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Matt Gaetz: Man tied to extortion allegation says lawmaker is 'trying to direct attention from himself' CNN 4/6/2021 By Paul LeBlanc, CNN © Samuel Corum/Getty Images Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) arrives for a House Armed Services Subcommittee hearing with members of the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee on Capitol Hill on December 9, 2020 in Washington, DC. A man tied to the allegations of extortion pushed by Rep. Matt Gaetz said Monday evening that the Republican lawmaker is "trying to direct attention from himself" as Gaetz faces a Justice Department probe. Bo...

April 6, 2021 10:08 a.m. A self-styled operative who plays a prominent role in Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL) claims he is being extorted told CNN on Monday that the congressman was using the situation to distract from his sex trafficking investigation. Bob Kent, a retired Air Force captain who has reportedly devoted the past few years of his life to the hunt for missing FBI agent Robert Levinson in Iran, told CNN that he had not contacted the Gaetz family out of any nefarious motive. He added that Gaetz was “trying to direct attention from himself” because of the sex tr...

Rep. Matt Gaetz fought anti-revenge porn bill in Florida Legislature because he thought sexual pictures of ex-lovers were 'his to use as he wanted', lawmaker says Tom Goodson, Republican representative of the Florida House from 2010 to 2018, said Gaetz was the main opponent to the legislation   Goodson said Gaetz was 'absolutely against it' because he believed intimate photos were the property of the recipient who had a right to share them  'He thought that any picture was his to use as he wanted to,' Goodson said Gaetz represented Florida's 4th House district in the Florida House of Repre...

N.Y Times reveals sex trafficking probe. Bob Kent, one of the men Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., claims was behind an extortion attempt in connection with allegations of sexual misconduct involving underage girls, admits that he asked Gaetz’s father for $25 million — but insists it was not extortion. In an interview on SiriusXM’s The Michael Smerconish Program Monday, Kent said he needed money to help locate missing FBI agent Robert Levinson and he had heard that Gaetz was under investigation, so he saw an opportunity that could be mutually beneficial. "Matt Gaetz is in need of good publ...

Man whom Matt Gaetz accused of $25M request confirms bizarre documents but says it was not extortion Emily Brooks © Provided by Washington Examiner A key figure in the subplot surrounding the Matt Gaetz scandal, whom the Florida congressman accused of being part of an extortion scheme against him, confirmed the authenticity of a text message and documents relating to seeking a $25 million loan but denied that it was an extortion attempt against his family. "I never threatened the man. Matter of fact, it was the opposite. I told him if he decides not to help us, he'll never ...