Reporter's short conversation w/ Matt Gaetz after his tweet

[MelissaB]

Edited to say:

He can't deny he posted this. He just confirmed to a reporter that he did it.

My short text convo with @mattgaetz just now:

Me: Congressman, Any chance you have a few minutes to discuss what you implied with your tweet to Michael Cohen? Perhaps a preview?

Gaetz: Watch tomorrow.

Me: Will do -- anything I should be prepared for?

Gaetz: Fireworks

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Update 2 from the same reporter:

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UPDATE:

Me: Any response to those who say you’re witness tampering?

@mattgaetz: I’m witness testing. We still are allowed to test the veracity and character of witnesses, I think.

Me: So you disagree with those who say you’re witness tampering?

Gaetz: Yes.

[Leghorn21]

1. First reply:

”can you ask him what his legal defense re: witness tampering might look like”

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OMG these fkn people!!!

[gldstwmn]

2. Witness intimidation. n/t

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. More on that:

EmergenHat Retweeted

This is some truly buffoonish thuggery.

And if untrue, I wouldn't hate to see a libel suit.

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Hey @MichaelCohen212 - Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends? Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. I wonder if she’ll remain faithful when you’re in prison. She’s about to learn a lot...

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Dear Representative @mattgaetz .... are you represented by federal criminal defense counsel? Let me tell you why I ask.

/1

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/2 It sure seems like you're threatening Michael Cohen that if he testifies before Congress you, or people aligned with you, will bring out embarrassing details about him.

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/3 There's a whole bunch of obstruction statutes, sir, and if you're threatening to reveal embarrassing information to deter a witness from testifying before Congress, I think you need advice about whether you may be violating one or more of them. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1505 …

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/4 The United States Department of Justice seems to take those obstruction laws rather seriously, and know a lot about them.

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/5 You may try to invoke the Speech and Debate Clause, citing you Twitter account as an official act. Ask your lawyers about that; I hope you're not relying on it.

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/6 In short, lawyer up, dirtbag. /end

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[Hortensis]

4. Chumming the bottom. I am NOT interested in

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distracting from extremely serious national issues with Cohen’s marital infidelities.

Scummy Republican. He’s new to congress, one of those who came to power when Russia and our own subverted idiots bombed Hillary’s coattails along with her.

[deminks]

5. Bueller? Mr. Mueller? SDNY? Anybody out there? Anybody???

[dawnie51]

6. This asshole got his orders.....

from DUMP! Dump thinks because he's out of the country (wonder how much work it was to coordinate this trip with the testimony in DC) he won't be suspect in the proceedings. But Gaetz is a putz; he got whatever he thinks he's got from Dump. Obstruction and witness tampering in plain sight.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Let's just say it: Republicans belong to a cult where they use bribes and

blackmail to keep their people in check.

[NightWatcher]

8. Witness tampering and intimidation with threats. A congressman too. How classy

[MelissaB]

9. Update from same reporter

Update 2 from the same reporter:

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UPDATE:

Me: Any response to those who say you’re witness tampering?

@mattgaetz: I’m witness testing. We still are allowed to test the veracity and character of witnesses, I think.

Me: So you disagree with those who say you’re witness tampering?

Gaetz: Yes.

[fleur-de-lisa]

10. This is getting ugly.

[Glimmer of Hope]

11. What is the recourse for threatening a witness?

Unbelievable.

[irisblue]

12. Gaetz, &his own legal history

From his wiki..."Drunk driving arrest and speeding tickets
Edit
In 2008, Gaetz was arrested for a DUI as he was driving back from the Swamp, a nightclub on Okaloosa Island, Florida. While he was arrested and refused to take a breathalyzer test, "he didn't have his license suspended for a year when he refused the breath test—as Florida law dictates. And he didn't have that refusal used against him in a criminal proceeding." Charges against him were dismissed despite the fact that the police reported that "Gaetz fumbled for his license and registration, his eyes were watery and bloodshot, and he swayed and staggered when he got out of the car." Gaetz has cited the dropped charges as proof that he was innocent.[74]

Between 1999 and 2014, Gaetz received 16 speeding tickets in Florida.[75]"




That man sure does love running on the raggedy edge of life.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. Definitely a Swamp dweller. . . . nt

[book_worm]

13. and exactly what will his (probably) having affairs has to do with this testimony?

[Leghorn21]

14. As we'd hoped, "Gaetz" is trending at #10, GO MATT DON'T STOP NOW BUDDY

In the latest episode of America gone Mob: Here
we have a member of Congress (Matt Gaetz) blackmailing
a witness on the evening before the witness testifies before
the American People.

I miss normal days.

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Tweets here:
https://mobile.twitter.com/search?q=Gaetz

[EleanorR]

15. trump cheated on his wives, but you're still a fanboy, Matt

So we know you don't give a shit about cheating and what that might imply about a person's character.