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Disgraced ex-GOP congressman faces explosive new sex trafficking lawsuit

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz is facing a federal lawsuit from two women who accuse the one-time Trump nominee of participating in a sex trafficking operation while serving in Congress, the Miami Herald reported Thursday. The new complaint alleges Gaetz, convicted former tax collector Joel Greenberg and former Florida lawmaker Christopher Dorworth exploited…

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Matt Gaetz accused in suit of sex trafficking two women in FloridaJane Does allege ex-congressman and two others coordinated ‘payments, drugs and travel’ for sexual acts The Republican former congressman Matt Gaetz has been accused of participating in the sex trafficking of two young women in a civil lawsuit filed on Thursday in district court in Florida. The allegations, which Gaetz denied in a statement to the…

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Two Women Accuse Matt Gaetz of Sex Trafficking in New LawsuitFormer Republican Representative Matt Gaetz has been sued in federal court by two women accusing him of sex trafficking. The Miami Herald reports that the women allege that Gaetz, ex-Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg, and former Florida state Representative Christopher Dorworth recruited young women and supplied them with drugs for sex between…

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Federal lawsuit accuses Matt Gaetz, 2 others of sex traffickingFormer Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is being sued by two anonymous women over allegations that he and others sexually exploited them when the women were in their early 20s. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Middle District of Florida, also names former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg and former Florida state Rep. Chris Dorworth...

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