Trump Weighs in on Whether Matt Gaetz Asked Him For a Pardon

Katie Pavlich Apr 07, 2021

President Donald Trump is denying a report in the New York Times that Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz, who is currently under federal investigation, asked him for a preemptive pardon. “Congressman Matt Gaetz has never asked me for a pardon.  It must also be remembered that he has totally denied the accusations against him," Trump released in a statement Wednesday.   Gaetz is allegedly under investigation for an inappropriate relationship with an underage girl. He denies the accusations and defended himself in an op-ed for the Washington Examiner earlier this week.......To Read More..

My Take - And the NYT just keeps rolling along....wrong, inaccurate, corrupt and since they've such a massive history of being wrong, inaccurate and corrupt, it's not a stretch to think they're most likely deliberately lying about this also. Another good reason for SCOTUS to readdress The New York Times v. Sullivan decision.   

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz’s Accused Extorter Confirms Asking for $25 Million, Denies Extortion - Nate Church 7 Apr 2021 - Former Air Force intelligence turned consultant Bob Kent admitted Monday he asked Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz for $25 million, but denies accusations of extortion.  During a Monday interview on SiriusXM’s The Michael Smerconish Program, one of the men Gaetz has accused of using an investigation into alleged liaisons with underage girls as the basis for extortion said that while he did ask for the money, it was to be part of a mutually beneficial arrangement.

Kent claims he approached Matt Gaetz with information leading Kent to believe that missing and presumed dead FBI agent Robert Levinson was still alive and suggested the embattled representative would have profited politically from helping to rescue Levinson. “Matt Gaetz is in need of good publicity, and I’m in need of $25 million to rescue Robert Levinson,” Kent told Smerconish. Kent also painted a very different picture of the conversation involved, going so far as to suggest extortion was addressed directly when he spoke to Gaetz’ father, Don............