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Matt Gaetz venmoing minors $400 dollars for 'being my friend' (hexbear.net)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Clearly an absolutely pedo

Payments for 'travel' appear to align with a September 2018 trip to the Bahamas, which was reportedly part of the Justice Department’s investigation into Gaetz.

Another “travel” transaction in early January 2019 appears to sync with Gaetz’s alleged arrangements for both women to fly to New York for sex and to accompany him to an appearance on Fox News, according to the women’s attorney Joel Leppard.

In 2021, Gaetz said during an interview that he believes “someone is trying to recategorize my generosity to ex-girlfriends as something more untoward.”

According to a lawyer representing the women, one of his clients testified that she witnessed Gaetz having sex with a girl when she was 17 years old. The attorney representing that woman, who is now in her 20s, has also said that she was a high school student at the time “and there were witnesses.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/matt-gaetz-venmo-ethics-committee-report-b2650722.html

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Gonna start randomly sending venmo requests for money to members of Congress.

I am awesome, after all.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago

Request Reason: "We are friends?"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've thought about this before. Just put like "dinner" in the notes to random campaigning politicians

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Hmm, maybe this is how I get my money back from Bernie.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

In 2021, Gaetz said during an interview that he believes “someone is trying to recategorize my generosity to ex-girlfriends as something more untoward.”

jesus-christ

Someone is trying to mischaracterize my GROUND AND POUND SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP with my beautiful TEENAGE EXes!!!!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago

The WOKE media mob is CANCELLING me for my UNDER-AGED SEX PARTIES!

frothingfash

[–] [email protected] 40 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For some reason the Disco Elysium quote, “Evil child-murdering billionaires still rule the world with a shit-eating grin” mentions “child-murdering billionaires” and I always thinking it’s talking about pedophilic billionaires. Guess in my head they’re doing that too regardless?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago

I mean, they literally are, they just murder brown (Arab) children and SA brown (Hispanic) children.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago

seeing that "+ xtra 4 u" bit gave me big "where my hug at?" vibes. he's so desperate and pathetic.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago (1 children)

the Justice Department’s investigation into Gaetz

The Ethics Committee has limited powers but the DOJ has immense powers. Garland effectively killed any DOJ investigation into Gaetz. I really want to know how much evidence and what evidence Garland had. It's so weird to me that the DOJ never filed charges.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

He wanted to save his successor the embarrassment of closing the investigation himself.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Oof.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There was also a $420 payment in the screenshots but not called out in the article. Is the funny weed number not well-known across the pond?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago

It’s 20/4 there

[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Is there anyone in USAmerican politics who isn't a pedophile?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago (1 children)

i stand by my crank belief that all the Q shit was a psyop to distract from this real life Eyes Wide Shut web that stretches throughout the ruling class

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This doesn't seem that crank to me. There is a stark difference between the ghouls that started the Q shit and the rubes that follow it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

i know. i just feel i have to label any conspiracy i belief in as such. even if it's legit

sometimes i think the only thing separating real life conspiracy vs the fake kind is the real stuff is typically perpetrated by bumbling, uncoordinated, often oppositional groups with cores of true believers/operators manipulating assorted rubes and power players.

vs the fake kind where it's just 10 guys, often of a specific ethnic group, meeting and coordinating in a dark room and doing perfectly executed plans

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I feel that, it makes me feel a bit unhinged just elaborating the way I did, lol.

sometimes i think the only thing separating real life conspiracy vs the fake kind is the real stuff is typically perpetrated by bumbling, uncoordinated, often oppositional groups with cores of true believers/operators manipulating assorted rubes and power players.

vs the fake kind where it's just 10 guys, often of a specific ethnic group, meeting and coordinating in a dark room and doing perfectly executed plans

100% agree, this isn't the movies where its some well thought our plan to oust some evil government official. This is the real world where normally its just some self centered idiot posting too much.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

exactly

it does seem like modern social media/tech allows more careful coordination between the big power players. instead of the smoky room you get the billionaire group chat

but then you get a court ordered release of billionaire text logs and reality is so much more stupid

and the smokey right wing conspiracy group chat looks like a bunch of facebook chuds roleplaying

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Meanwhile I'm over here using the alien emoji whenever I pay my guy for weed... I should start telling him we are great friends, it might keep them off my trail.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It got leaked?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I don't understand why people even put notes on bank transfers. The bank don't need to know. The cops don't need to know.

If you're ever investigated for anything, they are the only people that notes benefit.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Venmo requires a note

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

Notes: No note

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I usually just write "For terroism" or "Donation to ISIS". I got a call from my banker once asking me to stop

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

that was hilarious, I remember when you posted about that. did you stop

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

no, but i did expand to other things like "for drugs" and "illegal money laundering", "tax fraud" and so on

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

bit idea: putting stuff in the negative like reason "NOT FOR TERRORISM" or "DEFINITELY NOT A BLACKMAIL PAYMENT"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

Very normal guy doing a very normal thing

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Matt Gaetz really thought he was playing 4 dimensional chess when he was like "Hey let's do that thing where we imply the Venmo transaction is illegal. It will be so funny!" Meanwhile the 17 year olds he's hanging out with were "no wtf dude" be normal.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

And these were just the transactions with a paper trail. You have to assume there have been a shitload more that were done through good ol' cash.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I had an ex once get mad at me cuz I Venmoed this teenage girl I worked with $20. Thing was it was for Wing Stop.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

'wing stop'

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

That's what they're calling it these days

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Windsor heights wing stop is a great place for you kno what