The House Ethics Committee got hold of records showing that former Florida Congressman and Attorney General nominee Matt Gaetz paid more than $10,000 to two women who later testified to the panel and the Justice Department, according to ABC News.
The records include a check and Venmo payments sent between July 2017 and late January 2019. During that period, he’s alleged to have made 27 Venmo payments for a total of $10,224.02 to the witnesses. They were both over the age of 18 at the time. Gaetz won his first election to the House in 2016.
