WATERTOWN â In his Wednesday column for the Times Union in Albany, Chris Churchill nicely articulated what many of us were thinking.
How could U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik express so much outrage over the sexual scandals in which Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo finds himself but utter not a word about the claims made against Matt Gaetz, her GOP colleague in the U.S. House of Representatives? Does she acknowledge the need for due process and presumption of innocence only when the accused belongs to her political party?
As reported March 31 by the New York Times, the U.S. Department of Justice launched an investigation into whether the Florida Republican had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl and violated federal human trafficking laws by paying for her to travel with him across state lines. In addition, CBS News reported Thursday that federal investigators also are looking into whether Gaetz exchanged political favors for paid female escorts during a trip he made more than two years ago to the Bahamas.