Federal investigators are investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for yet another reason: an alleged conversation between the Florida Republican and a well-connected lobbyist, Chris Dorworth, about running a mock third-party candidate in a 2020 race for the Florida State Senate to draw votes from a Gaetz ally’s opponent, The New York Times reports. A third-party candidate, Jestine Ianotti, entered the race, but her final vote did not exceed the difference between the two others. Jason Brodeur, a political ally of Gaetz, won the race. That part of the investigation into Gaetz has only just begun, according to the TimesDorworth said he didn’t remember the exchange and had never met Ianotti. Gaetz is running a federal sex trafficking investigation over an alleged relationship with a 17-year-old and alleged payments to women for sex. He has denied the allegations.
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