Matt Gaetz Probably Regrets Providing Receipts to the Women He Allegedly Paid for Sex

When The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Matt Gaetz was under investigation for allegedly having sex with a minor and transporting her across state lines, the Florida congressman probably figured it was the worst day he was going to have for a while. But, surprise! The news about Gaetz has somehow gotten even grosser in the days since.

On Thursday, CNN reported that the Republican lawmaker allegedly showed nude photos of women he said he’d slept with to fellow lawmakers, including while on the House floor. Sources, including two who were personally shown the material, said Gaetz pulled up the images on his phone and bragged about all the sex he’d had with the women. “It was a point of pride,” one of the sources said. As CNN notes, there is no indication that the pictures are connected to the Department of Justice investigation, meaning this may be an entirely unrelated instance of Gaetz being a creepy, pathetic dude-bro.

Speaking of the DOJ investigation, though, also on Thursday the Times reported that the probe into Gaetz and indicted Florida politician Joel Greenberg is “focusing on their involvement with multiple women who were recruited online for sex and received cash payments.” Investigators are said to believe that Greenberg, the former tax collector in Seminole County, Florida—who was indicted last year on a federal sex trafficking charge, among other crimes—would meet the women through websites like Seeking Arrangement and then introduce them to Gaetz. According to the Times, “one of the women who had sex with both men also agreed to have sex with an unidentified associate of theirs in Florida Republican politics, according to a person familiar with the arrangement.”

Incredibly, Gaetz appears to have paid the women not just in cash but through mobile payment apps like Apple Pay, which of course generate receipts for transactions. The Times reviewed some of those receipts allegedly showing payments from Gaetz and Greenberg to one of the women, as well as an apparent payment from Greenberg to a second woman. The women reportedly told friends that the payments were for sex with Gaetz and Greenberg. Per the Times: