“The Justice Department has added two top prosecutors from Washington to the child sex trafficking investigation of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL),” the New York Times reports.

“The prosecutors — one a public corruption investigator with an expertise in child exploitation crimes, and the other a top leader of the public corruption unit — have been working on the Florida-based investigation for at least three months.”

Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL) “wingman” Joel Greenberg went so far as to push the congressman to use his influence with Donald Trump for a pardon as a federal indictment for sex trafficking neared, Politico reports.

“Asked about the request from Greenberg, Gaetz previously declined to confirm or deny that it occurred. But the congressman said he did not ask Trump to pardon Greenberg.”

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was hit with a drink outside a town hall event in Pensacola, Florida as he left the venue, The Hill reports.

“Video of the incident posted on Twitter shows the Florida congressman leaving the event while flanked on both sides by a crowd of protesters when a drink flies out of the crowd, appearing to strike Gaetz on the right arm.”

“An investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) will proceed, the Florida Bar said Wednesday, meaning the Panhandle Republican could face discipline for allegedly intimidating President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen,” the Tampa Bay Times reports.

“If the Florida Bar had determined in its initial review that discipline was not warranted, then the case would have stopped. But it has not, meaning the Bar has decided that further investigation is needed.”

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) texted Michael Cohen after his congressional testimony last week, apologizing for a threatening tweet he posted before the hearing, Vanity Fair reports.

Said Gaetz: “Mr. Cohen, this is Congressman Matt Gaetz. I am writing to personally tell you I’m sorry for the tweet that I sent which many believe was threatening to you. It was never ever ever my intent to threaten you in any way.”

He added: “While you don’t know me, that is not who I am and how I operate. I do not wish any harm to you or your family. I was upset at what was transpiring and chose my words poorly. I will work to be better, as I know you said today you will as well. Have a good evening.”

“The Florida Bar has opened an investigation into whether Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) violated professional conduct rules by threatening former Trump fixer Michael Cohen ahead of Cohen’s congressional testimony on Wednesday,” the Daily Beast reports.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) apologized for a tweet about Michael Cohen that legal experts suggested may constitute witness tampering.

Said Gaetz: “While it is important to create context around the testimony of liars like Michael Cohen, it was NOT my intent to threaten, as some believe I did. I’m deleting the tweet and I should have chosen words that better showed my intent. I’m sorry.”

Time profiles Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL): “It’s easy to write Gaetz off as nothing more than a troll, someone who provokes for provocation’s sake. But to do so is to ignore both his policy interests (he’s sponsored 15 bills this term) and the skill with which he reads the Republican electorate. His audience is the demographic of Americans whose politics are less dogma than reflex: a reaction to the perceived sanctimony of a progressive cultural climate that treats conservatism as a punch line and scolds those who fail to use the correct gender pronouns.”

Said Gaetz: “The convention that one should never be perceived to troll another that has a different viewpoint is a very country club approach to politics. And we’re sort of in the era of Caddyshack. The caddies have taken over the country club.”