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The Florida Bar downplayed a congressional finding that Matt Gaetz, President Trump's first choice for U.S. Attorney General, committed statutory rape before it abandoned his prosecution.

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"Florida Bar lets Matt Gaetz off the hook by agreeing statutory rape has nothing to do with practicing law" Noreen Marcus for Florida Bulldog

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-- Zach Everson (@zacheverson.com) Jan 21, 2026 at 7:20 AM

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Florida Bar lets Matt Gaetz off the hook by agreeing statutory rape has nothing to do with practicing law

What a -------- state.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-23 12:38 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

And good-for-no-one Madison Cawthorn is running for Congress in America's toilet.

Oligarch Jeb Bush and this sh*thole state with its "chads" cost Al Gore the White House in 2000.

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-23 06:31 AM | Reply

It's Florida Jake.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-01-23 08:26 AM | Reply

Once the Epstein Files are fully released (I hope within my lifetime), Trump/MAGA will re-define the age of consent down to eight years.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-23 08:42 AM | Reply

Indicative of a trend of obedience to The Leader?

From the cited article ...

... file for Florida Bulldog.

Roughly the top half of the 70-page file[1] is a report by a bipartisan U.S. House Ethics Committee that concludes the now-former Republican congressman took illegal drugs and paid women, at least one who was underage, for sex for more than three years. The report recaps the committee's investigation that derailed Gaetz's wild ride that let him off short of becoming U.S. Attorney General.

The committee report cites "substantial evidence" that Gaetz committed statutory rape under Florida law by having sex with a 17-year-old girl ("Victim A" in the report) in July 2017, when he was 35. "Representative Gaetz denied the allegation but refused to testify under oath. He has publicly stated that Victim A doesn't exist,'" the report says.

Still, a Florida Bar grievance committee tasked with examining Gaetz's actions apparently took a quick look and found no reason to confront the former congressman from Niceville in the Panhandle. ...


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#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-25 01:01 AM | Reply

Shocker! Shithole state with a shithead governor.

#6 | Posted by a_monson at 2026-01-25 02:26 AM | Reply

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