Fox News host Howard Kurtz kicked off his Sunday Media Buzz program by highlighting "statutory rape" allegations against former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), President-elect Donald Trump's failed nominee for attorney general. In his opening monologue, Kurtz argued a House Ethics Committee report vindicated Gaetz's Republican opponents. "The Ethics Report found substantial evidence that Gaetz committed statutory rape by sleeping with a 17-year-old," the Fox News host noted. "The report says he generally paid $400 for young women to come to Washington or New York for sexual encounters, that he took such illegal drugs as cocaine and ecstasy, that he accepted improper gifts, that he violated federal and state laws."
How Trump Picked Gaetz (November 14, 2024)
www.nytimes.com
... By the time he landed in Florida two hours later, he had made an abrupt choice that stunned Washington: Representative Matt Gaetz, the firebrand congressman whose loyalty has never been in question.
The people on the plane with Mr. Trump that day included Mr. Gaetz; Mr. Trump's top legal adviser, Boris Epshteyn; his incoming White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles; and Elon Musk, who has emerged as a powerful Trump confidant.
The decision came together over the course of the roughly two-hour flight, according to a person briefed on what happened. People moved around the plane as the discussion took place, the person said.
Mr. Gaetz's name first came up on the flight up to Washington. ...
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