NY Times Reports that Representative Matt Gaetz is the "Subject" of a Sex Trafficking Investigation

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🗓️ 1 April 2021

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The New York Times reported that Congressman Matt Gaetz is the "subject" of a sex trafficking investigation that was initiated some months ago by the Bill Barr Department of Justice. Importantly, the Times reported that Gaetz himself confirmed that DOJ prosecutors told his lawyers that he was a subject of the investigation. The term "subject" has a specific definition in accordance with DOJ rules and procedures. Here is what it means to be a "subject" of a criminal investigation, as opposed to being a "target" of an investigation or a "witness" in an investigation. Gaetz also gave a remarkable interview to Tucker Carlson of the Fox network. What Gaetz offered viewers was a nonsensical, exculpatory word salad of denial. Here is a review and takedown of two specific claims Gaetz tried to peddle to Tucker Carlson. Please consider becoming a #TeamJustice patron at: https://www.patreon.com/glennkirschner For our newly launched Team Justice and Justice Matters merchandise shop, please visit: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/glennkirschner/ My podcast, "Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner" can be downloaded where you get your podcasts. Follow me on: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glennkirschner2 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/glennkirschner2 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glennkirschner2 Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/glennkirschner) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	So, Congressman Matt Gaetz is being investigated by the Department of Justice for alleged
0:08.6	child sex trafficking.
0:11.6	But he went on Fox News, talked with Tucker Carlson, and cleared it all up, not.
0:20.6	Let's talk about that.
0:22.6	Those justice matters.
0:38.8	Hey all, Glenn Kirschner here.
0:41.2	So did you see the reporting?
0:43.6	What I think could accurately be characterized as blockbuster reporting from the New York
0:49.7	times?
0:50.7	Well, it looks like Congressman Matt Gaetz is being investigated by the Department of
0:57.0	Justice for alleged child sex trafficking.
1:02.6	Now you may have also seen Matt Gaetz on Fox News talking with Tucker Carlson trying
1:07.8	to explain it all, and I'm going to get to that in a minute.
1:11.7	But what I want to focus on is what I consider to be the most important sentence in the New
1:17.9	York Times article.
1:20.8	And here's how that sentence reads, Mr. Gaetz said in an interview that his lawyers had
1:27.4	been in touch with the Justice Department, and that they were told he was the subject
1:33.5	not the target of an investigation.
1:38.5	So let's start by talking about what it means to be the subject, not the target of a criminal
1:45.9	investigation.
1:48.4	First of all, when you are the target of an investigation, it is just what it sounds
1:55.2	like.
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