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'Completely, totally false': Former DOJ official says Gaetz's claim of extortion is to distract... [View all]
'Completely, totally false': Former DOJ official says Gaetz's claim of extortion is to distract from investigation
Sarah Al-Arshani
Tue, March 30, 2021, 10:39 PM·2 min read
A former Department of Justice official denied an accusation by GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, saying the claims are false and merely a way to distract from the investigation into whether Gaetz violated federal sex trafficking laws.
In an interview with Fox News' Tucker Carlson on Tuesday, Gaetz said that David McGee, now a lawyer at Beggs & Lane, a law firm in Pensacola, Florida was going after his family for money to help conceal the DOJ investigation.
McGee told The Daily Beast the reports of extortion were "completely, totally false." This is a blatant attempt to distract from the fact that Matt Gaetz is apparently about to indicted for sex trafficking underage girls," McGee told the Daily Beast on Tuesday.
During the Fox interview, Gaetz denied reports that he ever traveled with a 17-year-old girl and alleged the former DOJ official targeted his family and is seeking "$25 million while threatening to smear my name."
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