Hacker gets access to ‘damaging’ Matt Gaetz files with testimony ‘from woman who was 17 when they had sex’
A hacker is said to have accessed a trove of malicious files related to Matt Gaetz, including testimonials from a woman who claims to have had sex when she was 17.
A man using the pseudonym Altam Beezley has accessed a file containing 23 pieces of evidence related to allegations against Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general. The New York Times reported.
The documents are said to contain sworn testimony from two witnesses at the center of the lurid claims against Gaetz.
The documents have not been made public and an attorney who contacted Beezley received a response stating that the email was no longer in use, the report said.
The unidentified women reportedly said he attended “drug-fueled sex parties” and paid for sex.
Joel Leppard, an attorney for two of Gaetz’s alleged victims, claimed he used “adopted son” Nestor Galban’s PayPal account to pay for “sexual favors.”
Gaetz has strongly denied the allegations that have cast a shadow over the nomination process to become the top law enforcement official in the United States.
The Justice Department, which he heads, also chose not to file charges.
A hacker is said to have accessed a trove of malicious files related to Matt Gaetz, including testimonials from a woman who claims to have had sex when she was 17.
The former Republican Florida representative resigned from Congress after Trump nominated him as his attorney general.
His resignation came before the House could vote on whether to release the investigation into Gaetz’s alleged sexual relationship with a minor, drug abuse and other charges.
The House of Representatives Ethics Committee is considering whether to release the report after all.
The president-elect has since called on Republican senators to personally testify for Gaetz, urging them to vote to confirm him.
Meanwhile, it was revealed that one of the women had testified to the ethics committee that she witnessed Gaetz having sex with a 17-year-old at a party.
Florida attorney Joel Leppard said his client witnessed Gaetz having sex with the minor at a drug-fueled party in July 2017. Gaetz was unaware of her age at the time but was subsequently told she was a minor.
That woman and another woman testified that they were paid by Gaetz to have sex with him and other individuals who attended these “sex parties.”
However, Trump stands behind his candidate. The President-elect is personally calling on Senators to urge them to vote for their nomination as Attorney General.
An attorney for two of Gaetz’s alleged victims claimed he used the PayPal account of “adopted son” Nestor Galban (second from left) to pay for “sexual favors.”
Gaetz shocked Congress in 2020 when he revealed he had an adopted son. He said he was dating Galban’s sister and that the boy’s mother had recently died of cancer when they all moved in together.
He has not formally adopted Nestor, but says, “Our relationship as a family is defined by our love for each other, not by paperwork.”
Nestor Galban was just 12 when he arrived in the US from Cuba in 2014. After his arrival he lived with Gaetz for four years. He then lived with his biological father for a year before moving back in with Gaetz after he turned eighteen. Galban is now a US citizen.
Gaetz, a pro-MAGA hardliner and Trump loyalist, has called for criminal investigations into Trump critics, including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former FBI Director James Comey. He has also said he would “abolish” agencies like the FBI, which he would oversee as attorney general.
“One thing about Donald Trump is that people should never confuse his support for one of his nominees as a tactical or strategic tool for someone else,” Cramer said. “And so far he’s putting his own political capital behind it.”
Gaetz (pictured with his wife Ginger and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at Mar-a-Lago last week) has strongly denied the allegations that have cast a shadow over the nomination process to become the top law enforcement official in the United States.
“And he’s a pretty convincing guy,” he added.
Meanwhile, Trump allies are trying to appoint Gaetz to head the Justice Department even though the Senate will not confirm him.
They could take advantage of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, which could potentially allow Trump to temporarily appoint Gaetz to head the Justice Department in an “acting” capacity for a longer period of time.
Gaetz faces an uphill climb to secure the 51 votes needed for Senate confirmation. There are also concerns that the spectacle of confirmation hearings could be a distraction in the first few months of Trump’s second term.
Still, Trump appears undeterred when it comes to getting his longtime ally in the Justice Department.