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    Senate Democrats demand FBI files on Matt Gaetz, Trump’s pick for AG

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    WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats asked the FBI on Wednesday to provide investigative files to former Rep. Matt Gaetz as part of their review President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to become attorney general.

    Gaetz was investigated in a sex trafficking case but he strongly denied wrongdoing and he was never charged. The Florida Republican was at the Capitol on Wednesday huddled with senators to prepare for his confirmation hearing early next year.

    Democrats will hand control of the Senate to Republicans in the new year for any confirmation hearings on Trump nominees, so access to the FBI files before the end of the year would ensure lawmakers would have access to them.

    “The serious public allegations against Mr. Gaetz speak directly to his fitness to serve as the federal government’s chief law enforcement officer.” 10 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote in their letter to the FBI. “The unanswered questions about Mr. Gaetz’s alleged conduct are particularly significant given that his associate, Joel Greenberg, pleaded guilty to sex trafficking accusation for which Mr. Gaetz was also investigated”.

    The FBI said it had received the letter and had no further comment.

    Lawmakers specifically requested interview memos, called FD-302 forms. An attorney representing a woman in the investigation said she confessed to having sex with Gaetz when she was 17.

    The only Democrat on the Judiciary Committee who did not sign the letter was Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga.

    The House Ethics Committee also investigated Gaetz, but ended its investigation on November 13 when Gaetz left the House and did not release a report on its findings. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has he said he would strongly urge the committee not to release its findings to maintain privacy commission commitment.

    The head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., called on the FBI and the Ethics Committee to make their findings public. letter

    “Serious allegations against Matt Gaetz must be reviewed”, Durbin said on social media. “This includes both the House Ethics Committee report and the FBI documents.”

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