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| Republican Congressman Matt Gats. © AFP=News1 |
A US Republican legislator, who is being investigated for the prostitution of minors, has stepped up to endure all charges.
According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Republican MP Matt Gates will never resign as Congressman, saying, “All charges I am facing are not true” after reports that the FBI has been investigating him for violating sex trafficking since last summer. It was announced on the 2nd (local time).
He didn’t comment any more because it was related to the allegations because it was’Good Friday’.
Rep. Gates, famous for his pro-Trump family, is accused of having sex with him on a trip after paying a 17-year-old girl two years ago.
Federal law makes it illegal to engage in prostitution for minors under the age of 18 and, if accused, sentenced to medium sentences.
Prosecutors also said they are investigating whether Gates’ political comrade and Florida tax chief Joel Greenberg, who was charged with federal sexual crimes and other charges last year, met women through the sex trafficking site’Sugar Dad’ and introduced some of them to Congressman Gates. .
Earlier, Congressman Gates denied the charges and claimed that it was part of a meticulous plan by a former Justice Department official to extort $25 million (about 28.3 billion won) from himself and his family.
However, many Republican lawmakers will not fight to keep Gates’ position to realize their plans to regain control of the House in 2022 in the current situation where the Democrats dominate the majority, the WSJ said.
He supported former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who was Trump’s rival during the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, but has since changed direction and declared support for Trump.
After entering the parliament, he established himself as a representative Trump loyalist, advocating for the former President Trump’s false election claims.
He is known to show off photos and videos of women’s naked bodies to other lawmakers, showing off their sexual experience with them. One source testified, “In one of the videos, there was a scene of a naked woman playing a hula hoop.”