Matt Gaetz Said His ‘Travel Records’ Would Exonerate Him. Not So Fast.
When it first came out last week that Rep. Matt Gaetz was under investigation for his sexual involvement with a 17-year-old, the Florida Republican said his travel records would exonerate him.
“It is a horrible allegation, and it is a lie,” Gaetz told Tucker Carlson on Fox News a week ago. “The New York Times is running a story that I have traveled with a 17-year-old woman, and that is verifiably false. People can look at my travel records and see that that is not the case.”
What Gaetz knew—or should have known—is that there are no such public records, at least not when it comes to his private life.