Informant says Matt Gaetz paid her for sex as she gives details to House Ethics Committee, report says

A witness has told the House Ethics Committee that Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz paid her for sex, a report alleges.

Investigators with the committee have conducted a number of interviews behind closed doors with women who were witnesses in the sex trafficking investigation conducted by the Department of Justice, according to ABC News.

The investigators have spoken to at least half a dozen women who are alleged to have attended parties also frequented by Gaetz. The women — some under subpoena — were reportedly paid by Joel Greenberg, who used to be Gaetz’s close friend. In 2022, Greenberg was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to several charges that included sex trafficking a minor and introducing the minor to other men, the outlet reported.

Sources told ABC that during the interviews, some witnesses were shown Venmo payments that they are alleged to have received from Gaetz and asked if they were for sex.

A woman told the panel that a payment from Gaetz was for sex, and others said they were paid to go to parties also attended by Gaetz that included drugs and sex, according to the sources.

Gaetz has rejected all the allegations against him.

When reached for comment, a spokesperson for Gaetz referred to the congressman’sMonday post on X, in which he slammed the committee’s investigation and put the blame on former speaker Kevin McCarthy, with whom he has long had a personal feud. Gaetz led the effort to oust McCarthy last year.

“The House Ethics Committee has closed four probes into me, which emerged from lies intended solely to smear me,” Gaetz wrote on Monday. “Instead of working with me to ban Congressional stock trading, the Ethics Committee is now opening new frivolous