An unknown hacker has incur a copy of testimonial from a adult female who was 17 year previous when she allegedly had sex with Matt Gaetz in 2017 , harmonise to a shocking new report from theNew York Times . The cyberpunk nab the electronic computer data file through a secure connection partake among lawyers who are representing the charwoman who say they had sex with Gaetz and sold him illegal drugs , charges the former congressman from Florida denies .
The file , which does n’t seem to have leaked publicly yet , include 24 exhibits , with the most potentially damaging exhibit being testimony from a woman who enunciate she was 17 when Gaetz had sexual urge with her , accord to the Times . The single file also includes corroborating testimony from a charwoman who said she in person witnessed the intimate encounter , an allegement that first became public over the weekend when the story was reported byABC News .
Whoever accessed the file used the name Altam Beezley at precisely 1:23 p.m. ET on Monday , according to the Times . One of the lawyers connected to the case reportedly try out to email this Beezley , but get a bounceback electronic mail notifying the transmitter the electronic mail destination does n’t exist .
Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s pick to be Attorney General, outside the U.S. Capitol on 8 January 2025.© Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
Gaetz has been in the newspaper headline nonstop ever since he was nominated by President - elect Donald Trump to become the Attorney General of the U.S. , a extremely controversial choice given the Department of Justice probe into the former congresswoman . To say nothing of the fact that even his own colleague did n’t seem to know Gaetz was a lawyer . Gaetz resigned his position in Congress immediately after the nominating address by Trump was harbinger , a very singular move for someone who had just been re - elect just a couple of calendar week ago .
Gaetz was enquire by the House Committee on Ethics over the incident of alleged sexual misconduct and drug utilisation but it ’s ill-defined whether the final report will ever be released . House Speaker Mike Johnson , a fellow Republican and ally of Trump , has enunciate he will “ powerfully call for ” the reputation not be released . Gaetz was also investigated by the Department of Justice for long time over so-called sex trafficking and his allege sex with a minor but charges were never brought in that case .
Curiously , the documents that were hacked on Monday do n’t appear to stem from the House Committee on Ethics investigation but instead come from evidence in a civil lawsuit brought by Gaetz ’s admirer Christopher Dorworth , according to the Times . Dorworth claims he was defamed by Joel Greenberg , another friend of Gaetz who ’s currently serving an 11 - year sentence for gender trafficking the woman who say she was 17 when Gaetz allegedly had sex with her .
The 24 exhibits that were hack were reportedly organize by the unnamed char and her lawyer and admit testimonial from Dorworth , Dorworth ’s wife , and Michael Fischer , Gaetz ’s former military campaign treasurer who was allegedly at one of the sex parties , according to the Times . The filing cabinet even has gate logs that show who was come during the party in question , which happened in July 2017 , according to the newspaper .
Even Fox News host Trey Gowdy warned against confirm Gaetz onTuesday morning , given the current controversy and his pledge to penalize Trump ’s political opposition .
“ Do not use the justice system as a weapon . The substance for Republicans is do n’t do it on the other side either , with this ridiculous AG pick that you just made , ” said Gowdy .
Whatever is in those files that were hacked is “ said to be more damaging to Mr. Gaetz than to his accusers , ” harmonize to the Times . So the world will have to just wait to see whether this gets leaked . Because it ’s voiceless to believe whoever was behind the computer intrusion intends to just sit on this information forever .
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