In an update to the Matt Gaetz investigation, the House Ethics Committee recently issued a subpoena for documents that were provided in an adjacent civil suit brought by a friend of the Florida Congressman.
The subpoena requests all documents related to Gaetz in a lawsuit brought by prominent Florida lobbyist Chris Dorworth, who alleged he was defamed by several third parties during the sextrafficking investigation of Gaetz and associates.
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Among the documents related to the civil lawsuit, according to court filings, is the deposition of the woman who Gaetz allegedly had sex with when she was a minor, as well as testimony from another woman who was a witness in the DOJ investigation, plus Dorworth's deposition and an affidavit from Gaetz's former girlfriend. Those documents could be turned over to Congress as part of its ongoing probe into related allegations.
News Views in July covered public documentation from that civil lawsuit, documentation that placed Gaetz at a sex party with drugs and a high school junior.
In July, the committee said that it would continue to review claims that Gaetz “engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use” and that he “sought to obstruct government investigations of his conduct.”
When reached for comment, the attorney for Gaetz associate Joel Greenberg, Fritz Scheller said, “While I am reluctant to comment on a pending congressional investigation, Joel Greenberg’s position remains the same. He will fully cooperate with all congressional inquiries, whether by subpoena or not, and regardless of whether the cooperation occurs in the rain or on a train, with a fox or in a box. Yes, Mr. Greenberg will fully cooperate here or there, he will cooperate anywhere.”
On September 26, Captain Venmo released a statement saying that he will no longer cooperate with the House Ethics Committee investigation, calling it “uncomfortably nosey.”
Gaetz said he was aware of a subpoena from the committee but that it had not yet been served to him. He “unequivocally” denied sexual activity with anyone under the age of 18 and said he had “not used drugs which are illegal, absent some law allowing use in a jurisdiction of the United States.”
