Remember that Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation of Rep. Matt “Billboard Head” Gaetz (R-FL), a card-carrying member of the hard right MAGA front? Well, ICYMI, Gaetz was being “probed” in relation to three different crimes: (1) sex trafficking a 17-year-old, (2) breaking the Mann Act by taking one or more ladies across state lines for prostitution, and … Read more
While dealing with their own controversies surrounding sexual assault committed by one of their founding members, the Lincoln Project unleashed two blistering ads condemning Trumpist Black Shirt Matt Gaetz for the accusations against him for sex trafficking. The first ad is called Matt Gaetz. The ad condemns the Republican Party, its leaders like Donald Trump … Read more
Well-connected accused child sex trafficker and registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein apparently committed suicide by hanging himself in his jail cell. Last month, after being denied bail on federal sex trafficking charges, Epstein was found unconscious in his jail cell with marks on his neck. Prison officials had been investigating the incident as a possible … Read more
Brian Stelter of CNN gets this right, Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest shows the power of one newspaper’s investigation: In the past year the Jeffrey Epstein case was catapulted onto the national news radar by one newspaper, the Miami Herald, and by one reporter in particular, Julie K. Brown. The paper’s “Perversion of Justice” series came out … Read more