Rep. Matt Gaetz wanted preemptive pardon in sex trafficking probe: report

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Aware that he was the target of a federal sex trafficking investigation, Florida congressman Matt Gaetz told a White House aide he’d asked former Trump Administration chief of staff Mark Meadows about a preemptive pardon, according to the Washington Post.

Gaetz stated he had done nothing wrong, but allegedly said “If the president could give him a pardon, that would be great.”

That claim was reportedly made during former aide Johnny McEntee’s testimony before the congressioVetnal committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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