https://www.businessinsider.com/justice-...old-2021-3
The New York Times reported today they're investigating whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old, and violated sexual trafficking laws.
Gaetz confirmed the existence of the investigation to Axios, adding, "The allegations against me are as searing as they are false. I believe that there are people at the Department of Justice who are trying to criminalize my sexual conduct, you know, when I was a single guy."
According to The Times, the department launched its investigation into Gaetz near the end of President Donald Trump's term, when Bill Barr was still attorney general. Senior Justice Department officials, including some Trump appointees, were briefed on the investigation given its high profile nature, the report said.
Gaetz's encounters with the 17-year-old girl reportedly took place in 2019, and investigators are said to be zeroing in on whether the Florida congressman paid for her to cross state lines, which would breach federal sex trafficking laws.
Gaetz told The Times the Justice Department had told his lawyers he was the subject — not the target — of the investigation related to Greenberg. A subject is someone whose conduct falls within the scope of an investigation, while a target is someone who investigators may believe they have enough evidence against to charge with a crime.
In a related (?) story earlier in the day, Gaetz said he might retire from Congress to take a job with News Max.