Matt Gaetz claims former DOJ official trying to extort his family

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz on Tuesday night said a former Department of Justice official attempted to shake his family down for $25 million by blackmailing him with “horrible sex trafficking allegations.”

Gaetz made the claim in a interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, where he said he believes information about a DOJ probe into possible sexual trafficking against him was leaked to the media in an effort to end an ongoing FBI investigation into the alleged extortion plot. “On March 16, my father got a text message demanding a meeting wherein a person demanded $25 million in exchange for making horrible sex trafficking allegations against me go away,” Gaetz said.