Former Florida Representative Matt Gaetz has hinted he may expose lawmakers who he claims made “me too” payoffs to with public funds amid the imminent release of the House Ethics Committee report into his conduct with women.
The flailing Republican admitted Wednesday he “probably partied, womanized, drank and smoked” more than he should have in his 30s after reports of the pending release of the long-running ethics investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct with at least one underage girl and drug use while he was in office.
Gaetz, 42, who dropped out of the running to be named attorney general in president-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet , made the thinly veiled threat in a multi-point plan “someone suggested” to him in a post on X.
One of the potential action actions included that he would return to Congress and “file a privileged motion to expose every ‘me too’ settlement paid using public funds (even of former members),” referring to the movement that took off in 2017 in which women began to speak outt about being sexually harassed, abused and assaulted.