I’m Not Going Anywhere’: Gaetz Vows To Keep Fighting Despite DOJ Investigation

I’m Not Going Anywhere’: Gaetz Vows To Keep Fighting Despite DOJ Investigation

Share to Linkedin Amid a reported federal sex trafficking probe, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) vowed in a Friday speech he's "not going anywhere," suggesting the recent wave of allegations against him are lies fomented by political enemies. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) speaks during the "Save America Summit" at the Trump National Doral golf ... [+] resort on Friday. Gaetz spoke at a Friday afternoon event hosted by the pro-Trump group Women for America First, at former President Donald Trump's golf club outside Miami. The congressman called himself a "wanted man by the deep state," blaming allegations that he had sex with a 17-year-old and paid women for sex “” all of which he's denied “” on hyperbolic media outlets, political foes and an elaborate extortion scheme purportedly organized by an ex-prosecutor. Gaetz claimed his supporters have encouraged him to stick around despite the controversy, promising, "I have not yet begun to fight." He thanked Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), both of whom publicly sided with Gaetz shortly after reports of the federal probe surfaced, and Trump, who issued a brief statement this week denying that Gaetz asked for a pardon. Similarly, Gaetz told The Hill last