Matt Gaetz Hires PR Firm, Lawyers Amid Sex Trafficking Probe | Ayman Mohyeldin | MSNBC

YOURE STICKING AROUND AS WE WAIT FOR THE TRIAL TO RESUME. >>> WERE WATCHING ANOTHER STORY CLOSELY. THATS FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN MATT GAETZ. HES SAYING HES PLANNING ON FIGHTING BACK AS INVESTIGATORS ALLEGE HE WAS INVOLVED IN SEX TRAFFICKING. HES HIRED TWO ATTORNEYS TO REPRESENT HIM. THE TEAM SAID MATT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FIGHTER, A FIGHTER FOR HIS CONSTITUENTS, A FIGHTER FOR THE COUNTRY. HES GOING TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE UNFOUNDED ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM. THAT STATEMENT COMES AS HES SET TO HEADLINE AN EVENT AT ONE OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMPS GOLF CLUBS AND AS ONE OF HIS REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES IS CALLING ON HIM TO RESIGN. ON HIM TO RESIGN. JOINING US NOW IS SAHIL GAPOUR. REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN RADIO SILENT ABOUT THIS. WHERE DO YOU EXPECT THIS TO HEAD NEXT? >> Reporter: WE DONT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. IS CONGRESSMAN KINZINGER A CANARY IN THE COAL MINE? HES BEEN MORE WILLING TO BUCK HIS PARTY AND TO SPECIFICALLY CRITICIZE THE TRUMP WING OF HIS PARTY. HE WAS THE FIRST HOUSE REPUBLICAN TO COME OUT IN FAVOR OF IMPEACHING THE FORMER PRESIDENT. AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE WERE ONLY TEN HOUSE REPUBLICANS IN TOTAL WHO VOTED IN FAVOR OF IMPEACHMENT. HE ENDED UP BEING A MINORITY THERE. WE DONT KNOW WHERE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP IS GOING TO COME DOWN. KEVIN McCARTHY HAS SAID THE ALLEGATIONS ARE SERIOUS. HE INTENDS TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO HIM. HE SAID A SIMILAR THING ABOUT MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE WHEN THERE WAS CRITICISM OF HER AND LET HER GO. THE POWER WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS STILL WITH THAT WING, THE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE WING, THE MATT GAETZ WING, THE TRUMP WING. >> WEVE GOT NOW WITH US NBC NEWS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER TOM WINTER. THIS WAS BORNE OUT OF A PROBE INTO A FLORIDA TAX COLLECTOR NAMED JOEL GREENBERG. WE LEARNED YESTERDAY THAT HE IS LIKELY GOING TO TAKE A PLEA IN THE CASE AGAINST HIM. WHERE DO THINGS STAND ON THAT FRONT? WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR MATT GAETZ? >> Reporter: A COUPLE PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME. THERE WAS A STORY AND SOME REPORTING THAT HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY. HE HAD TO, JEFF. THATS THE PROCESS AT THIS POINT. HE WAS HANDED A SUPERCEDING INDICTMENT AND HE HAD TO ENTER A PLEA. YOURE NOT GOING TO SAY YOURE GUILTY WITHOUT THE BENEFITS OF A GUILTY PLEA AGREEMENT WITH IT. THATS WHY TODAY HAPPENED. AS FAR AS THE DISCUSSIONS GOING FORWARD, THATS SOMETHING THEY HOPE TO WRAP UP. I WOULD SAY BY EARLY MAY. THEY SET A PRELIMINARY DEADLINE OF MAY 15th TO COME TO A CONCLUSION WITH AN AGREEMENT OR A TRIAL. THATS WHERE THINGS STAND AS FAR AS DISCUSSIONS. THE ATTORNEY FOR GREENBERG MADE IT VERY CLEAR YESTERDAY OUTSIDE OF COURT THEYRE HOPING TO LIMIT HIS CRIMINAL EXPOSURE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF DOING THAT IS COOPERATING AT THIS STAGE. LOOKS LIKE THATS THE DIRECTION THEYRE HEADED TOWARDS AT THIS TIME. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT GREENBERG CAN OFFER IN THIS ONGOING INVESTIGATION. HES SOMEBODY THAT WERE LOOKING AT ON THE SCREEN. THATS TAKEN A LOT OF PICTURES WITH MATT GAETZ. WE OBTAINED HIS EMAILS AND HE HAD A NUMBER OF COMMUNICATIONS HAD A NUMBER OF COMMUNICATIONS

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Length: 4min 20sec (260 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 09 2021