>> WHEN ALL IN STARTS NOW.
>> GOOD EVENING.
IF YOU’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE
NEWS TODAY, YOU PROBABLY HEARD A
LOT ABOUT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
INVESTIGATION INTO REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN MATT GAETZ OVER
POTENTIAL SEX TRAFFICKING SIGH
TIED TO A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP
WITH A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHICH HE
DENIES
THERE ARE LOTS OF CRAZY
DEVELOPMENTS ON THIS STORE I Y
WE’RE GOING TO BRING YOU ALL OF
THEM
BUT FIRST, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD
BE WORTH REMINDING YOU WHO MATT
GAETZ WAS BEFORE HE WAS UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
THIS GUY IS REALLY SOMETHING
GAETZ IS THE SON OF SENATE
PRESIDENT DON GAETZ WHOSE
CONNECTIONS AND DEEP POCKETS
HELPED HIM GET ELECTED TO THE
FLORIDA HOUSE AND EVENTUALLY TO
THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS
IN 2008, MATT GAETZ WAS ARRESTED
ON THE SUSPICION OF DRUNK
DRIVING WHILE DRIVING HIS DAD’S
BMWT
BMW.
HE WAS KNOWN AS A ENTITLED
THEY’RE THEE WE WILL
HE MOCKED FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS
AND FACING ACCUSATIONS OF RACISM
FOR QUESTIONING THE INTELLIGENCE
TWO OF BLACK LAWMAKERS
THEN HE CAME TO WASHINGTON AND
QUICKLY BECAME KNOWN AS ONE OF
DONALD TRUMP’S STAUNCHEST
DEFENDERS WITH GAETZ GLEEFULLY
TROLLING THE CRITICS AND
DEFENDING TRUMP’S COMMENTS
INCLUDING ON THIS VERY SHOW
AFTER HE DENIGRATED THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY OF HAITI
GAETZ BROUGHT A HOLOCAUST DENIER
TO THE STATE OF THE UNION,
SUGGESTED THAT GEORGE SOROS WAS
PAYING KIDS TO STORM THE BORDER
AND HIRED AN AIDE TIDE TO WHITE
NATIONALIST TIES
A CHILD SHOT IN THE PARK LAND
SCHOOL SHOOTING CALLED HIM A
LIGHTER FOR TYING IMMIGRATION TO
THE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS
GAETZ RESPONDED BY DEMANDING THE
FATHER BE REMOVED FROM THE
HEARING.
GOING BACK TO HIS TALKING
POINTS
GAETZ WORE A GAS MASK LAST YEAR
TO MOCK COVID-19 CONCERNS AND
PARTIED MASKLESS WITH MEMBERS OF
THE NEW YORK YOUNG REPUBLICAN
CLUB IN DECEMBER NEAR THE HEIGHT
OF THE PANDEMIC.
I COULD GO ON.
THERE IS PLENTY MORE
BUT LET’S END WITH THIS.
IN 2017, GAETZ WAS THE LONE NO
VOTE ON AN ANTI-HUMAN
TRAFFICKING BILL
WHICH BRINGS US TO THE FEDERAL
SEX TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION
INTO MATT GAETZ.
HE SAYS THE ALLEGATIONS ARE
INVENTED AND HE SUGGESTS THAT
THEY’RE TIED TO AN EXTORTION
SCHEME WHICH IS NOW BEING
INVESTIGATED
BUT IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE
INVESTIGATIONS
THEY’RE NOT NECESSARILY EVEN
CONNECTED.
EVEN IF GAETZ WANTS YOU TO THINK
THAT THEY ARE.
LAST NIGHT THE CONGRESSMAN WENT
ON FOX NEWS TO GIVE HIS SIDE OF
THE STORY.
AN INTERVIEW HE DIDN’T LIKELY
SEE BECAUSE YOU WERE WATCHING
"ALL IN" AT THE TIME
GAETZ NO DOUBT EXPECTED FRIENDLY
TREATMENT FROM THAT NETWORK.
THAT’S WHAT FOX NEWS GIVES TO
ALMOST ALL REPUBLICANS
HE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN IT HAD HE
NOT ATTEMPTED TO THROW THE HOST
OF THE SHOW HE WAS ON AND THE
HOST’S WIFE UNDER THE BUS.
>> 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
THAT YOU DID NOT DO AND SO YOU
KNOW WHAT THIS FEELS LIKE.
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’LL REMEMBER HER.
AND SHE WAS ACTUALLY THREATENED
BY THE FBI
I REALLY SAW THIS AS A DEEPLY
TROUBLING CHALLENGE FOR MY
FAMILY ON MARCH 16th WHEN PEOPLE
WERE, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT A
MINOR AND THAT THERE WERE
PICTURES OF ME WITH CHILD
PROSTITUTES.
>> I MAY HAVE WATCHED THAT CLIP
A DOZEN TIMES.
IT WENT SO WELL FOR HIM.
IF IF YOU WERE A REPUBLICAN AND
YOU CAN’T GET TUCKER KARLSSON ON
YOUR SIDE, YOU PROBABLY HAVE A
PROBLEM ON YOUR HANDS.
>> YOU JUST SAW MATT GAETZ
INTERVIEW.
THAT IS THE WEIRDEST INTERVIEW
THAT I EVER CONDUCTED.
I DON’T THINK IT CLARIFIED MUCH.
THIS IS A DEEPLY INTERESTING
STORY AND WE’LL BE FOLLOWING IT.
DON’T QUITE UNDERSTAND IT.
>> WELL, HE MAY NOT HAVE WOULD
BE OVER TUCKER, BUT YOU KNOW WHO
IS DEFENDING MATT GAETZ TODAY?
NONE OTHER THAN REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN OF OHIO
WHO USED TO BE A WRESTLING COACH
AT OHIO STATE AND WHO FORMER
WRESTLERS SAY TURNED A BLIND EYE
TO RAMPANT SEXUAL ABUSE BY TEAM
DOCTOR WHO WAS MOLESTING
ATHLETES
WHICH JORDAN DENIES.
SO AT LEAST GAETZ HAS THAT GOING
FOR HIM.
LAST NIGHT DEMOCRATIC
REPRESENTATIVE TED LU CALLED FOR
HIM TO BE REMOVED FROM THE HOUSE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE UNTIL THE
INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE.
SEEING HE IS FACING A JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION
NBC NEWS ASKED THE HOUSE
REPUBLICAN LEADER KEVIN McCARTHY
ABOUT THAT TODAY
>> IF A MEMBER OF MY CONFERENCE
GETS INDICTED, THEY’LL GET
REMOVED FROM A COMMITTEE
HE SAYS THIS IS NOT TRUE
AND WE HAVE A NEWSPAPER REPORT
THAT SAYS SOMETHING ELSE
>> I’M PRETTY SURE IF IT TURNS
OUT TO BE THE CASE THAT MATT
GAETZ IS A CHILD SEX TRAFFICKER,
YOU WANT TO DO MORE THAN JUST
TAKE HIM OFF THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE.
THERE IS A COUPLE OTHER THINGS
YOU NEED TO KNOW
IN THAT INTERVIEW LAST NIGHT, HE
CLAIMED THAT A FORMER JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT ATTORNEY NAMED DAVID
McGEE WHO HAS BEEN IN PRIVATE
PRACTICE WAS BEHIND THE ALLEGED
EXTORTION PLOT
McGEE’S LAW FIRM CALLED IT FALSE
AND DEFAMILIAR TORRE
HE SAID THIS IS A BLATANT
ATTEMPT TO DISTRACT FROM THE
FACT THAT MATT GAETZ IS
APPARENTLY ABOUT TO BE INDICTED
FOR SEX TRAFFICKING UNDERAGE
GIRLS.
WE DO NOT KNOW IF THAT IS THE
CASE
THE OTHER NAME YOU NEED TO KNOW
IS JOEL GREENBERG.
THE FORMER SEMINOLE COUNTY
FLORIDA TAX COLLECTOR WHO POSTED
THIS SELFIE WITH GAETZ AND
ANOTHER MAN BACK IN 2019
AS RACHEL MADDOW LAID OUT LAST
NIGHT, GREENBERG IS A CHARACTER
ALMOST BEYOND BELIEF
HE WAS INDICTED ON CHARGES TIED
TO HIS ALLEGE HARASSMENT AND
STALKING OF A POLITICAL OPPONENT
AND USED HIS POSITION AS THE
SEMINOLE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR TO
OBTAIN SURRENDERED DRIFRLZ AND
USED THEM TO CREATE FAKE IDs FOR
HIMSELF.
HE WAS CHARGED WITH SEX
TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD BETWEEN
14 AND 18 AND ALLEGED INDICTMENT
TO MISUSE THE STATE MOTOR
VEHICLE DATA BASE TO OBTAIN
INFORMATION RELATED TO
INDIVIDUALS WITH WHOM HE WAS
ENGAGED IN SUGAR DADDY
RELATIONSHIPS.
HE HAS NOT -- HE HAS PLEADED NOT
GUILTY
JUST TODAY FEDERAL PROSECUTORS
FILED A THIRD SUPERSEDING
INDICTMENT AGAINST GREENBERG
WHICH INVOLVED STEALING MONEY
FROM THE TAX COLLECTOR’S OFFICE
TO BUY CRYPTOCURRENCY.
THE INVESTIGATION INTO MATT
GAETZ STEMMED FROM THE PROBE
INTO GREENBERG AND NOW BOTH MEN
ARE FACING INVESTIGATIONS INTO
SEX TRAFFICKING INVOLVING A
CHILD.
BACK IN 2017, HE POSTED THIS
SELFIE WITH GAETZ AND TRUMP ALLY
ROGER STONE.
I CAN’T HELP BUT WONDER, WHAT
THE REACTION WILL BE IF, I DON’T
KNOW, AOC OR A PICTURE WITH A
GUY CHARGED WITH SEX TRAFFICKING
OF A CHILD
HE WOULD GO CRAZY.
FOX NEWS WOULD HAVE A FIELD DAY.