Matt Gaetz responds to sex trafficking allegations on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight'

>> Tucker: COUPLE HOURS AGO THE "NEW YORK TIMES" RAN A STORY SAYING FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN MATT GAETZ IS UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION FOR PLAYING SOME ROLE IN SEX TRAFFICKING AND POTENTIALLY HAVING A RELATIONSHIP WITH A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL. THERE ARE VERY FEW DETAILS IN MAJOR NEWS OUTLETS TONIGHT ABOUT THIS STORY. WE HAVE NO BACKGROUND ON IT AT ALL AND NOT EVEN ANY VERY INFORMED QUESTIONS. INSTEAD WE HAVE INVITED CONGRESSMAN GAETZ ON THE SHOW TO RESPOND TO THESE STORIES AND GIVE US HIS VIEW OF THEM. CONGRESSMAN, THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING ON. I APPRECIATE IT. SO, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SERIOUS ALLEGATION. TELL US WHAT THE TRUTH IS FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE. >> IT IS A HORRIBLE ALLEGATION AND IT IS A LIE. THE "NEW YORK TIMES" IS RUNNING A STORY THAT I HAVE TRAVELED WITH A 17-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AND THAT IS VERIFIABLABLY FALSE. PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT MY TRAVEL RECORDS AND SEE THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. WHAT IS HAPPENING IS AN EXTORTION OF ME AND MY FAMILY INVOLVING A FORMER DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICIAL. ON MARCH 16TH, MY FATHER GOT A TEXT MESSAGE DEMANDING A MEETING WHERE IN A PERSON DEMANDED $25 MILLION IN EXCHANGE FOR MAKING HORRIBLE SEX TRAFFICKING ALLEGATIONS AGAINST ME GO AWAY. OUR FAMILY WAS SO TROUBLED BY THAT, WE WENT TO THE LOCAL FBI AND THE FBI AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WERE SO CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ATTEMPTED EXTORTION OF A MEMBER OF CONGRESS THAT THEY ASKED MY DAD TO WEAR A WIRE, WHICH HE DID WITH THE FORMER DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICIAL. TONIGHT I AM DEMANDING THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE FBI RELEASE THE AUDIO RECORDINGS THAT WERE MADE UNDER THEIR SUPERVISION AND AT THEIR DIRECTION WHICH WILL PROVE MY INNOCENCE AND THAT WILL SHOW THAT THESE ALLEGATIONS AREN'T TRUE. THEY ARE MERELY INTENDED TO TRY TO BLEED MY FAMILY OUT OF MONEY AND THIS FORMER DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICIAL TOMORROW WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CONTACTED BY MY FATHER SO THAT SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS COULD BE GIVEN REGARDING THE WIRING OF $4.5 MILLION AS A DOWN PAYMENT ON THIS BRIBE. I DON'T THINK IT'S A COINCIDENCE THAT TONIGHT SOMEHOW THE "NEW YORK TIMES" IS LEAKING THIS INFORMATION, SMEARING ME AND RUINING THE INVESTIGATION THAT WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN A ONE OF THE FORMER COLLEAGUES OF THE CURRENT DOJ BEING BROUGHT TO JUSTICE FOR TRYING TO EXTORT ME AND MY FAMILY. >> Tucker: SO A COUPLE OF OBVIOUS QUESTIONS THAT COME TO MIND AND, AGAIN, JUST TO RESTATE THIS JUST HAPPENED. DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY SAID AND YOU HAVE SAID. FIRST OF ALL, WHO IS THIS DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FORMER ELM >> Emily: EMPLOYEE WHO IS TRYING TO EXTORT THE MONEY FROM YOU YOU SAY. >> HIS NAME IS DAVID McGEE. HE WAS A TOP OFFICIAL IN THE LEADERSHIP IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA AS A PROSECUTOR. HE CURRENTLY WORKS AT THE BEGS AND ELLAYNA LAW FIRM. AS A AS A MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF THE RECORDINGS THAT WAS MADE AT THE FBI AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REQUEST OCCURRED AT THAT LAW FIRM AND THE MONEY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PAID TODAY THAT WOULD HAVE SHOWN EVEN MORE EVIDENCE OF DAVID McGEE'S WORK IN THIS EXTORTION SCHEME, THAT WAS FOILED BY THE "NEW YORK TIMES" STORY AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHY THIS HORRIBLE INFORMATION AND THESE TERRIBLE ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN USED THIS EVENING. >> Tucker: SO -- AND I WILL GET TO THE INVESTIGATION IN JUST A SECOND. BUT YOU ARE SAYING THAT DAVID McGEE WAS MOTIVATED BY GREED. HE WAS TRYING TO EXTORT MONEY FROM YOUR FAMILY? THAT'S HIS MOTIVATION, YOU ARE SAYING? >> I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A DEMAND FOR MONEY IN EXCHANGE FOR A COMMITMENT THAT HE COULD MAKE THIS INVESTIGATION GO AWAY ALONG WITH HIS CO-CONSPIRATORRERS. THEY EVEN CLAIMED TO HAVE SPECIFIC CONNECTIONS INSIDE THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE. NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE THEY WERE PROMISING THAT JOE BIDEN WOULD PARDON ME. OBVIOUSLY I DON'T NEED A PARDON. I'M NOT SEEKING A PARDON. I HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING IMPROPER OR WRONG. BUT WHAT I AM TROUBLED BY IS THE REAL MOTIVATION. TED LOU IS CALL FOR ME TO BE REMOVED FROM THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. I BELIEVE WE ARE IN ANNER ARE A OF OUR POLITICS, TUCKER, WHERE PEOPLE ARE SMEARED TO TAKE THEM OUT OF THE CONVERSATION. I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON ON SCREEN RIGHT NOW WHO HAS BEEN FALSELY ACCUSED OF A TERRIBLE SEX ACT. YOU WERE ACCUSED OF SOMETHING YOU DID NOT DO SO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS FEELS LIKE. YOU KNOW THE PAIN IT CAN BRING TO YOUR FAMILY AND IT PUTS PEOPLE ON DEFENSE WHEN YOU ARE ACCUSED OF SOMETHING SO SALACIOUS AND AWFUL BUT IT DID NOT HAPPEN, IT IS NOT TRUE THE FACT IT IS THE BASIS TO EXTORT MY FAMILY TELLS A LOT. IF THE FBI AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL RELEASE THE TAPES THAT THEY ARE IN POSSESSION OF, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL SEE WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON. >> Tucker: YOU JUST REFERRED TO A MENTALLY ILL VIEWER WHO ACCUSED ME OF A SEX CRIME 20 YEARS AGO AND, OF COURSE, IT WAS NOT TRUE. I NEVER MET THE PERSON. BUT I DO AGREE WITH YOU THAT BEING ACCUSED FALSELY THAT BEING ACCUSED FALSELY IS ONE OF THE WORST THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN AND YOU DO SEE IT A LOT. LET'S GO BACK TO THE INVESTIGATION YOU SAY IT WAS OR IS UNDERWAY. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION. WHAT IS THE BASIS OF THAT INVESTIGATION? WHAT IS THE ALLEGATION THAT REALLY NOT VERY CLEAR FROM THESE NEWS STORIES. >> YEAH, AGAIN, I ONLY KNOW WHAT I HAVE READ IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES." I CAN SAY THAT ACTUALLY YOU AND I WENT TO DINNER ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, YOUR WIFE WAS THERE AND I BROUGHT A FRIEND OF MINE, YOU WILL REMEMBER HER. AND SHE WAS ACTUALLY THREATENED BY THE FBI, TOLD THAT IF SHE WOULDN'T COP TO THE FACT THAT SOMEHOW I WAS INVOLVED IN SOME PAY FOR PLAY SCHEME THAT SHE COULD FACE TROUBLE AND SO I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WHO ARE TRYING TO SMEAR ME, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING FOR FLIGHTS AND HOTEL ROOMS FOR PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE DATING WHO ARE OF LEGAL AGE IS NOT A CRIME AND I'M JUST TROUBLED THAT LACK OF ANY SORT OF LEGITIMATE INVESTIGATION INTO ME WOULD THEN PER MUTE, WOULD THEN CONVERT INTO THIS EXTORTION ATTEMPT. >> Tucker: I DON'T REMEMBER THE WOMAN YOU ARE SPEAKING OF OR THE CONTEXT AT ALL, HONESTLY BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO -- SO THEY ARE SAYING THERE IS A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO YOU HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH; IS THAT TRUE? AND WHO IS THIS GIRL? WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT THE "NEW YORK TIMES"? >> THE PERSON DOESN'T EXIST. I HAVE NOT HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH A 17-YEAR-OLD. THAT IS TOTALLY FALSE. THE ALLEGATION IS AS I READ IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES" IS I HAVE TRAVELED WITH SOME 17-YEAR-OLD IN SOME RELATIONSHIP. THAT IS FALSE AND RECORDS WILL BEAR THAT OUT TO BE FALSE. >> Tucker: HOW LONG HAS THIS INVESTIGATION BEEN GOING ON, DO YOU KNOW? >> I DON'T KNOW. >> Tucker: WHEN YOU FIRST INFORMED OF IT? >> YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I REALLY SAW THIS AS A DEEPLY TROUBLING CHALLENGE FOR MY FAMILY ON MARCU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT A MINOR AND THAT THERE WERE PICTURES OF ME WITH CHILD PROSTITUTES. THAT'S

Channel: Fox News

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Id: PQzLCHLle-g

Length: 8min 54sec (534 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 30 2021

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[u/TerrorFace]

Why does Tucker Carlson even go into work? Just make a cardboard cutout with that expression and use it for everything from defending white supremacy to spouting about how evil the metric system is.

[u/hous26]

"[t]hat was one of the weirdest interviews that I've ever conducted." -Tucker Carlson.

First time I've ever agreed with Tucker.

[u/BruceWillisHasNoHair]

Tucker always looks like a confused dog who can’t fathom how his bowl ran out of water.

[u/nutstrength]

"...17 year old woman..."
Let me stop you right there.

[u/-fisting4compliments]

Haha... Tucker: "Tell us what the truth is... FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE." Tucker be like "for the love of god lie like you've never lied before."

... Oh man this video is a howler, the way he is parsing his words sounds weird and screams out I did it I did it! "You can look at my travel records and see I didn't travel with this woman!" lmfao Wow I guess if he's dumb enough to worship Trump he's probably pretty fucking dumb. I'll make more popcorn, this is good.

edit: Oh man, Gaetz totally says Tucker was accused of a sex crime that "you did not do" and then Tucker shits his pants saying "You just referred to a mentally ill viewer who accused me of sexcrime 20 years ago, and of course it was not true, I had never met the person" making this face and suddenly speaking very very fast: https://i.imgur.com/e8kiZnN.png Nice one Matt, take them all down with you.

edit2: I wonder if the Russians invent scams and crimes to accuse the democrats of that they know Republicans are doing to sort of kill two birds with one stone, hurt the Democrats with false accusations but also tell the Republicans oh look the media is freaking out about this stuff, it sure would be a shame if your indiscretions came to light, better continue doing what we want...

[u/Lkm1027]

Damn....he looked guilty af

[u/HamsterFull]

This fucker needs to resign

[u/ExInferisExcitare]

Omg that header-image two-shot. What a pair of fuckin' muppets*. If this was a movie they'd so obviously be the bad guys.

(*With obvious apologizes to the incredible and wonderful Jim Henson and his legacy.)