CONGRESSMAN MATT GAETZ. REPUBLICAN MEMBERS DEMANDING TO SEE THE HOUSE ETHICS REPORT
ABOUT GAETZ, AND HALLIE JACKSON
SPEAK TO A WITNESS.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT-ELECT
TRUMP’S PICK TO RUN THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT FACING A SPOTLIGHT.
THE HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE WILL
MEET WEDNESDAY TO DISCUSS THE
INVESTIGATION INTO NOW FORMER
CONGRESSMAN GAETZ.
INVESTIGATING SEXUAL CONDUCT
AND ILLICIT DRUG USE, WHICH HE
DENIES.
INCLUDING THAT OF A WOMAN WHOSE
ATTORNEY WANTS THE REPORT
RELEASED, SAYING SHE WAS A HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENT.
HE REPRESENTS ONE OF THE PEOPLE
WHO NBC NEWS IS NOT NAMING.
>> SHE WALKED OUT TO THE POOL
AND SAW HER FRIEND HAVING SEX
WITH REPRESENTATIVE GAETZ,
LEANING UP AGAINST A GAME TABLE
OF SOME KIND.
>> Reporter: DID YOUR CLIENT
BELIEVE THAT GAETZ KNEW HER
FRIEND WAS UNDERAGED?
>> THE HOUSE WAS CURIOUS AND SHE
TESTIFIED SHE BELIEVED HE HAD NO
KNOWLEDGE SHE WAS 17 YEARS OLD.
AND TESTIFIED WHEN HE FOUND OUT,
THEY STOPPED THEIR SEXUAL
RELATIONSHIP AND DID NOT RESUME
UNTIL AFTER SHE TURNED 18.
>> Reporter: HE SAID HIS CLIENTS
TESTIFIED THAT GAETZ PAID THEM
REPEATEDLY FOR SEX AND DRUGS.
HE SAID THE FBI ASKED HIS CLIENT
IN 2020 TO RECORD A PHONE
CONVERSATION WITH MR. GAETZ AS
PART OF A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
INVESTIGATION INTO SEX
TRAFFICKING BUT THEY CLINED TO
BRING JUSTICE.
HOW SHOULD PEOPLE SQUARE THE
DECISION NOT TO PROSECUTE WITH
EVERYTHING YOU LAID OUT?
>> WHETHER OR NOT A FEDERAL
PROSECUTOR TAKES A CASE AND
DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD ON A
TRIAL OR ALLEGATION IS THAT
PARTICULAR PROSECUTOR’S
DECISION.
DOESN’T MEAN THEY DIDN’T DO IT.
>> Reporter: GAETZ HAS LONG
DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
HIM AND IN RESPONSE TO THE HOUSE
COMMITTEE, SAID YOUR
CORRESPONDENCE ASKS IF I ENGAGED
IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH ANYONE
UNDER 18 AND IT’S UNEQUIVOCALLY
NO.
AND WRITING THE LAWFUL
CONSENSUAL ACTIVITIES OF ADULTS
ARE NOT THE DOMAIN OF CONGRESS.
LEPPARD WANTS THE HOUSE TO SHARE
THE REPORT.
>> THEY TESTIFIED THAT BOTH
CONSENTED TO THE ACTIVITIES.
THEY WERE ASKED WHETHER OR NOT
THEY WERE VICTIMS AND SHE BROKE
DOWN IN TEARS AND SAID IT’S A
COMPLICATED QUESTION.
>> Reporter: DID YOUR CLIENTS
MAKE ASSESSMENTS ABOUT HIS
ABILITY TO SERVE IN OFFICE?
>> THEY WERE SAYING THAT ONE OF
THEM SAID HE DOESN’T BELONG
SERVING THE PUBLIC.
>> SOME SENATORS ON THE
COMMITTEE ARE NOT RULING OUT
WITNESS TESTIMONY.
THE FBI IS NOT COMMENTING.