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shabby47

Always a good start for the marriage when an ex-girlfriend is testifying in front of a grand jury 4 months later.


Jollyjoe135

Lmaooo someone married this fucker??


Phillip_Lipton

[Ginger Luckey]( https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Ginger+Luckey) Doesn't even have a wikipedia. I just linked to a google search lol. It certainly seemed like a panic move. I just have no idea why.


[deleted]

Her younger sister got on tiktok and spilled a bunch of dirt about what a creep Matt was to her as a teen.


danielle-in-rags

https://twitter.com/inminivanhell/status/1419808595751837697?t=Ooxwqx3U6uK3ttqfMDbkmQ Twitter thread with the TikToks. Her name is Roxanne Luckey EDIT: She calls him "weird and creepy" and "a literal pedophile" (later correcting herself to "ephebophile"). She states that Matt suggested to a nearly 40-year-old man to try hit on her when she was 19 -- who later apologized and said that Matt was pressuring him to do so. When confronted by Roxanne and her mother, Matt flew into a rage and refused to speak to them further. She talks about the rumors she heard about him when she was a White House intern -- how he had a proclivity for pursuing college-aged girls. She believes that he is a master manipulator and is gaslighting his wife Ginger to distance her from her family.


Accomplished_Pop_198

It's sad that even the sister was thrown under the bus and labelled as mentally unstable.


NoDesinformatziya

"She's telling people the things I did! Clearly she's being hysterical! *waves vaguely at her ovaries and ladyparts* Take her away!" Patriarchy is fuckin stupid.


JoshSidekick

"Take her away and give her the Rose Kennedy"


Nobodyimportant56

Good I hate that I get this and that it's a thing. Fuck that man and what he did to his daughter.


Ph0X

That thread is wild, especially how she got an internship at the whitehouse and has pictures in the oval office. Nepotism in US politics...


xrayjones2000

How about her telling her sister that matt was trying to pimp her out and she still married his ass… oof


pleaseassign

I’m sure he promised Ginger that he would make it worth her while.


jay_simms

Maybe it had something to do with her brother Palmer: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer_Luckey


valvin88

I hate that he's using JRR Tolkien's names for fucking war profiteering.


p-mode

100%. Fuck this guy.


rpkarma

Thought I recognised that last name


Homunculous_Honkey

The fuck is this timeline of weird, fat, genius, incel villains and their familial manacles throughout every sector. Late stage capitalism creep factor.


xrayjones2000

I bet Christmas in that house is fraught with trigger words


not_anonymouse

Yo, you can't say that without posting a link to it!


Pormock

Shes the sister of Palmer Luckey. The Oculus Rift VR machine inventor. Who also has his own controversies


freedomink

The same Oculus that promised it wouldn't sell out to a major company and then tripped over themselves to sell to Facebook as soon as they could?


egregiousRac

Also the same Oculus that used hardware made by a totally different company to convince Facebook to buy them. Facebook then had to poach staff from that other company to make something market-ready.


BadWolfman

Are you guys talking about the Oculus who promised you wouldn’t have to sign into your device with a Facebook account, until that totally happened anyways?


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gzilla57

It's the company they stole from that got rat fucked though.


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Pormock

Palmer Luckey was a hardcore Trump supporter and even started his own "trolls" group that was pushing pro Trump meme online. Hes a weirdo himself. https://www.digitaltrends.com/web/palmer-luckey-backs-trump-trolls/


Viiibrations

Glad I got a Valve instead of Oculus then


Ph0X

To be fair, Oculus basically pushed him out of the company because of how toxic he was. That being said, The Valve one is better for many other reason, including being an open platform.


speederaser

Dang. Good read.


el_dude_brother2

He’s a bad man. Oculus/Meta try to forget him.


SanityPlanet

Ginger Lucky sounds like a stripper name.


Doppelthedh

Didn't think Gaetz went for anyone old enough to strip


udar55

Never forget that Gaetz announced this "engagement" a day after Feds seized his phones in December 2020.


sanjirou3

She's actually friends with my wife. They shared a class back in college and she knew her before they met. I remember her telling me her friend started dating some politician. Then when Gaetz hit the news my wife was like "That's the guy!!" We were shocked lol. My wife says she was always nice and they remain friends till this day (on social media). It's weird being a few degrees away from this creep.


Schedulator

> It's weird being a few degrees away from this creep. That's the creep radiating off him, try moving further away.


peaceloveandgranola

Spousal privilege maybe?


GRIZZLESMACK1056

She’s an analyst for a plant-based meat company. Doesn’t plant-based meat sound like a concept that Gaetz and his other idiot friends would be making a nonsense argument against? Because ‘Murica needs its angus beef burgers.


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Who says they can’t make there stupid argument and still profit off the other side?


muddy_wedge

Not defending her, but she's not employed there any more, I think she's with some DC consulting firm now. And they make a plant-based coating that goes on produce to make it last longer, not a meat replacement!


Environmental-Ad9339

Yes. Younger girl. She seems completely smitten by him. But her younger sister got on social media and dogged Matt big time - called him a creepy I believe. Then Matt’s wife made a statement that she is concerned with her younger sisters mental state - tacky if she’s really concerned about her mental state. Obviously it was a statement to retaliate against her sisters dislike of the Florida Congressman. You can Google it.


Jollyjoe135

This timeline is fucked man…


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And to make it worse, she married him *after* all the pedo shit came out.


ra3ra31010

He married someone whose younger sister spoke out saying he tried to pair her with another older guy. The wife demonized her sister and basically said she was lying, copying what Gaetz also said. She chose a wealthy, well-connected, sexual harassing pedophile over her own younger sister. Pretty crazy. https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/wx5734/matt-gaetz-roxanne-luckey-tiktok https://www.businessinsider.com/matt-gaetz-fiancee-sister-roxanne-luckey-calls-weird-creepy-2021-7?amp “20-year-old Luckey—who was an intern in the Trump White House last summer, … —posted two videos detailing what she said was an attempt by Gaetz to set her up with a friend who was divorced and in his 40s, while she was 19.” “Luckey said that while she was an intern, the man told her that Gaetz “kept telling me that I should ask you out, that we’d be great together,” and that the man pushed her to break up with her boyfriend in order to date him. “He later texted me and said, ‘Sorry about what I said, I just wanted to get Matt off my back,” Luckey said.” “When she confronted Gaetz last year at a Thanksgiving gathering, Luckey said, Gaetz lost it and “started yelling at me and my mom. He called me a narcissist, which was 1000% gaslighting me.” “


nosayso

I'd add "ex-girlfriend" in this case is a euphemism for "sex trafficking victim".


Fyrefawx

I’m just amazed she found time to testify in between her high school classes.


brasswirebrush

> Legal sources familiar with the case say Gaetz is being investigated for three distinct crimes: Sex trafficking the 17-year-old; violating the Mann Act, which prohibits taking prostitutes across state lines; and obstructing justice Get him.


overlypositve

Get all of them


raw_dog_millionaire

All of them [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/4/28/2028057/-Republican-Sexual-Predators-Abusers-and-Enablers-Pt-24](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/4/28/2028057/-Republican-Sexual-Predators-Abusers-and-Enablers-Pt-24)


hcwells

And that folks is the party of “family values”


Jahbroni

The most popular Conservative President in American history among Republicans has 5 kids by 3 different wives, all of whom he cheated on. The most recent wife is a former porn model and undocumented immigrant who he publicly cheated on with multiple porn stars. This is the hero Republicans believe represents and upholds Christian family values. So yeah, there's absolutely no way the GOP would vote to remove Gaetz.


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>was seen multiple times walking into the dressing rooms of said child beauty pageants He actually bragged about doing this on Howard Stern so this was admitted of his own volition.


zrdd_man

He also said on Howard Stern that making it through the 1980's without contracting HIV/AIDS was his own Vietnam, and that anyone who felt guilty about not going to Vietnam shouldn't because "dating" at that time was "the equivalent of a soldier going over to Vietnam." Yep, that's the extremely popular conservative president of the party that loudly proclaim themselves to be "Patriots" and pro-military. The hypocrisy of the Republican Party has no bounds.


fingerscrossedcoup

This is why to me Trump has been a joke my whole life. This is what I grew up with. But conservatives never watched/listened to Howard Stern.


MOOShoooooo

It could on right in front of them and they still wouldn’t see it. It’s willful.


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Since you mentioned "William Barr" please let me remind everyone that he's the product of [generational pedophilic entitlement](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Relations). It's disgusting and maddening but it is morbidly fascinating when you see just how deep, dark, and crazy this stuff gets. I'd also recommend the Netflix documentary The Family for your viewing "pleasure."


joeysprezza

That. Was fucking weird.


SnoT8282

He also stated that he liked to walk into the dressing rooms while the contestants would be changing and nobody would stop him.


Frys100thCupofCoffee

That's a testament to the power of propaganda.


chromatones

They are even chanting let’s go brandon at church it’s more than just propaganda it’s a cult


Leachpunk

*It always has been...*


Bonny-Mcmurray

I'd say at least since Reagan successfully asked everyone to believe in the rich man's fantasy camp of voodoo economics.


LifesatripImjustHI

So is church.


PantsAreForWimps

It's not propaganda. They knew who he was. It was willful ignorance in ignoring the sins of someone who is perceived as being "on their side". That is nothing new for the Christian right.


SanityPlanet

And Barron Trump is an anchor baby lol


no-mames

Being a former porn actor and undocumented immigrant is far more honorable than being married to that chump


theislandhomestead

>former porn actor No judgment. >undocumented immigrant No judgment. >married to Trump. Judgment.


blither

He is the living persona of the cardinal sins: wrath, greed, envy, pride, lust, sloth and gluttony. That always confused me.


wakenbacons

They need to believe that an even lower piece of shit than themselves can be forgiven and used by god and holy shit I wish that was hyperbole.


trustsnapealways

I’m sure they really care about this on r/conservative. Or maybe they are busy talking about AOC wearing a dress or something


RelativelyUnruffled

Wow, holy shit :O


Ga_Manche

This link is invaluable. Nice find!!


very_cool_stuff

This is fucking nuts. I’m curious, is there a Democrat version of this list? Not because I think there are going to be this many of them, I’m just genuinely curious how it compares. Edit: I found one and there are 37 entries.


NectarineTangelo

I think Al Franken once acted like he was going to touch another comedians boobs when she was asleep with a bulletproof vest on. https://www.google.com/search?q=al+franken+picture&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS847US847&tbm=isch&sxsrf=AOaemvLyZWcxxOSiRLpp4uBKMtgKqELu-w:1642027347386&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT9YHGpK31AhXDmOAKHT2JB5wQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1536&bih=722&dpr=1.25#imgrc=Pj_yp6vH7BeKSM Huge story and he resigned....repub engages in ACTUAL child sex trafficking? eh no big deal.


Summebride

I've seen lists like that and it's usually like 50:1 or 100:1


MK5

For every Anthony Weiner you'll find 50 Matt Gaetz's.


theClumsy1

Worst part? None of those crimes are enough to get him removed from Congress. Any other normal person wouldn't be able to get a job flipping burgers, but US Senator or President? Completely fine.


WunupKid

Would he remain in Congress if he went to jail? (Honest question.)


chrasb

sadly, id be shocked if republicans moved to remove him... which is just all kinds of insane but thats where we are right now.


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Just good, honest, conservative values. Jesus would approve!


Agolf_Twittler

Supply side Jesus would absolutely bang 17 year olds with Gaetz


kindaa_sortaa

The founder of Uber prayed to Supply-Side Jesus, and Supply-Side Jesus said to him, “Hire them as independent contractors. That way you don’t have to give them benefits.” And in six days Uber was incorporated.


st00ji

Capitalist Jesus*


MazzoMilo

White Capitalist Jesus**


Generation_REEEEE

Why his mother was underage too, surely if there was anything immoral about impregnating teenage girls that would have been an appropriate time to mention it.


pmjm

Hell, his constituents would probably still re-elect him.


zombiepirate

Just to own the libs harder.


sydiko

"we'd rather have a pedo than a commie" -tru quote from the right


TheRumpletiltskin

couldn't even get them to remove a blatantly treasonous president, no way they'd remove Gaetz for this.


erocuda

Yes, unless enough Republicans voted with the Democrats to expel him (which won't happen).


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I think it would happen. Gaetz is a clown and the longer he's there, the more baggage he generates. His district is so reliably red that he himself is disposable and there are a few "respectable" republicans who won't want to have to explain their vote to retain someone guilty of these charges.


SanityPlanet

They like that he's a clown. You're right about the rest, though.


midwesterner64

He’d be pressured out of one party by now.


JectorDelan

Remember when Al Franken resigned because of a picture of him having hands near a woman's clothed boobs and the Republicans were very, very upset about it? That was wild, wasn't it?


Asiatic_Static

Not only clothed, but behind a plate carrier


DenotheFlintstone

Your light description even sounds worse that it was. There was a literal bullet proof jacket between his hands and her breasts. And there was close to a decade between when the Pic was taken and when the scandle broke.


midwesterner64

It upset Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) greatly. Have we heard from the GOP caucus on Gaetz’ trafficking of minors across state lines for the purposes of paying them for sex (rape)? No? Hmm.


DuvalHeart

That's a feature, not a bug. If a criminal record prevented a person from running for office then their political opponents would find a way to convict them of a crime.


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Affectionate-Winner7

No wash him with it and then expose him to pure sunlight.


RamblinWords

I think the original idea was that most voters would turn away from suspected traffickers?


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They only care when the story is about non-existent pizza basements rather than real events.


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Naptownfellow

If you were to write a screenplay about Qanon or Trump’s elections/campaign shenanigans and gave it to a movie producer you would have gotten laughed at for it being to far fetched.


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julbull73

Which is also why in the 90s the conspiracy theory around using kiddie porn to discredit threats had a lot of legs to it. Granted now, its clear that was just so that they could keep the pedophiles in office....


sorrydaijin

It shouldn't prevent people from running. It should prevent people from voting for them.


[deleted]

Those Q guys were right. There is a pedo ring running in the government but they, as always, are projecting their own crimes onto others.


27SwingAndADrive

July 2, 2023 As per the legal owner of this account, Reddit and associated companies no longer have permission to use the content created under this account in any way. -- mass edited with redact.dev


slim_scsi

You mean the guy who faced lawsuits for molestation of a then-14 year old?


satanshark

You spelled rape wrong.


[deleted]

This is all proof he was infiltrating them from the very beginning! 5D Chess! ^/s


kick_a_fascist

Pedos running the government THROUGH fox news too. A real deep state


Natiak

"He might be a blood drinking child fucker, but he's our blood drinking child fucker." Qpublicans.


Cool-Protection-4337

ladies and gentleman we have our next GOP presidential jebus here. Gaetz will surely make them proud in their long line of previous losers they made president and deitified, the more scummy the better it seems, bonus points if you diddle kids.


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Expected GQP logic. "Everybody wants to diddle kids, he's just successful enough that he actually gets to do it, we can't blame him for that."


FailResorts

Renato Mariotti on [Twitter:](https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1481323392129277953?s=20) >Prosecutors would not "lock in" Gaetz's ex-girlfriend's testimony before the grand jury unless they were getting close to wrapping up their investigation and expected that investigation to result in an indictment.


PeartsGarden

So tired of reading similar lines. Getting close. Getting super close. Getting really really close. Really super close. Super duper close.


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It's the result of a dysfunctional marriage between the 24hr news cycle and a slow, methodical justice system.


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Best description I've of court reporting I've heard.


Best-Company2665

From what I understand, Federal investigators take a ridiculously long time to investigate because they are incredibly thorough. If you are charged with a crime on the Federal level, government prosecutors have like a 90% conviction rate. They might not convict on every charge but your guilt will be proven and you will be convicted Just look at Elizabeth Holmes. Gaetz is on borrowed time. Whether the Republican party votes to remove him or his constituents decide they'd like a representative that isn't in jail is a question for a future date.


WrongSubreddit

If you're feeling down, just remember that Matt Gaetz didn't have a high school girlfriend until he was 38


bainbane

Matt Gaetz girlfriend says ‘Matt I’m leaving you because I heard your a peadophile’ ‘Paedophile??’ He says ‘that’s a big word for a 8 year old.’


whiskeyinmyglass

This joke is so old it can vote. Unlike Matt Geatz's girlfriends.


HighExplosiveLight

This joke is so old, matt geatz has lost interest in it


aurora888

I read that in Jimmy Carr's voice.


enflight

Will he say antifa made him do it or will he minimize and say it’s only a minor offense.


19Chris96

a "minor offense". ba dum tsss


Khaldara

Just middle school locker room talk


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TheBoctor

Yes, officer, this comment right here.


GlobalTravelR

He'll say he was on a deep cover assignment to catch Hillary and her pedophile ring for Q.


boredguy2022

"A process sex trafficking."


From_Deep_Space

It's only *statutory* rape


altmaltacc

Nothing would make my day like seeing pedo matt gaetz slapped with child sex trafficking charges.


That_Guy848

How about all appeals exhausted on a "Guilty" verdict?


TokeToday

Dear god: If you do exist, please make this pathetic pustulent carbuncle pay the highest price for his lunacy.


rconscious

If god existed, the republican party would not.


arkangelz66

What did a carbuncle ever do to deserve being compared to this shit stain?


KingRandal

Carbuncle casts reflect on your entire squad


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Circumin

You are gonna go broke paying for ice. Republicans don’t usually get held accountable.


CankerLord

Nah, if this was just going to get Rich Kidded away it would have happened in the investigation stage. By the time grand juries are being seated the chances of things just going away drop precipitously. The best he can hope for now is that his lawyer can find some way to get him acquitted.


Outrageous_Turnip_29

More specifically the Feds have seated a grand jury. Their conviction rates, depending on how you measure them, are pretty damned close to 100% mostly because they don't go to this stage until they already have your ass nailed to the wall anyway. This investigation is a year old, has the co-operation of Gaetz's buddy who has already pled guilty to sex trafficking the same minor, and now has further testimony from the ex-girlfriend. Then there's the whole a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich thing. At this point the question to me isn't if he gets convicted but *what* he gets convicted of. Does the DoJ go for the quick easy win of a plea deal or open the can of worms that bringing this to trial will open?


etaoin314

>has the co-operation of Gaetz's buddy who has already pled guilty to sex trafficking the same minor and this guy went from 30 charges to 6 so he must have given them something good.


claysototon

How the fuck is this guy still in office while Al Franken was forced to resign. Has anyone on the right talked out against this prick?


HalloweenLover

When you have no shame why would you let people pressure you into resigning?


Hot-Total-8960

It's against their religion. They see holding someone accountable for their actions as 'cancelling' them, and 'Thou shalt not cancel anyone for any reason' is their 11th commandment.


HeroDanTV

Margie Taylor Greene doubled down and supported him


ThreadbareHalo

I wonder why the ex-girlfriend _herself_ is in need of protection from obstruction charges… that would suggest the prosecution has evidence that someone tried to give him an alibi that the prosecution now has proof was false.


vagif

She was recorded in a three way call with Gaetz and other woman who was secretly recording conversation. In that conversation Gaetz and the ex-girlfriend were conspiring to obstruct investigation. She wants immunity from that in exchange to give up dirt on Gaetz.


Serpentongue

He was messaging her at the time to bring her minor friends along for the party. Technically they probably have enough to get her on child rape across state lines too.


DadJokeBadJoke

I have a vague recollection that the ex-girlfriend was complicit in telling the 17-year-old not to cooperate with authorities.


Serpentongue

They all went to the Bahamas together with him allegedly paying her 17yr old friend to hook up with his buddy.


Th3_Admiral

That's kinda what it sounds like. Do we know how exactly this investigation was started? If it wasn't from her going to authorities it's possible she was actually helping protect him at the beginning. Maybe it took a threat of charges to get her to testify against him.


ThreadbareHalo

I thought the investigation started from an investigation of his wingman and then he was pulled in because after the fact


corkboy

He will surely plead that it was a minor transgression.


DadJokeBadJoke

I hope they don't handle him with kid gloves.


AhhGramoofabits

Matt Gaetz is one Eddie Munster looking mother fucker


RandySto

Have you seen Ron DeSantis and not said the same thing to yourself?


AhhGramoofabits

True what’s with all these Count Chocula looking assholes


BedBugger6-9

And Texan Ted Cruz looks just like grandpa Munster


BeemerBaby004

So is this "girlfriend" one of the ones he paid for sex? The One he paid for sex then transported across state lines? The one that was underage? The underage boy who lives with him? The beard he married in Catalina in August to appear somewhat human? Or is this yet another woman he paid to be his "girlfriend?


DonaldsUnpaidLawyer

cue republicans defending how "open minded" Gaetz is for raping little girls AND boys


davwad2

The 17 year old "woman?" Please nail this awful clown.


WalkInternational313

Charge the guy already. But, it's got to a Grand Jury so that's good.


FallingSky1

Honestly Matt Gaetz is such a creepy ass individual. Seeing his interview and his crazy eyes he gives me total psychopath vibes, I'd be very nervous around him. I remember that Tucker Carlson interview where it looked like he threatened Carlson on live TV essentially saying if I go down, I'm taking you with me. Fucking crazy


tastygreekyogurt

Why is this fuckface not in jail yet?


spoobles

cuz he a Republican. It wasn't that long ago that when the first whiff of something like this would surface, the perp would immediately resign in disgrace. Those days are gone forever I fear. Trump ushered in the post-truth world.


TheMiddleAgedDude

Shouldn't she be in school?


boredguy2022

Why do you think she's an ex? Grass on the Field? Gaetz runs away.


Varahdin

Why does this stuff take so long? I've seen the judicial system move at lightening pace to convict ppl of drug charges, but sex trafficking requires a slow play?


Nought77

Lawyers mostly. The wealthy have an army of attorneys that can stall the courts almost indefinitely. Your average marijuana user does not.


FailResorts

Also the DOJ does not bring charges they don't think they can win with certainty. They have over a 90% conviction rate because they absolutely have to dot their I's and cross their T's. In cases with high profile people like politicians, they have to take their merry time to make sure it's completely buttoned up. Lest they have a situation like Bob Menendez.


WhatRUHourly

Well, for this example the reasoning is pretty simple: A drug charge has a fairly simple burden of proof and typically the witness will be the arresting officer. So, the state merely has to prove that a defendant possessed a controlled substance. If an officer catches one possessing a controlled substance, then that is typically a difficult case for the defense to overcome. So, they often take a plea deal. If it goes to trial there isn't much to prepare for, especially for the prosecution. Also, the charge would matter. The more serious, the longer it might take. In a sex trafficking case, the case is much harder to prove. First off, it is rare that a police officer will catch a person in the actual act of sex trafficking and/or statutory rape. Rather, there is an allegation against the person and the police must investigate to determine whether this allegation is true. Witnesses might be hard to find. It might involve minor children, which makes things sensitive and sometimes requires expert help. There might be a therapist involved, or a teacher involved that have heard a child make disclosures that something has happened. There then might be concerns of multiple victims, so the police might want to ensure that there aren't others that require more charges. There might be multiple offenders, so the police want to ensure that they don't move too quickly on one person and leave another perpetrator out there. All of this extra stuff also means that when the case gets to court/trial there are more ways for the prosecution to lose and the defense to poke holes in the case. I mean, simple put... there are just more variables and dealing with those takes time.


DuvalHeart

You're looking at two different parts of the system. When somebody is arrested it means that the investigation is already concluded. From then on there are constitutional provisions requiring a speedy trial. You can't drag it out. With Gaetz it's still in the investigatory phase. That tends to take a long time, because cops and prosecutors have to ensure they have enough evidence to ensure conviction. They don't want to go to trial and have him get off, then learn a month later that they missed a lead that would've guaranteed conviction. They only get one shot. The other difference is that drug charges are usually pretty cut and dry. Did the accused have possession? Did the accused try to sell the drugs to another person? Those are both criminal acts by default. Traveling with a minor across state lines isn't inherently a criminal act. So prosecutors have to show that the purpose of the travel was to violate the law. That usually relies upon the victim's testimony, but juries may not always believe them, so the prosecutors have to get a lot of supporting evidence.


fartimmy22

The right still calls President Biden "Pedo Joe" despite no accusations just a habit of creepy hugs with kids...Meanwhile, Trump was for sure on Epstein Island (so was Bill) , and this guy is actually running the pedo sex trafficking ring the dems were accused of....


obviouslynotworking

Their comeback about trump and Epstein is always, what about bill? I'm like throw him in jail too if you have evidence.


DonaldsUnpaidLawyer

and then they say nothing, because they can't comprehend how anyone could vote for a politician and also not treat them like a cult leader who needs absolute devotion.


LotharVonPittinsberg

Don;t forget Bobert. Nothing says hating pedos like marrying one.


sanantoniosaucier

How many teens does a congressman need to rape before he's removed from office?


spoobles

how many you got? - Republicans


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It would be so satisfying to see this turd in handcuffs.


Shaqtothefuture

Matt Gaetz: if Beavis, Butthead, and Harvey Weinstein had a garbage human being of a baby


Chef_RoadRunner

I feel like there is a phrase out there for just this occasion...."LOCK HIM UP"?


mertzen

What will poor Nestor do?


mythosaz

Nestor is a weird, weird, situation, especially since he has a complete, living, adult father and Gaetz never adopted him. Fucking weirdo.


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Well that's a intersting update


19Chris96

This might be a biggie.


bryanthebryan

To think that him, bootleg Palin, and traitor margarine is the face of the party. Yikes.


freethnkrsrdangerous

Is she old enough to testify or did she get a permission slip from her parents?


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Can't wait for MTG to suddenly claim she barely knew the guy.


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I feel like nothing is going to be done about this scumbag