President-elect Donald Trump announced last week that he would like to replace Attorney General Merrick Garland with Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.). The prospect of a hard-line Republican general election campaign has outraged many Democrats and members of the liberal media.
Sunny Hostin of Disney's “The View,” the co-host who unwittingly helped derail the Harris campaign, handled the news worse than most. Unlike other high-profile figures, Hostin had to immediately retract the unsubstantiated defamation on Tuesday, likely out of fear of an overwhelming defamation lawsuit.
Days after blaming President Trump's landslide victory on “uneducated white women” and Hispanic men, Hostin went on a rambling rant that branded Gaetz a sex offender.
“These are baseless claims.”
“The Department of Justice has a sex crimes unit, which I was a part of. Child sex crimes and child trafficking. How can you name a suspect?'' So you have sex with a 17-year-old? ”
said Former federal prosecutor. “In the rest of the interview, as I understand it, he discusses the fact that once he found out she was 17, he stopped having sex with her.”
Hostin was apparently referring to Florida attorney Joel Leppard.
recent claims about what one of his anonymous clients alleged in 2017 testimony.
President Trump transition spokesperson Alex Pfeiffer
said ABC News reported, “These are baseless claims aimed at derailing the second Trump administration. The Biden Justice Department investigated Gaetz for years and cleared him of any wrongdoing.” Ta.
People familiar with the Justice Department investigation
proposed The case was dropped in part because there were serious doubts that prosecutors could prove that Gaetz actually had a relationship with the woman or knew her age. It is.
Just minutes after uncritically refuting Leppard's baseless claims as fact, Hostin received a legal notice to read.
I did that With a displeased face:
Matt Gaetz has long denied all allegations, calling the claims “fabricated” and saying in a statement to ABC News: “This false and defamatory accusation, which follows a three-year criminal investigation, is highly skeptical. You should look at it objectively.” The Justice Department investigation ended without charges being filed.
Whoopi Goldberg then announced, “I'll be right back,” and the show cut to commercial.
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answered X only uses the eye emoji.
In response to Hostin's request to read the legal notice, “Chad Prather Show” host Chad Prather said:
I wrote“Please let me do this every day.”
Former Republican Rep. George Santos, while a master of nonsense, was also less than sympathetic.
write“I love how ABC humiliates this witch! (LOL)”
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