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Rep. Matt Gaetz isn’t happy that the House Ethics Committee is investigating allegations that he engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor and used illegal drugs—going as far as to describe the probe as “Soviet.”
Gaetz, a Florida congressman and close Donald Trump ally, took to X on Thursday to make the far-fetched historical comparison after learning that the committee intended to subpoena him. He shared an indignant letter addressed to the committee’s leaders, Rep. Michael Guest and Rep. Susan Wild.
“Your investigation into me has devolved into a political payback exercise, devoid of adequate due process, riddled with leaks, and now seeking deeply personal information that is no business of Congress,” Gaetz wrote.
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