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GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz and Tom Reed face House Ethics Committee investigations - USA TODAY
Apr 10, 2021 1 min, 20 secs
Matt Gaetz of Florida and Tom Reed of New York, are under separate investigations by the House Ethics Committee.

Matt Gaetz of Florida over a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl.

Matt Gaetz of Florida and Tom Reed of New York.

Reed is accused of inappropriately touching a woman at a bar four years ago, and Gaetz faces a laundry list of allegations in connection with a Justice Department investigation.

Gaetz has continued to deny wrongdoing after the New York Times reported he was the subject of a federal investigation.

That investigation centers around whether Gaetz had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old and paid for her to travel with him, according to the Times, which also reported investigators are looking into whether Gaetz violated sex trafficking laws.

In March, the Washington Post reported that while intoxicated, Reed rubbed Davis' back, moved his hand outside her shirt, unfastened her bra and continued to grope her in a bar in Minneapolis.

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Matt Gaetz's is working toward a plea deal with federal prosecutors investigating a sex trafficking operation, potentially escalating the legal and political jeopardy facing the Florida congressman

According to the Times, Greenberg is accused of trafficking the teen whose relationship with Gaetz is under investigation, and Greenberg and Gaetz allegedly made payments to several of the same women for sex

The Times and Fox News both reported Gaetz had sought blanket preemptive pardons for himself and others in Congress during the final days of Trump's presidency

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