. Did not like his face, has that piggy, hypocritical face that all rhinos have. Now after his actions against President Trump, I see I was right. Mike Lee also has that kind of face.
Agree 100% he’s turned out to be the opposite of a true Constitutional justice. UniParty disaster all the way.
But that in no way means he was guilty of the sex allegations made against him.
Trashing the Constitution is not a good look.
Oh my gosh Jedi. I’m watching the Capture on Peacock and I truly believe that will be next.
Yep! AI, Big Tech merging to control all media! Anybody they don’t like they will destroy them by super imposing their faces, identities onto CGI animated characters in compromising situations. Need it to look like a unsavoury hotel porn scene, no problem. Need it to make it look like a murder, also no problem. They already have the technology to do this. If in the hands of the deep state who have endless resources will be devastating.
the txt, the meeting – sounds like enough to have arrested mcgee. as a plus, lab all his electronics for evidence – SO MISSING QUESTION ARE …
why didn’t they, and why isn’t anyone asking that? why isn’t anyone thumping on the DOJ leakers. AND why isn’t the lead investigator answering for all of this?
As if McGee is the real name.
*edit- I see from the article McGee is real- he’s a “semen hole- (what us kids from UF call Seminoles.) Still, why would Gaetz comply with the FBI? It’s seems shifty.
Gaetz complied with the fbi because he has nothing to hide. This is another liberal tactic to distract from the BIDEN CAHOS. How convenient that the New York Times leaked this report.
It is not that the NYT leaked. It is that the FBI leaked to the NYT. This is the swamp protecting the swamp. The NYT working to warn under press protections. This is freedom of the press being used to obstruct justice.
That’s right, they knew that Matt’s dad was meeting with the swamp McGee today with a wire, so they leaked it to stop the snare. Why….do these filth….keep winning? Matt Gaetz had better not quit congress like the other quitters, Chavetz and traitor Gowdy. If he does, he deserves no respect. He has always fought for President Trump.
I think they money has to actually exchange hands before arresting. That would have been tomorrow.
However the DOJ leak halted the investigation. Way too suspicious
As if the DOJ was siding with McGee and din’t want him arrested.
Or elements thereof.
I trust nothing coming from today’s FBI and DOJ.
They’re nothing but the sicarios for the democrat socialist party.
Nothing left for the DOJ, the FBI, the SC, the IRS but contempt.
Wait! I thought it was only a few rotten apples and most of the rank and file are good, decent people? 😉
George P, it seems the reverse of that statement would be more correct.
He should have talked to Mike Flynn and his great lawyer first.
not hard to believe, see hillery clinton,bill clinton, bob menendez, gov coumo,obama, joe biden hunter biden, bidens brother ,bidens dog, my fingers hurt from typing the names I could go on forever
Maybe McGee did the leaking himself?
The “federal agencies” have been political weapons for years and the NYT a trusted liar in kind. The corruption laid bare by President Trump is truly evil personified, and the tentacles are far reaching and have devastated this once great nation. “Why didn’t they arrest .? Because the DNCCCP hypocricy and corruption mandate who gets destroyed, and who is promoted simply by the party affiliation not the actual crime. Disgusting.
Amazing that there were never these same types of leaks during Crossfire Razor or Crossfire Hurricane. I guess we know the government definition of “whistleblower”–a means to an end of stopping anything which does not directly aid and abet our corrupt activities. I still am seeking to find just one honest employee at the FBI or DOJ. It would be interesting to see the salaries list and promotions list during and post GHWB eras. I suspect that from that point on, we would easily recognize how the corruption has “bloomed” like kudzu. For those who don’t know kudzu, it was imported from China years ago to help “stabalize” the soil and help prevent erosion. Like the Gangster Government in place today, it may have begun with a somewhat good purpose but it has spread like a wildfire and has taken such deep root. Nothing available legally has killed it, it has tremendously deep and twisted roots and it serves as vast cover for dens of snakes. Sound familiar? Think Gangster Government!
Thanks Gipper for the new best description!!
don t hold your breath waiting for honesty from any government employee, if they are not complicit in the crime they are scared for their jobs
It seems all the “honest” government employees either suffocate in their sleep, disappear while jogging or walking on the beach or else get into fiery car wrecks. Then there are those suicides by two shots to the back of the head.
Sometimes it’s their family members who are threatened or killed. Eventually these “whistleblowers” get the general idea.
a2n8g2eol, interesting you trace the blooming of corruption to the GHWB era. I have those thoughts too.
So Hunter Biden gets a pass with all his perverted dealings with underage Chinese girls, and his own family member, and now they are gonna take down anyone that mentioned anything about Hunter…why do these people get away with this while any Republican (not rino) or anyone that associated with Trump is being taken down..im so bloody sick of the corruption. Is there nothing good left in this world?
Barr personally intervened to halt Biden investigation.
The biggest traitor of all was Pence who suggested Trump hire the incompetent Barr.
Dave, how can you say Barr was incompetent? He got the result the swamp wanted. The doj corruption was swept under the rug and Trump lost the election because the Biden’s corruption was kept from the public. He did a sterling job.
There is something wrong here. David L. McGee is the family lawyer of Robert Levinson. Levinson was the CIA agent held by Iran. Later presumed dead.
Interesting tidbit. McGee is an asset. Dirty.
May I suggest the following LINK.
And this LINK
The fbi got oleg deripaska to pay the ransome but was nixed by sec Clinton and ole mulehead.
Why would this guy listen to theFBI or wear a wire or let his dad wear a wire? He’s so dumb- he’s either in trouble or a RINO ?
Get a life “lady”.
I somewhat agree. What republican or conservative would ever trust the FBI, CIA and DOJ after knowing all that we know and Gaetz probably knows even more. And why let them have the tapes without you having a copy. There are pieces of this that don’t make sense to me, especially knowing about the extent of the corruption.
I would like to think Gaetz is innocent but look at how many times We the People have been surprised and fooled by the corrupt politicians. I disapprove of him bringing Tucker into the conversation – it felt dishonest. Tucker gave him a platform to state his case and he tries to tie Tucker’s experiences to his own to solidify his case. Not a good look. If he truly is innocent, why the need to do this?
I don’t see anything wrong with pointing out on Tucker’s show how he too was a target of the left. I think he was looking for support.
To pressure the FBI? An FBI that has done NOTHING in investigating it’s own or any enemies of America the last few decades. Maybe Matt just wanted us to know which puts the FBI in a little bit more hot water on how to go about handling the situation.
Too many people are reading these stories and thinking like normal people… why?
The subjects of all these stories are NOT NORMAL people! Why do you expect normal behavior and if you do not see said behavior you think it means something. You are dealing with mostly insane idiots at every level of Govt now, this is how it;s going to be as long as the asylum is ran by the people that should be locked away in it!
I wonder how long these kinds of shake downs have been going on. Does anybody have faith in the three letter agencies anymore? The whole cabal needs to be flushed… toss them into Club Gitmo and throw away the keys.
A few days ago I had a student come into my office wanting a letter of recommendation in support of a job application to the CIA. Twenty years ago, I would have been delighted. He is bilingual (no accent), dual citizen, STEM Major, straight arrow morally, great grades, top 50 US University, the perfect candidate. IMHO
I could not believe I said it, but it just came out, I told him: “I would write him a rec. for any other employer, but not that one”. When he asked why? … I didn’t say anything, but had him watch a few videos and read a few articles… and he left my office “SHATTERED”. He was shocked at how these guys could get anywhere near a University to recruit students… and end up thanking me.
And I am no radical, former left-of-center Joe average American. So, if this is how I spontaneously feel and act, I have no idea how these three letter agencies are going to find recruits??? Many other like me have to be doing the same. (So the recruits are either going to be naïve dupes or immoral types. IMHO)
Furthermore, as I have “woken up and smelled the coffee”, I can’t believe Matt Gaetz would even involve the FBI. They would be the last ones I would have called… out of fear for my own safety. Minimally, I would have demanded to wear my own wire and called a lawyer like Sydney Powell before doing anything with that agency.
Don’t Talk to the Police
My thoughts exactly about his going to the FBI first. SMH in disgust at his stupidity.
My guess now is the most important requirement for joining any of these agencies is that you don’t pass the polygraph test. Probably the worse you do, the higher your application is scored. (lol)
Former federal prosecutor David McGee
He looks like he could have been a flight attendant on Lolita Express. There is something totally disgusting looking about this guy–like John Forsyth in “And Justice for All”.
He looks like a guy who walks around with a lollipop asking “Do you some candy, little girl.”
The only thing he’s missing in that photo is the Snidely Whiplash mustache.
Why do they always look possessed?
Because they are. They have given themselves over.
Interesting this guy is foreign born. I find it odd how many people are working in our government at all levels but at high levels bothers me the most. How easy foreign people can get a high paying job in our government and apparently a US citizen doesn’t qualify for such positions. As if we don’t have good lawyers in this country. I won’t talk about that face but it says it all.
Sickening, isn’t it? My family has been here 13 generations, fought in every war given up until the Gulf Wars, and yet not one of us qualifies for any high position in the government we helped create? I don’t answer to d@mn3d foreigners. Sorry.
I have long been screaming about this. It seems like 75% of all our decision makers, and bureaucrats are foreigners and/or not Western.
Same with the media people who chide everyone constantly. And the heads of all our bureaucracies.
It makes it all illegitimate to me. Of freakin’ courese they are all trying to destroy America. They have ethnic home nations they care more about and can happily flee back to. Most of them I suspect are working for their/their parents’ native lands, even if they were born here.
We sacrificed sovereignty and common sense and wisdom on the alter of “diversity” long, long ago. Compliments of the progressives brainwashing everyone that “diversity” was the highest good of a country and it’s government.
…and that is how the fbi and three letter agencies hire.
DOJ and FBI, paragons of virtue … NOT … don’t trust ’em; probably using the sting on McGee as a sting on Gaetz. They give real criminals a pass while going after honest Americans. The rotten stench from the Capital District is overwhelming.
Take a look, they may be related (This is a Link)
Well,
I guess we can count Gaetz as one of the VERY FEW uncompromised members of Congress.
Bought politicians don’t have attempted extortion against them leaked to NYT.
At least that’s my opinion.
They do if they are Matt
Hrs been a thorn in the side of the wretched FbI since the early days of Spyware.
The leaks to the NYT is all too familiar.
Levinson’s family received a $2.5 million annuity from the CIA in order to stop a lawsuit revealing details of his work, while the agency forced out three veteran analysts and disciplined seven others.
It could be a matter of revenge by one or more of the “agency forced out three veteran analysts and disciplined seven others”. Was McGee setup?
Sources and methods are more important than rights of the citizen.
Seize the Federal Reserve, End Incorporation, Declare war on the IMF, Hoist the White Pine Flag of America against tyranny again!
It would not surprise me if McGee was set up in an attempt to kill two birds with one stone: the Levinson family and Gaetz. I’d be surprised if we will ever know the truth.
Recall that during the Obama administration Bob Menendez did something to irritate Obama, and accusations were publicly disclosed about the senator and some girls in the Dominican Republic. It seems to me that the story went away and the females were of legal age. I could be wrong. Hasn’t Menendez been a good boy since?
Once the story gets out, true or not, often the damage is done.
25 million, minus 10% for the Big Guy.
Tell us more, Snoopy. The layers of intrigue are reminescent of an Ian Fleming novel.
Or the old Mad Magazine series, Spy vs. Spy.
Speaking of which, remember the year Alfred E. Neuman ran for president? Today he could probably win – in an honest election.
I have always worked a problem, by first asking, how would I have done it, then check to see if the pieces fit. Sorry, if it comes out looking like a Mad Magazine series.
Here is what doesn’t make any sense. Why would his father agree to pay to keep something quiet for something that didn’t happen? Even in the context of a sting operation? None of this makes any sense.
The father wouldn’t know.
When they convince you that they can frame you and you are defenseless against the machine, I imagine it’s tough to tell them to go fish.
“….it’s the seriousness of the charge”.
Maybe paying money to make this go away aka BRIBE was the sting and it got fouled up when Gaetz contacted the authorities. So the FBI blew it up by telling the NYT.
We’ve got some really rotten people on the government payroll.
Yes.
That’s a very good possibility.
Indeed, the fact the impending pay-off was quashed by the leak to the New York Times really lends validation to that theory.
Pretending to want to pay was the sting. That’s how they got him on the tapes and set up the meeting for the sting. To catch the extortionist.
To catch the guy, the FBI probably told him what to say.
earlier in the day, I saw the “news” that Matt Gaetz was going to “step down early” from his job in Congress . . .
that was on the old computer in the bedroom that my Mom likes to look at . . . so, that was on Internet Explorer, the “news item”
later in the day, we learn about this . . .
suejeanner, I heard that too, it was on tv. I believe it was on OAN, and he was looking into a job with the media.
Gateway Pundit is reporting that David McGee represented the family of former Florida FBI agent Robert Levinson in his kidnapping case against Iran. CTH has reported on the involvement of Oleg Deripaska in trying to secure the release of Levinson:
“In 2009 the FBI, then headed by Robert Mueller, requested the assistance of Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska in an operation to retrieve former FBI officer and CIA resource Robert Levinson who was captured in Iran two years earlier. The agent assigned to engage Deripaska was Andrew McCabe; the primary FBI need was financing and operational support. Deripaska spent around $25 million and would have succeeded except the U.S. State Department, then headed by Hillary Clinton, backed out.”
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/04/19/understanding-the-russian-disinformation-defense-as-predicted-in-2018/#more-189546
The same cast of characters in story after story of corruption.
It’s always the same group. They rotate around the agencies and stories. They pop-up here and there, rotate around, but always the same crooks who have been around for decades.
So much to hide so little time…
Right. And the girl was probably a Russian asset too.
and Hillary seems to have her mitts in there somewhere . . .
I used to think the FBI and DOJ were just corrupt ideologically, but clearly they are corrupt in a more basic and prosaic sense as well.
Lessee here. Gaetz, an occasional white hat that has been a thorn in the uniparty side, including my favorite rep cheney, VS the uniparty who has no problem destroying those who rock the gravy boat (see MTG, Trump, etc)
Im leaning towards Gaetz here until something else comes up. Have I heard McGees name before? ?
Lauren Boebert is also under a federal lawsuit for supposedly blocking a CO dem state rep from accessing her personal tweeter account.
https://www.vaildaily.com/news/lauren-boebert-separates-personal-private-twitter-accounts-in-response-to-federal-lawsuit/
Rock the uniparty gravy boat, and watch out!
Yes, the last I remembered Gaetz, he was giving Cheney a thorough and overdue bashing.
Ignoring calls to pull back, Gaetz slams Cheney in her home stateRep. Matt Gaetz’s rally flouted Republican leadership’s appeal to temper the intraparty conflict.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/28/matt-gaetz-liz-cheney-rally-463582
That potential sex-trafficking charge is what they were threatening to use against Eliot Spitzer, back in the day.
People get mad at me when I bring that up, as if I am defending Spitzer as being noble or something, but I am just pointing out that what happened to him was very much a political takedown.
BTW, when he started talking about a political comeback, he had a strange run-in with a Russian hooker.
McGee’s an asset. It’s a set up. Leak the story the night before the money transaction so it never happens and the DOJ never releases the tapes – hence, Gaetz is dirtied up. McGee is dirty and he could actually pull off his part without the Firm ever knowing. Lawyers are secretive even inside the firm. McGee is dirty.
Why did Tucker forget having dinner wit Matt and a girl ( probably his fiance). I don’t trust Tucker either.
Carlson may have “not recalled” the dinner out of reflex to avoid being dragged into something.
Can’t blame him there…what a mess.
I was also unhappy with Tucker’s response there. I just don’t trust Tucker. he’s a loose cannon.
Tucker’s survival on broadcast tv, sure is an enigma. Normal op would have destroyed him for some of his fiery anti-swamp episodes.
McGee’s an asset. It’s a set up. Leak the story the night before the money transaction so it never happens and the DOJ never releases the tapes – hence, Gaetz is dirtied up. McGee is dirty and he could actually pull off his part without the Firm ever knowing. Lawyers are secretive even inside the firm. McGee is dirty.
Why did Tucker forget having dinner wit Matt and a girl ( probably his fiance). I don’t trust Tucker either.
Yes, it was a weird reaction by Tucker. Seems like he didn’t like the fact that Gaetz was implicating the FBI for leaking to the NY Times. Wonder if somebody was talking in Tucker’s ear?
Also Tucker conveniently forgot about being falsely accused of sexual harassment by that crazy woman whom he called The Liberal Sherpa. When Gaetz alluded to it, Tucker made it seem like that happened 20 years ago, yet I distinctly remember it happening in the not recent past.
It happened twice…once many years ago by someone he supposedly had never met and once recently by Cathy Areu.
Indeed, New York Times reported on Areu’s allegation of “inappropriate and sexually charged” behavior by Tucker and others at Fox in a July 20, 2020 article.
“Tonight I am demanding that the Department of Justice and the FBI release the audio recordings that were made under their supervision and at their direction which will prove me innocence. ”
Innocence alright, Innocent to think the FBI can be trusted and depend on them to release exculpatory info. Ask Flynn.
Might not be related, but…
Robyn Gritz worked on trying to get Levinsen back while she worked at the FBI. She was one of the people who worked (supervised, I think) joint FBI/CIA cases.
She and Flynn had worked together on some matter that she has not identified in any of her interviews that I have heard.
McCabe tried to push Robin Gritz out of the FBI. She turned in paperwork that should have led to a bonus for her to McCabe who was her supervisor at the time. She didn’t get the bonus but one of McCabe’s buddies did. Apparently, McCabe allowed his friend to see her paperwork. The friend turned in his own paperwork that read like a restatement of what Robyn Gritz had written. She was able to obtain a copy of the winning statement and showed it to Flynn. Flynn confronted McCabe. This was at least a year before McCabe ordered Flynn’s ambush interview at the White House.
Always arrange to have your own irrefutable transcript source.
The tapes will be lost.
3,2,1
FBI: Sorry we can’t release any information because is classified and under investigation.
Gaetz: What? I need the exculpatory evidence to prove my innocence. Release the tapes, please?
FBI: Lol.
it’s weirder and weirder, the sheer arrogance of power . . .
we are the American people who look at this and say, “We are going to turn you off”
and then I hear Douglas Rain in the voice of HAL 9000 in Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”:
“I can’t let you do that, Dave.”
That phrase reminds me of when I wrote a letter to the editor about the Lancet study which debunked HCQ. I stated that it was not a legitimate study. The editor replied with that exact phrase “I’m afraid I can’t let you say that because it is not true.” Of course it was true – the Lancet withdrew the study. I replied to the editor: “You sound like Hal from 2001 A Space Odyssey.”
that was well done, Joan – perfect!
maybe at some point that editor will have an epiphany –
it is that patronizing, stern drone of presumed authority –
I see a meme in here
Graham will write a strongly worded letter.
Is that how politicians (supreme justices) are controlled?
Many McGees out there extorting them except they have real dirt?
Exactly my thought only Gaetz is innocent so McGee wasn’t going to every accept the $$, hence, leak to NYT, blows it up leaving Matt without the exculpatory evidence. What they didn’t count on was Matt naming McGee on the air, the day of the leak. Good play by Matt. He spits in the face of McGee and the Fib. McGee is an asset. Dirty.
I sure hope his car doesn’t blow up like that kid in Georgia. Or maybe he’s suddenly going to develop a fatal case of COVID.
So many options….
Age of consent in Washington DC is 16.
Age of consent in Florida is 18.
So if he flew a 17yr old Floridian girl to Washington DC for sexual relations – is that legal?!?
I suspect it is… But, I’m no lawyer…..
Here’s the law: 18 U.S.C. § 2423 makes it a felony punishable by a minimum of 10 years in prison (and by as much as life in prison) to “knowingly transport[] an individual who has not attained the age of 18 years in interstate or foreign commerce… with intent that the individual engage in prostitution, or in any sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense.” This provision obviously applies to those engaging in the human trafficking of underage prostitutes, and also potentially applies to an adult who drives or attempts to drive a minor across state lines so that he or she can have sex with that minor in another state. It could also apply to people who purchase bus or plane tickets for minors to travel into the U.S. or across state lines for the purpose of engaging in illegal sex.
White-Slave Traffic Act – AKA the Mann Act
so much right there that they are just going to have to do something about – maybe Congress can pass a new law declaring that it is no longer to be referred to “White Slavery” – and then: MANN Act! (yes, I know it was after the Congressman who worked for this but isn’t that bipolar or something?)
No, we will just have to pass a whole new big bill in honor of changing out all that!
from Wikipedia:
The White-Slave Traffic Act, also called the Mann Act, is a United States federal law, passed June 25, 1910 (ch. 395, 36 Stat. 825; codified as amended at 18 U.S.C. §§ 2421–2424). It is named after Congressman James Robert Mann of Illinois.
a new law enacted by Congress where you will get more severely punished for calling it “white slavery” or referencing the Mann Act than the punishment meted out under Biden and this Congress for actually enslaving people
I met my husband at 16 (he 29) in Florida in the 70’s. Married 42 years until his passing. Thank God he was a plumber instead of a Congressman.
Bogie and Becall
19-20 and 45
FROM MCGEE’S FIRM BIO: —-
Representative Cases
Honors and Awards
Why would McGee get a Cert from SS? What’s that about…U.S. Marshall’s? What’s he been doing? Asset. Dirty.
Can’t prove it yet, but I suspect he’s a lawyer for the CIA. You know, like the guy they brought in to help repair the FISA process.
That was my thought..or double duty w/DoJ- like Strok.
This is what the whistle blower spoke of – the one Lin Wood had videos and a transcript released. One of the things mentioned was agency bad guys doing this to a lot of people…setup kids of judges, politicians, etc by hacking their computer with nasty stuff and then getting something in return to make it go away, i.e. money, favors, etc.
Any more details. This is interesting?
Lin Wood has vids of the whistleblower interview on Telegram. Month ago or so.
It’s Johnheretohelp on Twitter.
You mean this guy:
Tweets by Johnheretohelp
I believe Peter Navarro. He doesn’t lie.
And why do I feel like Liz Cheney is wringing her hands like Dr Evil?
She probably pushed the button or her daddy did.
Doesn’t this sound like a setup like with George Papadopoulos?
It does. That’s why it’s so good that Matt mentioned the name for the general public to hear.
There is no justice left to fight this sort of thing privately any more.
OK, let’s see now. How soon before the FBI or FIB or COSA NOSTRA will announce that they accidentally destroyed the recordings the would exonerate Gaetz, made during the investigation.
What is the over/under in days.
Totally believable. It is critical to the “deep state” to DESTROY MAGA…..they cant just be shunted aside and backstabbed like mitch did the Tea Party but we must be DESTROYED so everyone in Political Life is held up as an example of THEIR POWER
The entire story stinks.
If the purpose of wearing the wire was to perform a sting, why in the duck would gaetz get the FBI involved?
I mean this guy MUST KNOW the FBI/DOJ isn’t going to do a damned thing about current or former agents!!!
and beyond that, set that aside, why was gaetz waiting to get this out to the public?
why allow the media to get to it first?
it’s not like this just happened yesterday?
why wait?
that’s just not good opsec given the current environment.
You know how Nike FORCED the DOJ to investigate and charge Evernaughty? with the extorsion plot? remember that?
Nike recorded the thing with attorneys on the phone, lead EVERNAUGHTY into commiting the crime on a recording THEY OWNED>
Then NIKE threatened a suit at BOTH NY, AND OR state. AT A STATE LEVEL. When EVERNAUGHTY rebuffed the suit, NIKE THEN DROPPED IT TO THE MEDIA! Then the FBI investigated.
Why wouldn’t Gaetz father just file suit in Florida? State Level? Certainly the state of Florida would be a favorable “venue” to get justice on it.
why involve the FBI at all.
None of this is passing the smell test. There is something else here.
I am NOT suggesting Gaetz was involved with a minor or trafficking. At all!
Just wondering why and how this case even got to the FBI/DOJ?
I’m missing something.
They went to the FBI Field Office in his area, maybe Pensacola. Extortion of a Congressman won’t be touched by local/state LE probably.
It sounds like Gaetz and his family were being extorted by David McGee who was going to use the Mann Act against him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mann_Act
The Mann Act is federal criminal law. In a less corrupt world, the FBI would have been the natural place to go if a former federal prosecutor tried to extort money from your family using the threat of accusations of federal criminal law.
So gross.
Another thing: As the second hoax impeachment trial was heading for the senate, Matt Gaetz was on Bannon’s show. Gaetz has asked if he could volunteer to defend Trump while a sitting congressman. He was told that he could not. He said that he was ready to resign from congress if he was needed as an attorney for Trump. This was while the DC attorneys and their firms were being pressured and threatened with being professionally “canceled” if they dared to represent Trump.
I remember that – now wondering whether this smear operation didn’t start right around then…
What else could he do, they were being extorted and really he had no other options.
What was he to do?
Get his own legal team to handle \ interface with the FBI.
Something fishy in the entire story.
There are very few legal teams, if any, that will stand up to the FBI. With very few exceptions, even in routine matters, all lawyers work in tandem.
Lawyers are an integral part of our flawed legal system and they do *not* rock the boat.
An honest lawyer will in fact alert you up front that seeking “justice” is a fool’s errand. There is no win/lose proposition. For a Lawfare target, it is only “let’s make a deal.” Cut to the chase and settle to cut your losses.
@regitiger
You asked “why was gaetz waiting to get this out to the public?why allow the media to get to it first?”
He answered that in the Tucker interview. The investigation was not finished yet. Apparently, his father, wearing a hidden wire, had a meeting scheduled with McGee tomorrow. It was thought that they would gather the final evidence then. The NYT article (probably) saved the hide of the extortionist(s).
Wonder if there is any truth to this??
https://dailycaller.com/2021/03/30/matt-gaetz-report-leaving-office-newsmax-gig/
Matt Gaetz denied that reporting.
“This article identifies me as a “South Florida” congressman, which I am obviously not. Perhaps that verifiably false reporting will cause people to question the accuracy of other claims made in this piece”.
Now, isn’t that interesting that this sort of gossip appeared just hours before the NYT article with the sex-allegation. If it sounds like a campaign, reads like a campaign, and smells like a campaign to unseat Matt Gaetz it is in all likelihood just that.
Landslide, I don’t know if it is true, but there is something wrong in the story. The article stated, “Gaetz was one of many Republican lawmakers who voted not to certify the election results on Jan. 6, The New York Times previously reported.”
Gates is a member in the house of representatives. They do not vote to certify elections. That’s the senate. So if they got that wrong…
Fumble Bumble Incompetent strikes again. And, of course, the DOJ takes action to protect one of its’ own.
This was on Barr and Wray watch
I will allow Matt something the DemCong never will: Innocent till proven guilty. On a happy note it is my honor to report that our MAGA undercover operative has been attacking CCP controlled agents aka Democrats, in the White House. Cant reveal his/ her name but biting is the primary mode of attack.See- everyone hates Democrats.
Mike, good one
Just reading twitter, IMO, the evil Democrats want to take Jim Jordan and Gov. Desantis down with Gaetz and will make up any lie to do it. They are clearly worried about DeSantis running for President in 2024 and want to destroy him. Praying for all three of them, sadly there is more evil in this world than good.
Or, is it because they supported MAGA and our President Trump?
Is Matt Gaetz waiting for the FBI to clear his name? Good luck with that. It appears as if they were trying to set him up to have him remove from office or black mail him so that he would vote or do something in the way the Dems want him to. I believe that’s what have been going on in our government and the reason why there are so many traitors within our government. Spy gate. Chances are Mcgee was working for the FBI.
I strongly suspect Matt is innocent and I hope the truth is revealed quickly but it is in the best interests of the corrupt gov’t hacks to drag this BS frame up out as long as possible.
If Matt has been single for awhile and been engaged in a “normal degree” of womanizing, his sleaze bag political enemies will be scouring the earth for anything negative that they can exploit or embellish.
Evil and cruelty are becoming an increasingly dominant feature in the supposed Democrat utopian society that they all claimed would occur with President Trump gone and the kind and moral Biden in the Presidency. Husk Biden’s hasty policies have already proven that he’s not, kind, moral or in charge of anything. The least worthy people in America are now running the country’s business.
Checking here. 1st paragraph under 1st pic, 8th sentence: These allegations “are” true and they were meant to bleed my family. Sundance, should it be are or are not ?
I heard Gaetz say that – I think it was misspeak. Of course he meant to say not true. But it did raise my hackles when he didn’t immediately correct himself. I think that was toward the end of the interview and was probably being rushed. He needs to correct the statement formally.
Was this a set up by the Evil Democrats and their FBI buddies to get Matt Gaetz to use campaign funds to pay the ransom and then go after him for that. Lets face it, even if someone is innocent, the story is out there and the damage is done. A politician might consider paying the ransom to protect his family and himself. Maybe the evil Democrats planed to do this to other Republicans until Matt Gaetz blew the whistle. Something is very, very fishy.
NYT, what? Whahahahah!
Just thinking out loud but could it be that this was only supposed to be the first step to collect the money in order to establish that Goetz paid hush money to cover up the “crime” for later use? This would have been a crime that could have really complicated Goetz’ public defense as the NYT would surely reported that by paying the extortion, Goetz proved he was guilty and here we go again.
By getting the FBI involved at the outset, might this have so complicated the scheme that the FBI had to cover its own involvement by conducting a sting operation which was then leaked to the NYT? Exposed early yet still decided to get something out of it?
I think this is something that is exactly what it looks like, dirty DOJ/FBI operation to intimidate/incriminate an elected official. Whatever it is, something is very, very out of control at the DOJ/FBI. Or Goetz is a very, very convincing liar.
Here’s the question:
Did the ex-DOJ attorney go bad only after exiting DOJ?
What did he do when he had Subpoena powers?
Where did the evidence go?
Bill Barr goes down as the ultimate traitor in US History. We must start a movement to defund the FBI and CIA. Then we have to figure out a way to cleanse the DOJ and State Department.
Not in my book = Jeff Sessions
My book—-Pence
Fellas, Ladies, etc…..
There can be more than 1 ultimate traitor, and there are!
The DOJ is now weaponized against any one who speaks against the deepstate in DC.
Slick Willy Bill Clinton didn’t ‘pay’ for underage girls to travel, Bill traveled to the girls–on Epstein’s Sin Island. But that’s no big deal, let’s sweep it under the rug–because it involves a Dem.
I am not sure he should have trusted the FBI and should have recorded the conversations himself. After what the FBI did to Trump I would have hired my own private security company.
As far as I am concerned, this is simply the NEXT, in a long series, of orchestrated DISTRACTIONS — of course, by the anti-USA globalist cabal — from the REAL ISSUES: those being the WEAPONIZATION against the LEGAL American people of the full force of the fed govt by the immoral Joe Dementia-Commie-la DEBACLE … and their overall efforts to FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM our USA.
Is there something here? Maybe yes; maybe no.
In the meantime, I wish that the Left would put such focus and efforts into their investigations of the 2020 election STEAL, Hunter, those who perpetrated the Russia HOAX, the southern border INVASION and etc.
Why would Gaetz involve the FBI? He’s a federal official whose family was allegedly being extorted based on his position, so I suppose it makes theoretical sense. Why he would trust the bureau is entirely another matter. It makes no more sense to trust the local “rank and file” agents. They are constantly moving around and/or up in the bureau. Career first.
FBI field offices are likely more corrupt than their DC Headquarters.
Personally in this day and age of fake (I mean those who are but don’t act the part) FBI and DOJ
, I wouldn’t want to hang my future on their help or truthfulness. A lot seems to get lost with the three letter agencies.
Stupid if Gaetz doesn’t have a copy of the recording, or didn’t involve his private attorney from the get go.
NEVER EVER trust the FBI!
Those FBI recordings will soon disappear.
Most of these intended leaks are part of the DC soap opera that are little diversions used to give their media partners ammunition for propaganda and in this case destroy your political opponents. Hunter who?