.RepMattGaetz asked for pardon from Trump over sex trafficking scandal: Report
Gaetz told John McEntee, who served as the director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office in the Trump administration, that he had asked Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows for a pardon after he learned that an investigation into him was launched, McEntee testified to the House of Representative select committee investigating the events of Jan. 6.
The Justice Department was investigating whether Gaetz paid for women to travel across state lines for sex, whether he had paid for sex at all, and whether he had a sexual relationship with a minor who was 17. Gaetz has denied all allegations, saying the last time he had a sexual relationship with someone who was 17 was when he was also 17.
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