Couple hours ago, the couple hours ago, the New York Times ran a story saying Florida. Congressman Matt Gaetz is under federal investigation for playing some role in sex trafficking and potentially having a relationship with a 17 year old girl. There are very few details in major news outlets tonight about this story. We have no background on it at all and not even any very informed questions. Instead, we have invited congressman Gaetz on the show to respond to these stories and give us his view of them congressman thanks so much for coming on. I appreciate it, so this is obviously a serious allegation. Tell us what the truth is from your perspective. It is a horrible allegation and it is a lie. The New York Times is running a story that I have traveled with a 17 year old woman, and that is verifiablably. False people can look at my travel records and see that that is not the case. What is happening is an extortion of me and my family, involving a former department of Justice official on March 16th. My father got a

text message demanding a meeting where, in a person, demanded twenty five dollars million in exchange for making horrible sex trafficking. Allegations against me go away. Our family was so troubled by that we went to the local FBI and the FBI and the Department of Justice were so concerned about this attempted extortion of a member of Congress that they asked my dad to wear a wire which he did with the former Department of Justice official tonight. I am demanding that the Department of Justice and the FBI release the audio recordings that were made under their supervision and at their direction, which will prove my innocence, and that will show that these allegations arent true. They are merely intended to try to bleed my family out of money, and this former Department of Justice official tomorrow was supposed to be contacted by my father, so that specific instructions could be given regarding the wiring of

four dollars and fifty cents million as a down payment on this bribe. I dont think its a coincidence that tonight somehow the New York Times is leaking this information smearing me and ruining the investigation. That would likely result in a one of the former colleagues of the current Doj being brought to justice for trying to extort me and my family. So a couple of obvious questions that come to mind and again, just to restate this just happened. Dont have any other information beyond what we have already said, and you have said first of all, who is this department of Justice, former ELM employee, who is trying to extort the money from you? You say his name is David Mcgee. He was a top official in the leadership in the northern district of Florida. As a prosecutor, he currently works at the begs and Ellayna law firm as a as a matter of fact, one of the recordings that was made at the FBI and Department of Justice request occurred at that law firm and the money that was supposed to be paid today. That would have shown even more evidence of David Mcgees work

in this extortion scheme. That was foiled by the New York Times story and I believe, thats, why this horrible information and these terrible allegations have been used this evening so and I will get to the investigation in just a second, but you are saying that David Mcgee was motivated by greed. He was trying to extort money from your family thats his motivation. You are saying I know that there was a demand for money in exchange for a commitment that he could make. This investigation go away along with his co conspiratorrers. They even claimed to have specific connections inside the Biden White House. Now I dont know if thats true, they were promising that Joe Biden would pardon me. Obviously I dont need a pardon im, not seeking a pardon. I have not done anything improper or wrong improper or wrong, but what I am troubled by is the real motivation. Ted Lou is call for me to be removed from the house. Judiciary committee,

I believe we are in Anner, are a of our politics Tucker, where people are smeared to take them out of the conversation im, not the only person on screen right now who has been falsely accused of a terrible sex act. You were accused of something you did not do so you know what this feels like. You know the pain it can bring to your family and it puts people on defense when you are accused of something so salacious and awful, but it did not happen. It is not true the fact it is the basis to extort my family tells a lot if the FBI and Department of Justice will release the tapes that they are in possession of the american people will see what is really going on. You just referred to a mentally ill viewer who accused me of a sex crime twenty years ago, and of course it was not true. I never met the person, but I do agree with you that being accused, falsely that being accused. Falsely is one of the worst things that can happen, and you do see it. A lot lets go back to the investigation. You say it was or is underway. There was an investigation.

What is the basis of that investigation? What is the allegation that really not very clear from these news stories? Yeah again, I only know what I have read in the New York Times. I can say that, actually you and I went to dinner about two years ago. Your wife was there and I brought a friend of mine. You will remember her and she was actually threatened by the FBI, told that if she wouldnt cop to the fact that somehow I was involved in some pay for play scheme that she could face trouble, and so I do believe that there are people at the Department of Justice who are trying to smear me. You know providing for flights and hotel rooms, for people that you are dating, who are of legal age is not a crime and im just troubled that lack of any sort of legitimate investigation into me would then per mute. Would then convert into this extortion. Attempt I dont, remember the woman. You are speaking of or the

context at all honestly, but I would like to know who so they are saying there is a 17 year old girl who you had a relationship with. Is that true and who is this girl? What are they talking about the New York Times the person doesnt exist? I have not had a relationship with a 17 year old. That is totally false. The allegation is, as I read in the New York Times, is I have traveled with some 17 year old in some relationship that is false and records will bear that out to be false. How long has this investigation been going on? Do you know I dont know when you first informed of it. You know again. I really saw this as a deeply troubling challenge for my family on March know talking about a minor and that there were pictures of me with child prostitutes, Thatsats, obviously false. There will be no such pictures, because no such thing happened but really on March 16th was

when this got going from the extortion standpoint. So what happens next I mean you can see there is this investigation? I guess a criminal investigation im not quite sure what the sex trafficking part comes in. I dont again for the fifth time. I dont really understand this story very well, but where does it go from? Here I mean you have made an allegation against someone by name on the air and accused him of trying to extort millions of dollars from your family. What happens tomorrow? Well, what was supposed to happen was the transfer of this money that would have implicated the former colleague of these current Doj officials, but thats, obviously not going to happen tomorrow, because the New York Times story was leaked in order to quell that investigative effort. So here is what needs to happen next. The FBI and the Department of Justice must release the tapes that are in their possession that were done at their direction. Those tapes will show that I am innocent and that the whole concept of sex charges against me was really just a way to try

to bleed my family out of money and probably smear my name, because I am a well known, outspoken, conservative and I guess thats out of style in a lot of part of the country right now, Matt Gaetz. I appreciate your coming on tonight, thanks for giving me the chance to tell the truth Tucker. I appreciate it more interesting and complicated story than I knew from reading about it.