Kevin McCarthy Suggests Matt Gaetz's Teen Sex Ethics Probe Led To His Ouster
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Gaetz is accused of having sex with a 17-year-old girl.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) suggested Tuesday that the successful effort to oust him from his House speakership last year started with one man — whom McCarthy did not explicitly name.
But there is only one member of Congress currently under investigation for allegedly having sex with a teen girl: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.).
During an interview at Georgetown University Tuesday evening, McCarthy objected to the idea that he made “a lot of concessions” during his time as House speaker.
“I’ll give you the truth why I’m not speaker,” McCarthy told the audience. “It’s because one person, a member of Congress, wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with a 17-year-old. An ethics complaint that started before I ever became speaker ... Did he do it or not? I don’t know.”
Gaetz responded on X, formerly Twitter, saying that “Kevin McCarthy is a liar.”
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