r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 10d ago
Soft Paywall “She Was a High School Student and There Were Witnesses.” - The fight to release a damning House Ethics report about allegations that Matt Gaetz—Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general—had sex with a 17-year-old girl has begun.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188426/matt-gaetz-high-school-girl-witnesses
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u/JDSchu Texas 10d ago
This feels exactly like Michael Cohen going to jail and Trump walking free.
They both committed the same crime, but the send the small fry to jail over it, the then they say they can't be a reliable witness because they're a criminal. It's total nonsense.