Exchange of the Day

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who is being investigated for sex trafficking, was interviewed by Tucker Carlson on Fox News:

GAETZ: 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, 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’re 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 convert into this extortion attempt.

CARLSON: I don’t remember the woman you’re speaking of or the context at all, honestly.