{"id":220231,"date":"2021-04-06T17:55:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T14:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/katie-hill-talks-friendship-with-matt-gaetz-allegations\/"},"modified":"2021-04-06T17:55:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T14:55:43","slug":"katie-hill-talks-friendship-with-matt-gaetz-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/katie-hill-talks-friendship-with-matt-gaetz-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"#Katie Hill talks friendship with Matt Gaetz, allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Katie Hill talks friendship with Matt Gaetz, allegations<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Former \u201cthrouple\u201d Rep. Katie Hill is calling on former friend and colleague Rep. Matt Gaetz to be \u201cheld responsible\u201d if \u201cthere is even a fraction of truth\u201d to reports of sexual misconduct \u2014 despite him defending the former pol while she was roiled in a scandal involving sleeping with her subordinate.<\/p>\n

Hill recalled in an op-ed Monday in Vanity Fair<\/a> the unlikely bond that formed between herself and Gaetz, who is in the fight of his political life following accusations he\u00a0showed lawmakers\u00a0pictures and videos of nude women he claimed to have slept with and an alleged\u00a0extortion plot.<\/p>\n

The first-term California Democrat, 33, said she met the second-term Florida Republican, 38, when she replaced him as the youngest member of the House Armed Services Committee. <\/p>\n

The panel, as Hill pointed out, is known for being one of the last truly bipartisan committees remaining in Congress. <\/p>\n

In addition to their time spent together on committee, the two grew close in Fox News<\/a> greenrooms, as both regularly app<\/a>eared on the network.<\/p>\n

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Rep. Hill says that if the allegations against her colleague are true, \u201che needs to be held responsible.\u201d<\/figcaption>
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Months later, when Hill faced intense scrutiny over having a three-way relationship\u00a0with her then-husband and a female staffer, and nude photos of her began to leak, Gaetz came to her defense.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe silence from my own Democratic colleagues was deafening. I was devastated, though I understood. People were nervous. And no one wants to defend an abuser,\u201d the former lawmaker explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, suddenly, the golden boy of Fox spoke up for me. Matt was the first member of Congress who publicly and unapologetically defended me, saying that while I might have made mistakes, I was a victim in this circumstance.\u201d<\/p>\n

The unlikely friends stayed in contact well after Hill resigned in October 2019, she wrote, texting occasionally until after the 2020 presidential election, when Gaetz supported contesting the results and questioning the outcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Matt doubled down after the January 6 insurrection, I questioned how I could have ever considered us friends. But in difficult times, sometimes the unlikeliest people support you,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

Hill then pivoted to the allegations currently facing Gaetz.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf, despite his denials, Matt Gaetz did have sex with a minor, if he did provide girls and young women with drugs and money and gifts in exchange for sex, if he did ask these girls and young women to recruit other women for the same purpose, and if he did show his colleagues images of nude women without their consent, he needs to be held responsible,\u201d she said, though not specifying what that would entail.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of these actions are criminal and some of them should be,\u201d she continued. \u201cAll are morally reprehensible and unacceptable for a lawmaker.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is even a fraction of truth to these reports, he should resign immedia<\/a>tely.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rep. Matt Gaetz is facing allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor.<\/figcaption>
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A spokesperson for Gaetz could not immediately be reached by The Post for comment on Hill\u2019s op-ed.<\/p>\n

Gaetz has denied any allegations of sexual misconduct. In a defiant op-ed in the Washington Examiner<\/a> Monday, the embattled lawmaker said he was \u201cabsolutely not resigning\u201d as he blamed\u00a0the scandal on \u201cpolitical opponents.\u201d\n <\/div>\n

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