Matt “17 is Nearly Legal” Gaetz is in a heap of trouble. And the investigation into Gaetz’ possible perverted improprieties (“involvement” with a 17 year old girl, potential Mann Act violations) was started by Trump’s DOJ, with Bill Barr’s knowledge, which is the icing on the cake. Try as he feebly might, Gaetz simply can’t support his claims of being attacked for being an outspoken conservative (i.e., a jackass).

Matt is now in the state we’ve seen with so many creepy pervs on To Catch a Predator – where he’s caught dead to rights and is just making up crap in a pathetic attempt to try to spin his way out of it. Matt has always relied on his daddy to save him from his various legal problems, such as DUIs, so it’s no surprise this was his go-to move here, as well.

In this version of “I’m the real victim here,” Gaetz claims he and his family were being extorted, and that his daddy was wearing a wire to help the FBI catch the “real criminals.” O.J. would be proud. Never mind that if there really were an FBI counter sting operation underway, announcing it to the world would not be a smart way to ensure its success.

Then he tried to have his good buddy, Tucker Carlson, vouch for him. “You and I went to dinner about two years ago, your wife was there, and I brought a friend of mine – you’ll remember her. (wink wink).” Unfortunately for Gaetz, Carlson was having none of it.  In fact, this may be the first time the patented Tucker “I have no idea what is going on here” look may have been legitimate and justified.

A few years ago, Gaetz was the sole no vote opposing a bill to give the federal government more resources to fight human trafficking. He claimed he was concerned about expanding the size of the federal government. Hmmm. Think he may have had a more personal reason?